Human Rights Watch tells Zardari not to sign NHRC bill
Karachi, May 17 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has urged Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari not to sign a bill to authorise a newly formed national human rights commission until it is revised to "authorize investigations of the military and the intell…Continue Reading
AFDI/SIOA, FMU to Host "Summer Night for Human Rights" in Defense of Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death for Leaving Islam
NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The prominent human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and its Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) program, along with Former Muslims United (FMU) will be hosting the first-e…Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Free Activists, Journalists Held on Bogus Charges
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The Azerbaijani authorities should promptly follow the May 15, 2012 release of an opposition activist by releasing others held on politically motivated charges.
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Pakistan: Revise National Human Rights Commission Law
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President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan should not sign a bill creating a national human rights commission until it is revised to authorize investigations of the military and the intellig…Continue Reading
Feds fail to conduct promised review of trade and Colombian human rights
OTTAWA – The NDP and human rights advocates say the Harper government is shirking its responsibility to evaluate the rights situation in Colombia, a task it agreed to undertake when it signed a free-trade agreement with the South American country.Continue Reading
Russia: A Sunday Stroll for Freedom
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Police arrested hundreds of people following clashes with demonstrators at a major protest rally in Moscow on May 6, 2012, the day before Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as president of …Continue Reading
The CIA and the Case of Mistaken Rendition
European Human Rights Court Hears Case of Man Who Claims He Was Abducted, Taken to Secret Afghan PrisonContinue Reading
Brazil panel sworn in to probe dictatorship abuses
An emotional President Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla jailed and tortured during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, on Wednesday swore in a seven-member Truth Commission tasked with probing human rights abuses from that period.Continue Reading
Feds fail to conduct required review of trade and Colombian human rights
OTTAWA – Human rights advocates say the Harper government is shirking a legal responsibility to evaluate the rights situation in Colombia.Continue Reading
Group: Congo general recruiting children again
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation pu…Continue Reading
Immigrant women farm workers suffer sex abuse: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of female immigrant farm workers in the United States are at risk of sexual violence and harassment, the organization Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday. The 95-page report titled "Cultiva…Continue Reading
Souffrance et deuil des Syriens hospitalisés à Tripoli, au Liban
par Neil Sammonds, chercheur sur la Syrie à Amnesty International
Il y a deux semaines, « Amina » a perdu ses jambes, son mari et ses deux jeunes enfants.
Dans un hôpital de Tripoli, elle me raconte avec un calme remarquable comment sa vie a lit…Continue Reading
السوريون في مستشفيات طرابلس بلبنان: بين ألم فقدان الأحبة ومعاناة الإصابة
نيل ساموندز الباحث في الشؤون السورية في منظمة العفو الدولية
منذ أسبوعين فقط خسرت أمينة ساقيها، وفقدت زوجها وطفليها أيضاً.
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“لقد عانيْنا الأمرّين إبان حكم القذافي، وها نحن الآن نعاني ثانيةً”
ديانا الطحاوي، الباحثة في الشؤون الليبية في منظمة الع
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اثنا عشر شهراً مضت منذ آخر زيارة قمتُ بها إلى المستشفيات في ليبيا حيث كان …Continue Reading
UN Security Council: Press Libya on Impunity
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Members of the United Nations Security Council should condemn attempts by the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to prevent accountability for serious and ongoing crimes committe…Continue Reading