Israel NGO probe ‘would harm human rights’
Israel’s Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has warned that plans to set up a parliamentary inquiry into left-wing NGOs and rights groups would have a “chilling effect” on basic human rights.Continue Reading
Visit to Brussels by Patches Rhode, mother of executed US prisoner
By David Nickols, Senior Executive Officer, EU Foreign Policy, Amnesty International
Last week the EU institutions office in Brussels hosted Patches Rhode and Joshua Ladner, the mother and brother of Brandon Rhode, who was executed by lethal injection…Continue Reading
Guantanamo’s Simulacrum of Justice
The latest military commission trial at Guantanamo Bay opened the door for the defendant’s release in a few years.
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Thailand: Investigate Departure of Rohingya ‘Boat People’
(New York) – The Thai government should investigate reports that authorities forcibly pushed back to sea 91 ethnic Rohingyas seeking asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. The Rohingyas subsequently washed up in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, mor…Continue Reading
Morocco: Thousands March for Reform
(Rabat) – Thousands of Moroccans in cities across the country demonstrated in favor of political reform on February 20, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Mostly peaceful demonstrations and marches took place in towns and villages largely without int…Continue Reading
Yemen: Tenuous Calm in Sanaa
(New York) – Provocateurs loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh abruptly ceased attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Sanaa on February 20, 2011, according to sources in the Yemeni capital, Human Rights Watch said today. But violence in the south…Continue Reading
Violence in Libya escalates
Human rights watchdogs are anxiously watching the escalating violence in Libya.Continue Reading
Libya: Governments Should Demand End to Unlawful Killings
Update: Death Toll Up to At Least 233
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Libya death toll tops 100: Human Rights Watch
More than 100 people have died in an iron-fisted security crackdown in unrest-swept eastern Libya, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday, fearing a “catastrophe” as protests spread closer to the capital.Continue Reading
Clarke: ‘No question’ of pulling out of European human rights convention
There is “no question” of Britain pulling out of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) the justice secretary has confirmed.Continue Reading
Libya death toll tops 100: Human Rights Watch
The death toll has topped 100 from an iron-fisted crackdown on protests in east Libya, Human Rights Watch said, as demonstrators on Sunday again braved the streets of the restive city of Benghazi.Continue Reading
Libya death toll tops 100: Human Rights Watch
The death toll has topped 100 from an iron-fisted crackdown on protests in east Libya Human Rights Watch said as demonstrators on Sunday again braved the streets of the restive city of Benghazi.Continue Reading
Rights group urges Kuwait to free stateless protesters
Human Rights Watch called on Kuwait on Sunday to release dozens of stateless Arabs who were detained at a protest to demand basic rights and citizenship.Continue Reading
Kuwait: Dozens Injured, Arrested in Bidun Crackdown
(New York) – Hundreds of stateless residents of Kuwait took to the streets on February 18, 2011, to demand their rights, with dozens seeking treatment for injuries in local hospitals and dozens more detained by state security, Human Rights Watch said t…Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Free Political Activists
(New York) – Saudi authorities should immediately release five men who sought official recognition in early February of what would be the country’s first political party, Human Rights Watch said today. The five appear to have been detained solely for t…Continue Reading