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A government order to Bidun residents, a group the government considers “illegal residents,” not to organize demonstrations denies their rights and should be revoked.
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The government of Equatorial Guinea, which is co-hosting the Africa Cup of Nations later in January 2012, cracks down on political opponents, intimidates journalists, and disregards due …Continue Reading
The Kenyan security forces are beating and arbitrarily detaining citizens and Somali refugees in Kenya’s North Eastern province, which borders on Somalia, despite repeated pledges to stop such abuses.
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The Senegalese government should stop delaying the extradition of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium.
(Dakar) – The Senegalese governmentshouldstop delaying the extradition …Continue Reading
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The Arab League should urgently condemn the Syrian security forces for shooting peaceful protesters who were attempting to reach its observers in the northern city of Jisr al-Shughur, Hu…Continue Reading
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Finland’s action to join the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines should spur the United States and others to get on board without delay.
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US President Barack Obama’s signing of a bill permitting indefinite detention without trial mere days before the 10th anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo highligh…Continue Reading
The European Union should press Vietnam to release all political prisoners and to carry out concrete improvements in freedom of expression, assembly, association, and religion during a dialogue in Hanoi on January…Continue Reading
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Yemen’s parliament should reject a draft law that would grant amnesty to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and anyone who served with him for crimes committed during his 33-year rule. T…Continue Reading
President Hamid Karzai should revoke a new decree that puts detainees in Afghan-run prisons at heightened risk of torture and ill-treatment.
(New York) – President Hamid Karzai should revok…Continue Reading
On January 9, 2012, a Kuala Lumpur court acquitted Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of consensual sodomy.
(New York) – On January 9, 2012, a Kuala Lumpur court acquitted Malaysian …Continue Reading
La déclaration du président sénégalais Abdoulaye Wade que « très probablement Hissène Habré va être renvoyé en Belgique » pour r&…Continue Reading
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The Syrian government should comply with all the terms of its agreement with the Arab League, Human Rights Watch said today ahead of a January 8, 2012 meeting of the Arab League to discu…Continue Reading
The government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism today as seventeen distinguished international human rights experts publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron stating th…Continue Reading
The Hungarian government’s interference with judicial independence and media freedom violates its international obligations and puts human rights at risk.
(London) – The Hungarian government&r…Continue Reading