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The Sri Lankan government should immediately end harassment of media outlets and journalists in violation of the right to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today.

(New York) – The Sri Lankan government should immediately end harassment of media outlets and journalists in violation of the right to freedom of expression. In the three years since the end of the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government has expanded its efforts to silence critical views.

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Por Dina Meza, periodista hondureña
Hace 26 años decidí estudiar periodismo en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.
Entré en el año de 1986 y me soñaba en los “grandes medios de comunicación” hablando con libertad, pero nunca me imaginé que hablar, escribir y contar la verdad de lo que pasa, podría significar estar en la [...]

Par Su Yutong, blogueuse chinoise qui se trouve actuellement en Allemagne.
En Chine, j’étais journaliste. J’ai toutefois décidé de démissionner au bout de quatre ans, car les autorités ne me laissaient pas publier la vérité. J’ai commencé ensuite à travailler dans une ONG ; je faisais des recherches sur des questions sociales.
J’étais notamment préoccupée [...]

Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the bloggers Nguyen Van Hai (a.k.a Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (a.k.a Anhbasg), and Ta Phong Tan and drop all charges against them .

(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the bloggers Nguyen Van Hai (a.k.a Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (a.k.a Anhbasg), and Ta Phong Tan and drop all charges against them, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Khadija al Mousawi et son mari Abdulhadi al Khawaja, actuellement en détention © DR

Par Khadija al Mousawi, épouse d’Abdulhadi al Khawaja, défenseur des droits humains actuellement en détention.
Ce billet a été publié pour la première fois le 6 septembre 2011

C’était un vendredi. Toute la famille était rassemblée dans l’appartement de ma fille, Fatima – nous [...]

Max Tucker, adjunto de investigación y acción de Amnistía Internacional para el Cáucaso Meridional y Ucrania
Hace un año, las autoridades hicieron frente a una serie de manifestaciones pacíficas en contra de la represión del gobierno en Azerbaiyán con una fuerza brutal. Las duras medidas represivas que se emprendieron después tuvieron como resultado el encarcelamiento de un [...]

Aumenta la represión de la disidencia por las autoridades cubanas en el contexto de la visita del papa a la isla esta semana.
De James Burke, adjunto de investigación y acción sobre Cuba de Amnistía Internacional
“El número de móvil al que llama no existe.”
El número en cuestión, que pertenece al activista político cubano José Daniel [...]

By Max Tucker,  Amnesty International’s Campaigner on South Caucasus and Ukraine,

One year ago, a series of peaceful protests against government repression in Azerbaijan were met with brute force by the authorities. The clampdown that followed resulted in the imprisonment of 17 activists and political figures, 14 of whom are still behind bars today.
Shortly afterwards, [...]

Josef Benedict, chargé de campagne sur l’Indonésie, Amnesty International
Appelez le gouvernement indonésien à libérer Johan Teterissa et tous les prisonniers d’opinion à travers le pays.
Cette année, cela fait cinq ans que Johan Teterissa, enseignant aux Moluques, a été arrêté, battu et torturé pour avoir organisé une manifestation pacifique [...]

By Josef Benedict, Indonesia Campaigner, Amnesty International,
Call on Indonesia’s government to release Johan Teterissa and all other prisoners of conscience in the country.
This year marks five years since Johan Teterissa, a teacher from Maluku, was arrested, beaten, and tortured for leading a peaceful protest where a banned regional [...]

An interview with Ecuador’s communications minister, Fernando Alvarado, in the March 4, 2012 edition of the official newspaper El Ciudadano flagrantly distorted what happened during a recent meeting he had in Washington, DC, with Human Rights Watch.

(Washington, DC) – An interview with Ecuador’s communications minister, Fernando Alvarado, in the March 4, 2012 edition of the official newspaper El Ciudadano flagrantly distorted what happened during a recent meeting he had in Washington, DC, with Human Rights Watch.

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Por personal de Amnistía Internacional
Un grupo de mujeres que se manifestaban pacíficamente para mostrar su oposición al nuevo presidente de Maldivas se convirtieron en el blanco de una agresión violenta.
El 26 de febrero, en la ciudad de Addu, las autoridades les pusieron obstáculos cuando intentaban acercarse a un mitin, en el que el presidente [...]

By Amnesty International staff
A group of peaceful women protesters who wanted to mark their opposition to the Maldives’ new president found themselves on the receiving end of a violent assault.
Charged with batons and doused with pepper spray by the Maldivian army (MNDF), they fell foul of the authorities as they attempted to approach a [...]

Par Peter Drury, chargé de campagne pour la Colombie, Amnesty International.
Il est 3 heures du matin dans le centre du village de San José de Apartadó. Des dominos sont abattus sur une table, des enfants jouent au football ou à un jeu de société, ou bien font du vélo autour de [...]

By Salil Shetty, Secretary-General of Amnesty International

Last March, following a violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, a group of 18 women protesters were detained by the Egyptian army.
Seventeen of them were held for four days, repeatedly beaten, given electric shocks, subjected to strip searches and at least seven were forced to [...]

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