Egypt set for Tunisia-style change: UN rights chief
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday that Egypt would experience the kind of change that has swept Tunisia in the wake of a popular revolt that toppled that country’s president last month.Continue Reading
La impotencia de no saber
Equipo de Amnistía Internacional en El Cairo
Estábamos entrevistando a un hombre que ha perdido a su hijo de 16 años en las recientes protestas cuando nos ha llegado la noticia de la detención de nuestros colegas.
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Top UN human rights official denounces attacks, backs call for special session on Egypt
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official has denounced attacks on activists and journalists and backs the idea of a special session of the U.N.’s Human Rights Council to address the violence in Egypt.Continue Reading
Iraq’s secret torture prison
Human Rights Watch says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has not fulfilled his promise to stop abuses against terrorism suspects, a charge his government denies. A guide to the accusationsContinue Reading
European Human Rights court rulings making UK ‘safe heaven’ for foreign terrorists’
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Human Rights rulings have made Britain a ‘safe haven’ for foreign terrorists, the independent reviewer of anti-terror laws has warned.Continue Reading
Dozens of journalists, human-rights activists arrested, beaten as chaos in Egypt intensifies
CAIRO – Menacing gangs backing President Hosni Mubarak attacked journalists and human rights activists Thursday in an ugly turn in Egypt’s crisis as government opponents pushed supporters out of Cairo’s main square in a second day of street battles. Or…Continue Reading
Palestinian Authority: End Violence Against Egypt Demonstrators
(Ramallah) – The Palestinian Authority should end police violence against peaceful demonstrators, the latest instance being an attack against demonstrators at an evening rally on February 2, 2011, in Ramallah in support of the Egypt protests, Human Rig…Continue Reading
Egypt: Stop Attacks on Peaceful Protesters
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Egypt revolution sympathisers beaten in Syria-HRW
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Syrian authorities failed to intervene as 15 people who tried to hold a candle vigil in support of the Egyptian revolution were beaten in Old Damascus.Continue Reading
Joint Civil Society Letter to Human Rights Council Member States on Egypt
To Permanent Representatives of Human Rights Council Member States
Excellency,
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Sudan: Violent Response to Peaceful Protests
(Juba) – Sudanese authorities used excessive force during largely peaceful protests that began on January 30, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should immediately release protesters detained by national security forces and investigate…Continue Reading
New York vigil held for murdered Uganda gay activist
Supporters from some 40 human rights groups gathered for a vigil in New York Thursday in memory of murdered Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato, and called for his killer to be brought to justice.Continue Reading
The helplessness of the unknown
By the Amnesty International Team in Cairo
We were interviewing a father who lost his 16 year old son in the recent unrest when news of the arrest of our colleagues reached us.
They were visiting a national human rights organization, the Hisham Mubar…Continue Reading
Syria: Gang Attacks Peaceful Demonstrators; Police Look On
(New York) – Syria’s government should immediately cease its intimidation and harassment of demonstrators expressing solidarity with pro-democracy campaigners in Egypt, Human Rights Watch said today. With calls on Facebook and Twitter for large protest…Continue Reading
Mexico: Deliver Justice for Killings, Disappearances in Monterrey
Military and police officers were implicated in a series of deaths and disappearances in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Human Rights Watch said today. Federal and state prosecutors should take immediate steps to prosecute those responsible, Human Rig…Continue Reading