Fighting Extreme Sentencing for Child Offenders
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Afghan government’s takeover of women’s shelters adds insult to injury
By Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan Researcher.
The recent move by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) to take control of women’s shelters is deeply worrying. I have spoken to NGO workers who run these shelter…Continue Reading
Police halt protest in Malawi over fuel shortages
Human rights activists say Malawian police stopped thousands of protesters from marching in the capital to protest ongoing fuel shortages.Continue Reading
New BSR Report Helps Companies Protect Human Rights in the Digital Age
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — BSR today published “Protecting Human Rights in the Digital Age,” a new report describing the evolving freedom of expression and privacy risks faced by information and communications technology (I…Continue Reading
US: Public Officials Should Reject Discrimination
Many Muslims and undocumented immigrants in the United States face hostility, fear, and resentment. Whether expressed elegantly or with vitriol, in plain words or in code, there are daily expressions of intoleranc…Continue Reading
US: Public Officials Should Reject Discrimination
Many Muslims and undocumented immigrants in the United States face hostility, fear, and resentment. Whether expressed elegantly or with vitriol, in plain words or in code, there are daily expressions of intoleranc…Continue Reading
Letter to Mr. Zocchetto, Senator, and Rapporteur for the French Senate Law Commission on the Bill to Reform Police Custody
Dear Mr. Zocchetto,
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Syrian blogger gets five years’ jail: rights group
NICOSIA (AFP) – Syrian woman blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a state security court, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday.Continue Reading
The new face of Egypt
By the Amnesty International team in Cairo
Describing in words the atmosphere in Tahrir Square on the evening of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation after 30 years in power would never do it justice.
It was a bit like Cairo itself – you cannot unders…Continue Reading
Syrian blogger gets five years’ jail: rights group
Syrian woman blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a state security court, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday.Continue Reading
Egypt: Free Detainees, Lift Emergency, End Torture
(Cairo) – Egypt’s Higher Military Council should take immediate steps to free those detained during the recent unrest, lift emergency laws, and make a clear commitment to end torture and police abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 13, 2011…Continue Reading
Somalia: Stop War Crimes in Mogadishu
(New York) – The scale and severity of the crimes during the intense fighting in Somalia in recent months demonstrates the need for an international commission of inquiry, Human Rights Watch said today. A recent Human Rights Watch investigation found t…Continue Reading
Yemen: Don’t Use Stun Guns on Peaceful Protesters
(Sanaa) – Yemeni security forces used electroshock stun guns and batons against peaceful anti-government demonstrators in the capital, Sanaa, on February 13, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Yemeni government to c…Continue Reading
Burma’s Authoritarian Avatar
If Burma’s newly formed parliament seems eerily familiar, that’s because most of its members are. As the new national and regional assemblies formed last week, many of the generals who have ruled the country for years assumed nominally civilian roles i…Continue Reading