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
Sufrimiento y pérdida entre personas de Siria hospitalizadas en Trípoli, Líbano
Por Neil Sammonds, investigador de Amnistía Internacional sobre Siria
Hace dos semanas, Amina perdió las dos piernas, a su esposo y a sus dos hijos de corta edad.
En el hospital de Trípoli donde está ingresada me cuenta con increíble serenidad cContinue Reading
«Nous avons souffert sous Kadhafi et aujourd’hui, nous continuons de souffrir»
Par Diana Eltahawy, chercheuse sur la Libye à Amnesty International
Douze mois se sont écoulés depuis le moment où je visitais en Libye des hôpitaux dans lesquels étaient soignées des personnes blessées lors de la guerre menée pour obtenir l…Continue Reading
“Bajo el régimen de Al Gadafi sufrimos, y ahora volvemos a sufrir”
Por Diana Eltahawy, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre Libia
Han pasado 12 meses desde que estuve en Libia visitando hospitales en los que recibían tratamiento personas que resultaron heridas en la guerra para derrocar a Muamar al Gadafi…Continue Reading
Group: Congo ex-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