Iraq: Investigate Protester Deaths
(New York) – Iraqi authorities should open an independent and transparent investigation into the reported shooting of several protesters in demonstrations on February 16 and 17, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi security forces should respect …Continue Reading
UN says Russian efforts on human rights fall short
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday that attempts by President Dmitry Medvedev to improve civil society in Russia had been unsuccessful, and urged the country to improve its rights record.Continue Reading
Bahrain: End Deadly Attacks on Peaceful Protesters
(Washington, DC) – Bahrain’s King Hamad Al Khalifa and Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al Khalifa should immediately and publicly order a halt to deadly attacks on peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks have left at least five …Continue Reading
U.N. says Russian efforts on human rights fall short
The U.N. human rights chief said Thursday that attempts by President Dmitry Medvedev to improve civil society in Russia had been unsuccessful, and urged the country to improve its rights record. “His efforts are appreciated but not advanced sufficientl…Continue Reading
UN rights chief notes Russia’s setbacks on rights
The U.N’s top human rights official on Thursday decried violence in Russia against activists and journalists but said the country has made some incremental moves toward reform.Continue Reading
UN rights chief notes Russia’s setbacks on rights
The U.N’s top human rights official on Thursday decried violence in Russia against activists and journalists but said the country has made some incremental moves toward reform.Continue Reading
Human rights fantasy in Geneva
On Jan. 25 in Geneva, the Working Group on the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held its hearing on Nepal. The UPR happens once every four years for each UN member state and makes recommendations for improving the human rights …Continue Reading
Rights group wants funds cut to Palestinian forces
The U.S. and the European Union should cut off funds to Palestinian security services in the West Bank until the Palestinians investigate accusations of abuse against protesters, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Asian Centre for Human Rights condemns kidnapping of Malkangiri District Collector
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) on Thursday condemned the kidnapping of R Vineel Krishna, the District Collector of Odisha’s Malkangiri District by the Maoists.Continue Reading
Rights group wants funds cut to Palestinian forces
The U.S. and the European Union should cut off funds to Palestinian security services in the West Bank until the Palestinians investigate accusations of abuse against protesters, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Amnesty South Africa – record-breaker!
By Lucy Macnamara, Demand Dignity Campaign Co-ordinator at Amnesty International
Demand Dignity is back on tour with U2, here in South Africa!
Last night, the concert experience in Johannesburg was simply breathtaking on so many levels. U2 hadn’t p…Continue Reading
Libya: Arrests, Assaults in Advance of Planned Protests
(New York) – Libyan Internal Security forces have arrested at least 14 people as protests began in connection with peaceful demonstrations planned for February 17, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Palestinian Authority: Thugs, Police Abuse Peaceful Protesters
(Ramallah) – The Palestinian Authority should open criminal investigations into members of its security services who apparently beat, kicked, and sexually molested protesters in Ramallah, Human Rights Watch said today.read moreContinue Reading
Dismantling the Machinery of Oppression
Police states are labor-intensive. Those that try to keep a veneer of pluralism, like the Tunisia of deposed President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, are perhaps even more so.
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