Liu Xiaobo and the West’s naive beliefs about freedom in China
I heartily applaud the Nobel Committee for awarding its Peace Prize to the imprisoned Liu Xiaobo for his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. In doing so, the committee has challenged the West to re-examine a dangerous no…Continue Reading
UN affirms the right to water and sanitation as legally binding
By Ashfaq Khalfan, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Policy Coordinator, Demand Dignity and ESCR Programme
On 30 September, the UN Human Rights Council affirmed for the first time that the human right to water and sanitation is legally binding.
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Calling on Nigeria to investigate Bundu shootings
By Kathryn Achilles, Nigeria campaigner for Amnesty International
Yesterday, in Nigeria’s capital city Lagos, we launched our report, Port Harcourt Demolitions: Excessive Use of Force Against Demonstrators, which details how, on 12 October 2009…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Signing ‘Disappearances’ Convention an Important Step
(New York) – Indonesia’s signing of the international convention on enforced disappearances should encourage the government to take action to resolve ongoing cases in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Letter to President Yudhoyono Regarding the Signing of the Convenention on Enforced Disappearances
Dear President Yudhoyono,
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France: Rwanda Rebel’s Arrest Sends Strong Message
(Brussels) – The arrest in France of a Rwandan rebel leader for serious crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo sends a strong signal that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is at work investigating crimes in the Kivus and will pursue abusive co…Continue Reading
Human Rights Commission ‘struggling’
The ACT Human Rights Commission says a shortage of funding and resources means it cannot meet all its obligations.Continue Reading
The ACLU, Science Fiction, and Human Rights
Cloning, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and other science fiction technologies may be beyond our reach with the technology of today, but the ACLU is already considering them and the civil liberties problems they may cause tomorrow.Continue Reading
UN experts urge release of Chinese Nobel laureate
Four U.N. human rights experts have called on China to immediately release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.Continue Reading
Belgrade Pride 2010 – a call for tolerance, against discrimination
By Lydia Aroyo, Europe and Central Asia Press Officer at Amnesty International
Belgrade Pride 2010 began this morning in beautiful weather with a call for tolerance. The violence that erupted outside the venue of the march proved that tolerance is …Continue Reading
Lebanon: Don’t Resurrect the Death Penalty
(Beirut) – Lebanon’s government should resist increasing calls by politicians to resume executions and instead work to abolish the practice, Human Rights Watch said on the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty, on October 10, 2010.
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On the eve of Belgrade Pride 2010
By Lydia Aroyo, Europe and Central Asia Press Officer at Amnesty International
Amnesty International members are arriving today in Belgrade to take part in tomorrow’s Belgrade Pride 2010. They are going to support Serbia’s lesbian, gay, transgender…Continue Reading
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan: End Juvenile Death Penalty
(New York) – Only three countries – Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan – are known to have executed an individual since the beginning of 2009 for a crime committed before age 18, Human Rights Watch said today. In advance of the World Day Against the Death P…Continue Reading
Letter to Egyptian Foreign Minister Regarding the Election of Hisham Badr as UNHCR Executive Committee Chairman
H.E. Ahmed Abul Gheit
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Your Excellency,
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China: Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Spotlights Rights Deficit
(New York) – The awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to the Chinese writer and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo underscores the urgent need for rights reforms in China, Human Rights Watch said today.
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