Malaysia: Drop Charges Against Indian Activists
The Malaysian government should drop politically motivated charges against 52 members of an ethnic Indian organization before their trials start on April 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The 52 are charged …Continue Reading
Malaysia: Drop Charges Against Indian Activists
The Malaysian government should drop politically motivated charges against 52 members of an ethnic Indian organization before their trials start on April 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The 52 are charged …Continue Reading
Malaysia: Drop Charges Against Indian Activists
The Malaysian government should drop politically motivated charges against 52 members of an ethnic Indian organization before their trials start on April 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The 52 are charged …Continue Reading
Azerbaijan, Updated: Activists Jailed Ahead of Planned Protest
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Libya: Living in fear and caught in the crossfire
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s
Crisis Researcher
1 April 2011, Ajdabiya
Ajdabiya, a city of more than 100,000 people, is again empty of its residents. Yesterday, even the few residents who had begun to return earlier in the week w…Continue Reading
Una isla italiana se convierte en una pesadilla para los africanos atrapados en ella
Por Charlotte Phillips, integrante de la delegación de Amnistía Internacional que se encuentra actualmente en Lampedusa
La negligencia de las autoridades italianas ha convertido la isla de Lampedusa en el escenario de una crisis humanitaria.
Durante …Continue Reading
U.N. rights office urges Ouattara to rein in forces
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office called on Ivorian presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Friday to rein in his forces, citing what it said were unconfirmed reports they had abducted and mistreated civilians.Continue Reading
U.N. rights office urges Ouattara to rein in forces
The United Nations human rights office called on Ivorian presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Friday to rein in his forces citing what it said were unconfirmed reports they had abducted and mistreated civilians.Continue Reading
Rankin pleased with Human Rights Commission’s response
Ngapuhi activist David Rankin says he is satisfied with the Human Rights Commission’s response to his complaint over one of its staff members and never wanted the person to get the sack.Continue Reading
Côte d’Ivoire: West African Immigrants Massacred
Tweet(Dakar) – Ivorian militias and Liberian mercenaries loyal to Laurent Gbagbo killed at least 37 Wread moreContinue Reading
US worried about China rights trend
The United States said Thursday it was increasingly concerned about human rights in China, which has launched its biggest crackdown in years amid a wave of democracy protests in the Arab world.Continue Reading
Amnesty slams Canada’s recent rights record
Canada’s global reputation as a human rights champion has been eroded in recent years, according to a scathing Amnesty International report that doesn’t name Stephen Harper’s Conservatives but raises many criticisms of foreign policy under the Tories.Continue Reading
Amnesty blasts Tories’ rights record, citing pro-Israel stance and funding cuts
OTTAWA – The Harper government has eroded Canada’s global reputation as a human rights champion, says a respected international watchdog.Continue Reading
Ecuador: Don’t Prosecute President’s Critics
(Washington, DC) – President Rafael Correa’s efforts to prosecute his critics for defamation under criminal law is a serious blow to free expression in Ecuador, Human Rights Watch said today. Ecuador should repeal the defamation provisions in its crimi…Continue Reading