UAE: Proposed Law to Benefit Domestic Workers
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A proposed United Arab Emirates (UAE) law on domestic workers holds promise for significant improvements in addressing worker abuse. While a newspaper has reported about the law, its con…Continue Reading
Nepal: Halt Evictions in Kathmandu
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The government of Nepal should take immediate action to stop forcible evictions in Kathmandu.
(New York) – The government of Nepal should take immediate act…Continue Reading
UAE: Expanded Crackdown on Islamist Group
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have expanded their crackdown on peaceful political activists with the recent arrests of two more members of a non-violent political association ad…Continue Reading
Kosovo: Draft Criminal Code Undermines Media Freedom
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Kosovo’s National Assembly should remove provisions from the draft criminal code that criminalize defamation and compel journalists to reveal their sources.
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“Perdonamos, pero no olvidamos”
Por Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre Sierra Leona
Amnistía Internacional habla con sobrevivientes del brutal conflicto armado de Sierra Leona
Es posible que quienes sobrevivieron al atroz conflicto de Sierra Leo…Continue Reading
US: Obama Statement for LGBT Rights
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US President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller should be commended for their statements during their election campaigns on behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, …Continue Reading
Guatemalan Human Rights Activist Rosalina Tuyuc Receives 29th Niwano Peace Prize
TOKYO, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the 29th Niwano Peace Prize to Ms. Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez of Guatemala on May 10 in recognition of her extraordinary and dogged …Continue Reading
Clinton urges Bahrain to do more on human rights
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged Bahrain to take further steps to tackle human rights issues in talks here with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa.Continue Reading
European court refuses Abu Qatada appeal
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada on Wednesday lost his bid to make a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against a British deportation order, effectively clearing the way for the U.K. to resume efforts to expel him to Jordan.Continue Reading
Algeria: Crackdown on Protest as Election Nears
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Algerian authorities have used arrests and other tactics to keep people from demonstrating in the capital in the period leading up to the May 10, 2012 elections. Security forces are deta…Continue Reading
US: House Bill Puts Immigrant Women at Risk
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The full US House of Representatives should reject a dangerous version of a bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Human Rights Watch said today. The bill would undermine t…Continue Reading
UN expert 'very concerned' about Phnom Penh evictees
A UN human rights envoy on Wednesday expressed serious concerns about the plight of more than 100 families living in squalor in the Cambodian capital after a violent forced eviction at the hands of the police.Continue Reading
Indonesia's human rights body reveals evidence of killings in 60s
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were involved in the systematic prosecution of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) following the abortive 1…Continue Reading
Indonesia's human rights body reveals evidence of killings in 60s
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were involved in the systematic prosecution of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) following the abortive 1…Continue Reading
Indonesia's human rights body reveals evidence of killings in 60s
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were involved in the systematic prosecution of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) following the abortive 1…Continue Reading