Rights groups condemn attack on journalist in Azerbaijan
BAKU (Reuters) – Human rights groups on Thursday condemned the beating by police and security guards of an Azeri journalist who was filming house demolitions on the outskirts of the capital Baku. Idrak Abbasov, a reporter for the independent daily Zerk…Continue Reading
UK Wants Deal To Limit Human Rights Court Powers
Representatives from 47 countries are meeting to decide whether the European Court of Human Rights has too much power.Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Journalist Viciously Attacked by Police
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A prominent Azerbaijani journalist was viciously attacked by police and security guards on the outskirts of Baku on April 18, 2012, demonstrating the government’s ugly disregard for me…Continue Reading
UN finds human rights violations by Syria opposition
Moscow, April 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A UN commission has found serious human rights violations committed by Syria's opposition movement, a Russian minister has said.Continue Reading
Suriname: Revoke Amnesty Legislation
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Suriname should immediately revoke the amnesty law approved on April 5, 2012, by the National Assembly, and prosecute people accused of committing grave human rights violations, Human Ri…Continue Reading
US: Investigate Ethics in China Drug Study
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A study about heroin cravings partially funded by a US agency and conducted in two Chinese drug rehabilitation centers raises serious questions about research ethics, Human Rights Watch …Continue Reading
Rights Tribunal's Dismissal of First Nations Child Welfare Complaint Overturned
Canadian Human Rights Actapplies to services provided by the Government of Canada to First NationsOTTAWA , April 18, 2012 /CNW/ – The Canadian Human Rights Commission applauds the Federal Court's decision …Continue Reading
Soudan du Sud. «Nous sommes venus ici pour l’éducation et rien d’autre»
Par Khairunissa Dhala, spécialiste du Soudan du Sud au sein d’Amnesty International, et Alex Neve, secrétaire général d’Amnesty International Canada
Camp de réfugiés de Pariang, Soudan du Sud – 17 avril 2012
Le camp de réfugié…Continue Reading
’نستطيع الفرار من القنابل، لكننا لانستطيع الفرار من الجوع’
بقلم ألكس نيف، الأمين العام لمنظمة العفو الدولية وخير النساء دالا، الباحثة في شؤون جنوب السودان بمنظمة العفو الدولية
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Bahrain activists vow "days of rage" for Grand Prix
* Human rights crisis not over, says Amnesty * Dozens still held in jails * Ecclestone: Bahrain is quiet and peaceful DUBAI, April 18 (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters inBahrain are planning "days of rage" directed at this weekend'sF…Continue Reading
Soudan du Sud. «On peut échapper aux bombes, mais pas à la faim»
Par Alex Neve, secrétaire général de la section canadienne d’Amnesty International, et Khairunissa Dhala, spécialiste du Soudan du Sud à Amnesty International
Camp de réfugiés de Yida, Soudan du Sud – Lundi 16 avril
Ces 10 derniers …Continue Reading
La justice à un carrefour: lettre ouverte à la magistrature du Suriname
Javier Zuñiga, conseiller spécial d’Amnesty International
À la suite de l’adoption par l’Assemblée nationale du Suriname d’une modification de la loi d’amnistie de 1992, Amnesty International rappelle au pouvoir judici…Continue Reading
Morocco: Drop Charges Against Detained Rapper
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Moroccan authorities should drop charges and release a rapper who has spent three weeks in pretrial detention on charges that he insulted the police in his songs and a video set to his m…Continue Reading
Cape Dorset man wins human rights decision
Nunavut's Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a Cape Dorset man lost wages and damages after he was not hired for a job in the hamlet in 2005.Continue Reading
NZ accused of serious breach of human rights
"It is ludicrous that New Zealand has the audacity to accuse another country of human rights breaches when we are ourselves in breach of every human rights treaty we have signed." Garth McVicarContinue Reading