Yemen: Transition Needs Accountability, Security Reform
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Yemen’s transition to a democracy that respects human rights and the rule of law is at risk unless the new government moves swiftly on security reform and accountability for past c…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: Prestigious Journalism Award
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Human Rights Watch multimedia features on Russia and Papua New Guinea have won prestigious awards in the field of broadcast journalism, a rare honor for a nongovernmental organization. …Continue Reading
Israel: Palestinians Cut Off From Farmlands
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A court ruling upholding a military permit system has had the result that a year later West Bank Palestinians in one affected area are virtually unable to work on their farmlands, on the…Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Sports Minister Confirms Women’s Exclusion
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The Saudi sports minister and head of the Saudi National Olympic Committee confirmed on April 4, 2012, that Saudi Arabia will not support women in practicing sports. Prince Nawwaf al-Fai…Continue Reading
Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International Hosts Forum on Human Trafficking
Human Rights Youth Coordinator for the Church of Scientology increases awareness of this growing global issue at recent talk.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 The Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International hosted a forum and fundraiser M…Continue Reading
PWDs invisible even to human rights advocates
By CARLO FIGUEROA, VERA Files CAN one marginalized group be more marginalized than the others? Yes, say persons with disabilities (PWDs) who live with this assumption every day. Indeed, a report by the Coalition on the U.N. Convention on the … Contin…Continue Reading
Kerry Kennedy to Deliver Commencement Address at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
ALBANY, NY– – James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., President of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, announced today that Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, …Continue Reading
Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down
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Cameroonian authorities on March 27, 2012, illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…Continue Reading
Uganda: “Walk to Work” Group Declared Illegal
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The Ugandan government’s declaration on April 4, 2012, that an activist group that has led protests against the government is an “unlawful society” is deeply troublingoday. The act…Continue Reading
Concerns over low Maori numbers in crown entities
The Human Rights Commission is concerned about the low number of Maori employed by Crown entities.Continue Reading
The invisible Roma
By Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s Italy researcher
On the outskirts of Rome a former campsite is now home to some 120 Romanian and Bosnian Roma. Despite the meagre facilities the residents have been there for many years.
This is La Cesa…Continue Reading
EU: Ease Burma Sanctions Gradually to Match Progress
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Recent by-elections and other progress in Burma should be matched by some positive steps from the European Union, but not the wholesale withdrawal of sanctions.
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Roma community forcibly evicted from Coastei Street share their story
By Creta Ernest & Fekete Petru members of the Coastei Street community,
Support the call for justice of the Roma community forcibly evicted from Coastei Street by taking action
It’s been over a year 76 families, the majority Roma, wer…Continue Reading
Bahrain transfers hunger striker to prison clinic
An imprisoned Bahraini human rights activist, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days has been moved to a prison clinic for medical observation and care, authorities said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Roma, Jews Face Political Discrimination
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Roma, Jews, and other national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain excluded from participation in national politics 20 years after war began.
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