Cuando ser civil es peligroso: Únete a nuestra campaña en favor de la libertad de expresión
Por Peter Drury, adjunto de investigación y campañas para Colombia, Amnistía Internacional,
Son las tres de la tarde en el centro de la localidad de San José de Apartadó; los golpes de las fichas de dominó resuenan sobre una mesa, los niños jueg…Continue Reading
Canada Won't Deal With Women's Human Rights Crisis At Home
Failure to address cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women an international shame, say leading human rights groupsVANCOUVER , Feb. 22, 2012 /CNW/ – Canada and British Columbia are failing to deal …Continue Reading
Yemen: Ensure Rights Progress Follows Leadership Change
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Yemen’s incoming president, Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi, should take immediate steps to ensure Yemen’s transition to the rights-respecting democracy that thousands of protesters hav…Continue Reading
Siria: ‘El hombre al que disparaban era mi esposo’
Por Maha Abu Shama, adjunta de investigación y acción para Siria (Amnistía Internacional)
Durante nuestra semana de viaje hacia un campo de refugiados cerca de la frontera siria, hablamos con decenas de personas que habían huido de la vio…Continue Reading
U.N. rights experts demand release of Syrian activists
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators called on Tuesday for the unconditional release of at least 16 Syrian activists and journalists arrested in Damascus last week and voiced concern that they may face torture. Leading rights ac…Continue Reading
L’extraordinaire fuite d’une famille hors de la Syrie
Par Maha Abu Shama, chargée d’action sur la Syrie à Amnesty International
L’histoire choquante d’une famille contrainte à quitter la Syrie pour gagner la Jordanie voisine, échangeant sa maison de Tasil pour le camp de transition…Continue Reading
Syrie : « L’homme sur lequel ils tiraient était en fait mon mari. »
Par Maha Abu Shama, chargée de campagne d’Amnesty International pour la Syrie
Pendant la semaine qu’a duré notre trajet jusqu’à un camp de réfugiés près de la frontière syrienne, nous avons parlé à des dizaines de pers…Continue Reading
Syria: Free Human Rights Defenders
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Human Rights Watch joined more than 30 other organizations today in calling on Syrian authorities to release Mazen Darwish, a prominent human rights defender and and director of the Syri…Continue Reading
Quebec Human Rights Commission Report Finds That Temporary Foreign Worker Programs Violate Migrant Workers' Rights
TORONTO, ONTARIO– – The Commission des Droits de la Personne et Droits de la Jeunesse is asking the Quebec government to put an end to systemic discrimination against migrant workers.In its report, released …Continue Reading
Kenny defends human rights stance
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has defended his decision not to challenge the Chinese vice-president over specific human rights violations in the communist country.Continue Reading
A racist Moldova?
By Nichita Gurcov, Amnesty International Moldova
Fleeing the civil war in his native Sierra Leone 13 years ago, John Onoje hoped for a better lot in his newly-adopted home – Moldova.
Last Sunday John Onoje was beaten up in a toilet in an unde…Continue Reading
U.N. rights experts demand release of Syrian activists
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators called on Tuesday for the unconditional release of at least 16 Syrian activists and journalists arrested in Damascus last week and voiced concern that they may face torture. Leading rights ac…Continue Reading
CAW Champions Human Rights Case of Temporary Foreign Workers
WINDSOR, ON, Feb. 21, 2012 /CNW/ – The CAW is continuing its nearly four year-long case against former Wheatley fish plant owner Joe Pratas, of Presteve Foods today in court. Pratas is standing trial …Continue Reading
Siria: “¿Cuánta sangre hemos de pagar hasta que el mundo nos ayude?
En su espeluznante informe desde la frontera con Siria, el investigador de Amnistía Internacional Neil Sammonds revela el alcance de las torturas que sufren los detenidos en Siria.
En su cama del hospital de Al Ramtha, a unos kilómetros de la front…Continue Reading
UN rights experts urge Syria to free detained activists, warn they may face torture
GENEVA – United Nations human rights investigators urged Syria on Tuesday to free a group of at least 16 activists, bloggers and journalists who were arrested by authorities last week, saying they risked being tortured in detention.Continue Reading