Tunisia: Review Legal Framework for Protests
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The interior minister’s decision to reauthorize peaceful demonstrations along the capital’s main thoroughfare is a positive move but is not sufficient to protect the right to assembl…Continue Reading
Bangladesh: Investigate Killing of Labor Activist
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The Bangladesh authorities should immediately and impartially investigate the killing of the labor rights activist Aminul Islam .
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Hungary: Revoke Denial of Pride March Route
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Hungarian police should immediately revoke their decision to refuse planners of the 2012 Pride March permission to pursue their chosen route. The march should be allowed to go ahead as p…Continue Reading
Joignez-vous à 40 ans de combat en faveur de la justice!
par Tessa Murphy, chargée de campagne au sein de l’équipe États-Unis.
Le 17 avril 2012, cela fera 40 ans qu’Albert Woodfox et Herman Wallace sont détenus à l’isolement dans le pénitencier d’État de Louisiane. Durant toutes …Continue Reading
Exclusive: Peru's president faces claim at Americas rights commission
LIMA (Reuters) – A lawsuit Peruvian President Ollanta Humala successfully fought in courts before being elected has been filed to the main human rights body in the Americas – potentially reopening a case that cost him politically in the past. Documents…Continue Reading
Court: UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US
Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons cou…Continue Reading
Malaysia: Security Bill Threatens Basic Liberties
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The government of Malaysia’s proposed law to replace the infamous Internal Security Act (ISA) of 1960 opens the door to a range of future abuses.
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Gaza: Hamas Should Halt Executions
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The Hamas authorities’ execution of three convicted prisoners by hanging on April 7, 2012, highlights the need for a moratorium on capital punishment in Gaza, Human Rights Watch sa…Continue Reading
Alabama: Repeal Unjust Immigrant Law
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A bill before the Alabama legislature to amend the state’s law restricting immigrant rights does little to remedy the severe harm caused by the law. The Alabama House of Representative…Continue Reading
US presses N.Korea on prison abuses
The United States on Tuesday urged North Korea to show greater respect for human rights as a new report documented systematic abuse in the communist state's vast camps for political prisoners.Continue Reading
US: NKorean prison camps worse than Soviet gulag
The U.S. human rights envoy for North Korea said Tuesday conditions in the communist country's "brutal" prison camps are worse than in the Soviet Union's gulag during the Cold War.Continue Reading
EU court: UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US
Europe's human rights court ruled Thursday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons co…Continue Reading
Iraq parliament approves rights commission
Iraqi MPs have approved the first independent human rights commission in the country's history, with a remit to track rights violations, lawmaker Ashwaq al-Jaff said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US
Europe's human rights court has ruled that the UK can extradite five suspected terrorists to the US to face terrorism charges.Continue Reading
UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US
Europe's human rights court has ruled that the UK can extradite five suspected terrorists to the US to face terrorism charges.Continue Reading