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By Sherif Elsayed-Ali, head of refugee and migrants’ rights
When Amnesty International started more than 50 years ago, our weapon of choice was the pen. Members in their thousands would write letters to governments asking for the…Continue Reading
UN rights chief to make first visit to Zimbabwe
HARARE (Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will visit Zimbabwe next week as President Robert Mugabe seeks to dispel charges that Harare is a major rights violator. Pillay will be the first U.N. rights chief to visit the country an…Continue Reading
Sudan: Repression Intensifies after Border Violence
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Sudan has stepped up harassment of journalists, censorship, and arrests of political opponents in the wake of recent fighting with South Sudan.
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Human Rights Watch tells Zardari not to sign NHRC bill
Karachi, May 17 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has urged Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari not to sign a bill to authorise a newly formed national human rights commission until it is revised to "authorize investigations of the military and the intell…Continue Reading
AFDI/SIOA, FMU to Host "Summer Night for Human Rights" in Defense of Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death for Leaving Islam
NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The prominent human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and its Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) program, along with Former Muslims United (FMU) will be hosting the first-e…Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Free Activists, Journalists Held on Bogus Charges
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The Azerbaijani authorities should promptly follow the May 15, 2012 release of an opposition activist by releasing others held on politically motivated charges.
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Pakistan: Revise National Human Rights Commission Law
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President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan should not sign a bill creating a national human rights commission until it is revised to authorize investigations of the military and the intellig…Continue Reading
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