Pakistan: Rights Suffer Under Army Power Grab
Pakistan’s fledgling democratic government, under increasing pressure from the military, appeased extremist groups, ignored army abuses, and failed to hold those responsible for serious abuses accountable in 201…Continue Reading
India: Disappointing Year for Human Rights
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The Indian government during 2011 failed to hold rights violators accountable or to carry out effective policies to protect vulnerable communities.
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China: A Year of Illegal, Politically-Motivated Disappearances
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The Chinese government’s use of illegal enforced disappearances to silence dissenters was just one of several ominous setbacks to human rights protections in 2011.
Amnesty: Cuba releases 3 prisoners of conscience
Amnesty International said Monday that three Cubans held without charge for 52 days following their arrest at a protest were released last week, hours after the human rights group named them as prisoners of conscience.Continue Reading
Kenya: ICC Judges OK Election Violence Trials
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The decision on January 23, 2012 of an International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial chamber to send cases to trial against four Kenyans opens the door to justice for victims of Keny…Continue Reading
More than 160,000 voices call on Obama to close Guantánamo
By Zeke Johnson, Security with Human Rights campaign director at Amnesty International USA.
Every morning I look out my living room window to check the weather and see the empty space between skyscrapers and apartment buildings where the Twin Towers…Continue Reading
Yemen: Amnesty for Saleh and Aides Unlawful
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A new law granting amnesty to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides violates Yemen’s international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch said today. The sweeping law provides …Continue Reading
UN rights chief says US must close Guantanamo
The U.N. human rights chief says the U.S. government must close the Guantanamo Bay prison as President Barack Obama promised a year ago.Continue Reading
No progress on justice in Sri Lanka: Human Rights Watch
New York, Jan 23 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has failed to advance justice and accountability for victims of the country's 25-year-old armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Continue Reading
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Par Sauro Scarpelli, directeur de campagne de l’équipe Personnes en danger, à Amnesty International
La défenseure des droits humains Norma Cruz a reçu 47 SMS de menaces de mort sur son téléphone mobile. Cette dirigeante de l’organisation de d…Continue Reading
Russia Repeats Western Mistakes in Arab Spring
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Russia is repeating the mistakes of Western governments during the Arab Spring by continuing to support a longstanding authoritarian ally whose people have clearly expressed the desire f…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch urges West to accept rising Islamist political power in Arab nations
Washington, Jan 23 (ANI): A human rights organisation has urged the Western governments to accept that Islamist parties are a rising political power in Arab nations following a wave of popular uprisings in the last year.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch criticises Putin presidential bid
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the decision of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to run for presidency once again ruins "the prospect of much-needed political reform".Continue Reading
HRW calls on West to accept Islamist rise to power
The United States and other Western governments must accept the new reality that Islamists have emerged to fill the power vacuum in the Arab world after a wave of popular uprisings, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report Sunday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch urges the West to accept Islamists' rise to power
CAIRO – The United States and other western governments must accept the new reality that Islamists have emerged to fill the power vacuum in the Arab world after a wave of popular uprisings, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report Sunday.Continue Reading