Central Asia: Five Years of EU Engagement
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The European Union’s (EU) effectiveness to promote rights improvements in Central Asia is hampered by its reticence to articulate clear expectations for reform and follow through with …Continue Reading
Uzbekistan: US Report Fails Child Labor Victims
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The United States government’s decision not to cite Uzbekistan for its widespread practice of forced and child labor in the country’s cotton sector sends the wrong message to the Uzb…Continue Reading
إيران والمملكة العربية السعودية والمحاكمات الجائرة “للمذنبين بارتكاب جرائم المخدرات
بقلم آن هاريسون، نائبة مدير برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا في منظمة العفو الدولية.
ينبغي أن أعترف بأنني اضطررتُ إل غض الطرف وإشاContinue Reading
Amnesty International Calls for Senegal to Respect Human Rights
On Wednesday, leading human rights group Amnesty International released a report calling out the recently-elected government of Senegal to move quickly to implement reforms and improvements to justice, rule of law, and human rights.Continue Reading
U.S. trade bill "not a gift" to Russia, Kirk says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's top trade official urged Congress on Wednesday to quickly approve legislation to improve trade ties with Russia, unencumbered by human rights requirements, saying it was vital to keep U.S. exports com…Continue Reading
UN investigator says US government is dodging questions on its use of lethal drones
GENEVA – A U.N. human rights expert accused the U.S. government Wednesday of sidestepping his questions on its use of armed drones to carry out targeted killings overseas.Continue Reading
Bold, ambitious action needed from leaders at Rio+20
By Savio Carvalho, Director of Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Programme, writing from Rio de Janeiro (Follow him on Twitter – @SavioConnects)
Late into one of the negotiation sessions at the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable…Continue Reading
“Día inolvidable” para una Embajadora de Conciencia
De Colm O’Gorman, director ejecutivo de Amnistía Internacional Irlanda
Fue, en palabras de Aung San Suu Kyi, uno de los “días inolvidables” de su vida.
Desde el momento en que pisó Irlanda, Daw Suu nos robó el corazón.
Cuando subió al escen…Continue Reading
The Long Wait
On World Refugee Day, Amnesty International’s Sherif Elsayed-Ali blogs about the millions of refugees waiting year after year for a solution to their plight.
In the summer of 2001 I was working for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Cairo…Continue Reading
UK gets tough on foreign criminals staying in country under Human Rights Act
London, June 20 (ANI): British lawmakers have passed a landmark vote ordering judges to stop granting foreign criminals 'human rights' to stay in the country. e motion was passed after the Commons was informed about the scale at which overseas …Continue Reading
North Korea under growing pressure over human rights
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) – The campaign for North Koreans¿ human rights is receiving fresh impetus as South Korea, the US and the international community are ratcheting up pressure on the repressive regime to address grave living conditions and ce…Continue Reading
North Korea under growing pressure over human rights
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) – The campaign for North Koreans¿ human rights is receiving fresh impetus as South Korea, the US and the international community are ratcheting up pressure on the repressive regime to address grave living conditions and ce…Continue Reading
North Korea under growing pressure over human rights
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) – The campaign for North Koreans¿ human rights is receiving fresh impetus as South Korea, the US and the international community are ratcheting up pressure on the repressive regime to address grave living conditions and ce…Continue Reading
Bangladesh: Stop Boat Push-backs to Burma
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The government of Bangladesh should stop forcibly returning ethnic Rohingya fleeing sectarian violence back to Burma.
(New York) – The government of Bangladesh s…Continue Reading
China: Arbitrary Expulsions of Tibetans from Lhasa Escalate
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As many as several hundred Tibetans from eastern areas of the Tibetan plateau who live in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), have been arbitrarily expelled from the…Continue Reading