AMSPAC Signs Bill to Promote Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights for Cuban and Syrian Americans
MIAMI — On May 8, 2012 in Miami, Florida, history was made for Syrian-Americans and Cuban-Americans and for the future of Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights in Syria and Cuba. The Assembly of the Cuban …Continue Reading
Suffering and loss among Syrians in hospitals in Tripoli, Lebanon
By Neil Sammonds, Amnesty International’s Syria researcher
Two weeks ago ‘Amina’ lost her legs, her husband and her two small children.
In a Tripoli hospital she tells me with remarkable composure how her life was, quite literally, blown apa…Continue Reading
Peru: Disability Rights in the Voting Booth
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Peru should remove significant barriers preventing people with disabilities from exercising their right to vote and other civil rights. The failure to dismantle the obstacles is undermin…Continue Reading
"Closed" Iraq torture jail still open – rights group
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday Iraqi authorities were still running a jail they said had been shut over a year ago after reports of prisoners being beaten and electrocuted, but the government denied this, saying the site was emp…Continue Reading
"Closed" Iraq torture jail still open – rights group
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday Iraqi authorities were still running a jail they said had been shut over a year ago after reports of prisoners being beaten and electrocuted, but the government denied this, saying the site was emp…Continue Reading
"Closed" Iraq torture jail still open – rights group
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday Iraqi authorities were still running a jail they said had been shut over a year ago after reports of prisoners being beaten and electrocuted, but the government denied this, saying the site was emp…Continue Reading
"Closed" Iraq torture jail still open – rights group
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday Iraqi authorities were still running a jail they said had been shut over a year ago after reports of prisoners being beaten and electrocuted, but the government denied this, saying the site was emp…Continue Reading
AFP Pledges Protection Of Workers
MANILA. Philippines – Keeping up with its commitment to uphold human rights, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has joined labor groups in protecting workers' rights.Continue Reading
Secret prison still open in Baghdad, group claims
Iraqis are still being held illegally at a Baghdad prison that the government was supposed to have shut down in 2011 after allegations that detainees were tortured and abused there, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Indonesia: Rights Record under Scrutiny at UN
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United Nations member states should urge Indonesia to adopt specific measures to ensure religious freedom, free expression, and accountability for abuses at the Universal Periodic Review…Continue Reading
Morocco/Western Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker
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The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights Watch research assistant is a case study of impunity for police violence. …Continue Reading
Iraq: Mass Arrests, Incommunicado Detentions
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Iraq’s government has been carrying out mass arrests and unlawfully detaining people in the notorious Camp Honor prison facility in Baghdad’s Green Zone, based on numerous in…Continue Reading
ICTY/Bosnia: Start of Mladic Trial Shows Persistence Pays
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The opening of the trial of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb wartime military commander, is a salient reminder that justice catches up with those accused of atrocity crimes. Mladic’s…Continue Reading
Thailand: Two Years After Crackdown, Still No Justice
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The Thai government has not arrested or charged a single soldier or official for any of the scores of deaths and hundreds of injuries during the political violence in Bangkok two years a…Continue Reading
Kuwait: Emir Should Sign New Detention Bill
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The Kuwaiti parliament passed a law on May 10, 2012, that would provide an important expansion of due process protections in Kuwait. The law would eliminate unlimited renewals of pretria…Continue Reading