PWDs invisible even to human rights advocates
By CARLO FIGUEROA, VERA Files CAN one marginalized group be more marginalized than the others? Yes, say persons with disabilities (PWDs) who live with this assumption every day. Indeed, a report by the Coalition on the U.N. Convention on the … Contin…Continue Reading
Kerry Kennedy to Deliver Commencement Address at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
ALBANY, NY– – James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., President of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, announced today that Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, …Continue Reading
Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down
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Cameroonian authorities on March 27, 2012, illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…Continue Reading
Uganda: “Walk to Work” Group Declared Illegal
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The Ugandan government’s declaration on April 4, 2012, that an activist group that has led protests against the government is an “unlawful society” is deeply troublingoday. The act…Continue Reading
Concerns over low Maori numbers in crown entities
The Human Rights Commission is concerned about the low number of Maori employed by Crown entities.Continue Reading
The invisible Roma
By Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s Italy researcher
On the outskirts of Rome a former campsite is now home to some 120 Romanian and Bosnian Roma. Despite the meagre facilities the residents have been there for many years.
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EU: Ease Burma Sanctions Gradually to Match Progress
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Recent by-elections and other progress in Burma should be matched by some positive steps from the European Union, but not the wholesale withdrawal of sanctions.
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Roma community forcibly evicted from Coastei Street share their story
By Creta Ernest & Fekete Petru members of the Coastei Street community,
Support the call for justice of the Roma community forcibly evicted from Coastei Street by taking action
It’s been over a year 76 families, the majority Roma, wer…Continue Reading
Bahrain transfers hunger striker to prison clinic
An imprisoned Bahraini human rights activist, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days has been moved to a prison clinic for medical observation and care, authorities said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Roma, Jews Face Political Discrimination
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Roma, Jews, and other national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain excluded from participation in national politics 20 years after war began.
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US: Follow Up Rebuke to Syria on Landmines
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The United States should act on its recent condemnation of Syria’s use of antipersonnel landmines by joining the international ban on these weapons.
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Turkey: Coup Trial Offers Chance for Justice
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The trial of the two surviving leaders of the September 12, 1980 military coup in Turkey should focus not only on the illegality of the coup but also on the evidence of gross human right…Continue Reading
Argentine human rights secretary dies
Argentine human rights secretary Eduardo Luis Duhalde, who was a prominent voice in denouncing abuses during the country's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 72.Continue Reading
Jordan: Demonstrators Beaten in Custody
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Police beat close to 30 demonstrators at a police station this week, two of whom fainted from the ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today after interviewing six witnesses to the Mar…Continue Reading
Palestinian Authority/Israel: Escalating Assault on Free Expression
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) should not criminally prosecute Yusuf al-Shayeb, a journalist detained without charge on March 26, 2012, and released on April 2.
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