الطفولة الضائعة في غزة
قام مندبو منظمة العفو الدولية بالتحقيق بمقتل طفلين خلال التصعيد الأخير للعنف في غزة
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Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Used to Crush Free Speech
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The Ethiopian high court on June 27, 2012, convicted 24 journalists, political opposition leaders, and others under Ethiopia’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law. The Ethiopian governmen…Continue Reading
Kenny told 'examine human rights'
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been called on to put people's economic, social and cultural rights at the heart of any change to the constitution.Continue Reading
Los desafíos que aguardan al nuevo presidente de Egipto
Por Said Haddadi, investigador de Amnistía Internacional sobre Egipto
Los resultados tan esperados de las elecciones presidenciales egipcias, en las que se ha proclamado vencedor Mohamed Morsi, fueron acogidos por muchos egipcios congregados en la pla…Continue Reading
Syria: End Indiscriminate Shootings of Civilians Fleeing Country
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Syrian soldiers on the border with Jordan appear to be shooting indiscriminately at anyone – including civilian women and children – trying to flee from Syria.
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Amnesty slams govt on NT intervention
Amnesty International is angry the federal government has ignored calls to subject Stronger Futures draft laws to a human rights test.Continue Reading
Libya: Abu Salim Prison Massacre Remembered
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The sixteenth anniversary of the Abu Salim prison massacreon June 28 to 29, 2012, offers victims’ families across Libya the first chance to commemorate the 1996 tragedy without fear of…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Police Attack Peaceful Protest
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Bahraini authorities should immediately end the use of security forces to unlawfully attack peaceful protesters. Riot police used teargas and sound bombs to disperse a demonstration on J…Continue Reading
Bulgaria: Denounce Call to Stone Gays
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The Bulgarian justice minister should publicly denounce a cleric’s calls for violence against people who participate in the LGBT Pride Parade in Sofia on June 30, 2012. In previous yea…Continue Reading
Senate panel approves "Magnitsky" sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, a measure with broad support in Congress that Russia protests would be an unwarranted intrusion into its in…Continue Reading
Senate panel OKs bill on Russian human rights
A Senate panel moved ahead Tuesday on legislation that would impose tough sanctions on Russian human rights violators, a bill certain to be linked to congressional efforts to lift Cold War-era restrictions on trade with Russia.Continue Reading
Human rights museum reviewing security after break-in
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is reviewing its security procedures after the downtown Winnipeg site was broken into early this morning.Continue Reading
Sudan: Violent Crackdown on Protesters
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Sudan security forces have arrested scores of protesters, opposition members, and journalists, beat people in detention, and used rubber bullets and even live ammunition to break up prot…Continue Reading
EU ADOPTS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
SINGAPORE, June 26 (Bernama) — The Foreign Affairs Council of the EuropeanUnion (EU) today adopted the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracywith an Action Plan for putting it into practice. This is the first time that the EU has had a unif…Continue Reading
China has forced refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: group
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have forced back into Myanmar some ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled across the border to escape civil war, and China is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday. Myanmar'…Continue Reading