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Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) should draft a constitution that protects human rights. The constitution should make international human rights treaties part of domestic …Continue Reading
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Mauritania should promptly surrender Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah Sanussi to the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he is wanted for crimes against h…Continue Reading
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A bill that would require mandatory detention for some migrants would violate Canada’s binding international legal obligations.
(Toronto) – A bill that wou…Continue Reading
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Kuwaiti authorities should immediately end the suspension of the daily Al Dar and void the conviction of its editor for alleged incitement. This criminal punishment, for articles in whic…Continue Reading
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The government of Iraq should immediately investigate and bring to justice those responsible for a targeted campaign of intimidation and violence against Iraqi youth seen as belonging to…Continue Reading
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A Thai parliamentary inquiry that found that police used excessive force in the fatal shooting of a drug suspect should prompt an immediate criminal investigation and prosecution of thos…Continue Reading
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The Indonesian government should drop the politically motivated treason charges against five Papuan activists who were convicted on March 16, 2012, and order their release .
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The Chinese government has ended a key policy of allowing Tibetan monasteries to be run by monks who comply with government regulations and have instead introduced a system that will pla…Continue Reading
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The UN Human Rights Council should condemn serious, ongoing human rights violations by militias in Libya. The council should appoint an independent expert to document the abuses and moni…Continue Reading
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Accounts from witnesses reveal significant destruction and a large number of deaths and injuries of civilians in Syria’s bombardment of the city of Idlib. On the anniversary of the Syr…Continue Reading
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Burma’s new law on the right to peaceful assembly falls far short of international standards.
(New York) – Burma’s new law on the right to peaceful assemb…Continue Reading
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Conditions imposed on a union lawyer freed from prison by Kazakh authorities on March 7, 2012, prevent her from resuming her labor activism and infringe on her fundamental rights. …Continue Reading
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The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) guilty verdict against rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for recruiting and using child soldiers in hostilities is a first step in bringing…Continue Reading
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The decision by federal prosecutors to bring charges against a retired military officer for grave abuses committed in the 1970’s is a landmark step for accountability in Brazil …Continue Reading
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Riot police beat and detained protesters at peaceful protests in March 2012, in Moscow and other cities.
(Moscow) – Riot police beat and detained protesters at pe…Continue Reading