Sri Lanka: Official Report Whitewashes Military Abuses
A new Sri Lankan Defense Ministry report concedes for the first time that government forces caused civilian deaths in the final months of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers but takes no responsibility for laws-of-…Continue Reading
Handing Qaddafi a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
After setting the wheels of justice in motion, all Security Council members should be reaffirming the message that impunity is no longer an option, instead of proffering a get out of jail free card to end a milita…Continue Reading
Vietnam: Ensure Fair Hearing for Legal Scholar
The outcome of the August 2, 2011 Appeals Court hearing on legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu’s conviction on national security charges will have important repercussions for the rule of law and freedom of expression in …Continue Reading
Iranian women call for action on gang-rapes
By a member of Amnesty International’s Iran team
As a human rights worker I am used to hearing shocking stories. However, a recent spate of gang-rapes and sexual assaults in Iran highlights increasing violence against women in a country where wom…Continue Reading
Acid-throwing case sparks call for payback review
Human rights groups have called for a review of Iran’s punishment laws after a young Iranian woman granted a pardon to a man who blinded her by throwing acid in her eyes.Continue Reading
Syrian army ‘kills at least 95’ in Hama
Ammar Qorabi, who heads the National Organisation for Human Rights, reported the toll and also said army attacks across the country on Sunday killed at least 121 people and wounded dozens more.Continue Reading
Thailand: Investigate Murder of Environmentalist
The Thai government should urgently and thoroughly investigate the murder on July 28, 2011, of Thongnak Sawekchinda, a prominent environmental activist in Samut Sakhon province.
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Ex-kidnap-slay case suspects want $60M from government
CEBU CITY — A false accusation amounts to a human rights abuse, said the couple whom police first tagged as suspects in the abduction and murder of a Cebuana schoolgirl.That’s why they filed a complaint asking the United Nations (UN) to compel the Rep…Continue Reading
Malawi rights leader in hiding amid gov’t threats
A Malawian human rights activist said Friday he is in hiding after being threatened before last week’s violent protests in this southern African country.Continue Reading
Malawi rights leader in hiding after gov’t threats
A Malawian human rights activist says he is in hiding after being threatened by the government in the aftermath of last week’s violent protests.Continue Reading
Body of missing Sri Lankan activist ‘found’: UN
The body of a prominent Sri Lankan human rights activist missing since February last year has been found, the United Nations said Friday.Continue Reading
Women find a safe haven from abuse in Nicaragua
By Josefina Salomon, Amnesty International delegate in Nicaragua
From the outside, it is simply a green house with two windows, a tall metal white fence and a nice front garden, about 20 minutes from down-town Managua.
But inside, a group of brave wo…Continue Reading
CHR opposes Marcos burial at Libingan, military honors
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is strongly opposing the proposal to allow the remains of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, along with the option to give the former President full military honors.Continue Reading
No justice for victims of Islamic sect attack
Foreign governments and human rights groups say the relatively light sentences given to 12 men who participated in the brutal killings of three minority Muslim sect members sends a chilling message about growing religious intolerance in Indonesia.Continue Reading
Rights group hits posthumous clemency for political prisoner
Human rights group Task Force Detainees of the Philippines on Friday criticized President Benigno Aquino III’s granting of clemency to political prisoner Mariano Umbrero, who died on July 15.Continue Reading