La justice à un carrefour: lettre ouverte à la magistrature du Suriname
Javier Zuñiga, conseiller spécial d’Amnesty International
À la suite de l’adoption par l’Assemblée nationale du Suriname d’une modification de la loi d’amnistie de 1992, Amnesty International rappelle au pouvoir judici…Continue Reading
Morocco: Drop Charges Against Detained Rapper
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Moroccan authorities should drop charges and release a rapper who has spent three weeks in pretrial detention on charges that he insulted the police in his songs and a video set to his m…Continue Reading
Cape Dorset man wins human rights decision
Nunavut's Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a Cape Dorset man lost wages and damages after he was not hired for a job in the hamlet in 2005.Continue Reading
NZ accused of serious breach of human rights
"It is ludicrous that New Zealand has the audacity to accuse another country of human rights breaches when we are ourselves in breach of every human rights treaty we have signed." Garth McVicarContinue Reading
‘We came here for education, nothing else’
By Khairunissa Dhala, Amnesty International’s South Sudan Researcher and Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada
Pariang refugee camp, South Sudan – 17 April 2012
Pariang refugee camp lies in a desolate part of South Sudan,…Continue Reading
Nigeria: UK Conviction a Blow Against Corruption
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The money laundering conviction and 13-year prison term for the Nigerian politician James Ibori on April 17, 2012, is a landmark in the global fight against corruption. Ibori, one of Nig…Continue Reading
Armenia: Investigate Mob Attack on Local NGO
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The authorities should immediately conduct a thorough investigation into an attack against a leading human rights organization in Armenia’s northern town of Vanadzor.
Amnesty International says rights violated in Bahrain despite reform promises
Manama, April 17 (ANI): Despite promises of reforms, human rights are still being violated in Bahrain, according to Amnesty International.Continue Reading
In pictures: People live here, say thousands of activists across Africa
By Bridget Burrows, Africa Regional Campaigner Slums, Amnesty International,
From N’Djamena to Harare, Cairo to Accra, Port Harcourt to Nairobi, thousands of residents of slums and informal settlements and people affected by forced evictions mobilize…Continue Reading
Human rights definition unclear
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has yet to determine a definition of human rights despite it being enshrined in the Federal Constitution, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam (pic) saidContinue Reading
Council of Europe: Shelve Risky Court Reforms
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Council of Europe member states should reject proposed UK changes to the European Court of Human Rights that could limit access to the court for those who most need it.
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Charles Taylor: Q&A on The Case of Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
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The Special Court indicted Taylor on March 7, 2003 on 17 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international law for his role in supporting Sierr…Continue Reading
Hungary: Revoke Law Criminalizing Homeless
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The Hungarian government should revoke a new national law that makes it a crime to be homeless.
(Berlin) – The Hungarian government should revoke a new national …Continue Reading
‘We can run away from bombs, but we can’t run away from hunger’
By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and Khairunissa Dhala, Amnesty International’s South Sudan Researcher
Yida Refugee Camp, South Sudan – 16 April, 2012
For the past 10 months, some 20,000 refugees from Sudan’s con…Continue Reading
UN rights experts report violations since Syria truce
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday they had received reports of shelling and arrests by Syrian forces since the ceasefire, as well as executions of some soldiers captured by rebels, although the level of violence generall…Continue Reading