Georgia: Flawed Misdemeanor System
Georgia’s system for handling administrative offenses, or misdemeanors, violates the defendant’s due process rights.
(Tbilisi) – Georgia’s system for handling administrative offen…Continue Reading
Somaliland: End Forced Return of Refugees
The Somaliland authorities should cease forcibly returning refugees and asylum seekers to possible persecution in Ethiopia. On December 28, authorities returned 20 Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers in violatio…Continue Reading
Egypt detains four for posters critical of military
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police detained four activists on Tuesday for putting up posters critical of the ruling military council, a step a human rights lawyer said was part of an effort to neutralise the protest movement. The military council, in po…Continue Reading
Sudan: End Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
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Sudanese security forces should stop using excessive force to disperse peaceful student protests. Authorities should also immediately release detained activists, opposition members, and …Continue Reading
US: Harsh Conditions for Young Lifers
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The approximately 2,570 youth offenders serving life without parole sentences in adult US prisons experience conditions that violate fundamental human rights. The United States is the on…Continue Reading
Iraq’s speaker criticises human rights violation
Baghdad, Jan 3 (IANS) Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi Monday criticised the massive human rights violations in the country.Continue Reading
10 pct of Libyan seats reserved for women: draft law
Ten percent of the seats in a proposed Libyan constituent assembly will be reserved for women, a draft electoral law published on Monday said, triggering harsh reaction from a human rights watchdog.Continue Reading
Iraq official warns of abuse of security forces
Iraq’s parliament speaker warned Monday that human rights violations are putting the country’s fragile democracy at risk, the latest pronouncement in a rapidly developing sectarian spat that threatens to destabilize the country after U.S. troops pulled…Continue Reading
Sunni leader slams Iraq rights problems
Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi slammed the human rights situation in Iraq on Monday, arguing that “massive” violations were destroying its democracy just as it grapples with a festering political row.Continue Reading
Egypt denies trying to stifle human rights movement
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's government on Sunday denied accusations from human rights groups that it was trying to smother some of the ruling military council's most vocal opponents when it raided the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations …Continue Reading
Sunni leader slams Iraq rights problems
Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi slammed the human rights situation in Iraq on Monday, arguing that “massive” violations were destroying its democracy just as it grapples with a festering political row.Continue Reading
Rights report: Mexican feds tortured 5 suspects
Mexican human rights authorities say five men detained in the killings of two agents and a car-bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez were tortured by federal police to confess their roles in the crimes.Continue Reading
Egypt denies trying to stifle human rights movement
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's government on Sunday denied accusations from human rights groups that it was trying to smother some of the ruling military council's most vocal opponents when it raided the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations …Continue Reading
Indonesian minister uneasy over ‘unhealthy’ use of SNS, promises no HR violations
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin says the ministry will help disseminate information to the public about how to use social media in accordance with the 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction Law.Continue Reading
Indonesian minister uneasy over ‘unhealthy’ use of SNS, promises no HR violations
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin says the ministry will help disseminate information to the public about how to use social media in accordance with the 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction Law.Continue Reading