من قلب القمع في سوريا: ‘وجدتُ أبنائي محترقين في الشارع’
أم وجدت جثث أبناءها الثلاثة في الشارع، محترقين حتى الموت من قبل الجيش النظامي، بعد ساعة من أخذهم من بيوتهم. ©Amnesty International
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South Africa judge orders prosecutors to probe possible human rights violations in Zimbabwe
PRETORIA, South Africa – A South African judge says his country should investigate charges that officials in neighbouring Zimbabwe are responsible for grave human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Recently Arrested Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Gave Exclusive Interview to Julian Assange; Watch "The World …
MOSCOW, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Two Arab Spring revolutionaries, Nabeel Rajab and Alaa Abd al-Fattah explain why the reform movements stalled in Bahrain and have destabilized in Egypt on the May 8th …Continue Reading
Equatorial Guinea: Opposition Figure Wrongly Convicted
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The conviction of a prominent member of Equatorial Guinea’s beleaguered political opposition is a travesty of justice. A trial court in the city of Bata found Wenceslao Mansogo Alo…Continue Reading
Egypt: New Law Keeps Military Trials of Civilians
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Egypt’s parliament on May 6, 2012, approved amendments to the Code of Military Justice that failed to end the unprecedented expansion of military trials of civilians, despite pleas…Continue Reading
Zimbabwean Human Rights Activist Farai Maguwu to Speak at Rapaport Las Vegas Conference – Sunday, June 3, 2012
Farai Maguwu, the award-winning Zimbabwean human rights activist, will lead a special session at the Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Banyan Room, Mandalay Bay Hotel, during the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry S…Continue Reading
Zimbabwean Human Rights Activist Farai Maguwu to Speak at Rapaport Las Vegas Conference – Sunday, June 3, 2012
Farai Maguwu, the award-winning Zimbabwean human rights activist, will lead a special session at the Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Banyan Room, Mandalay Bay Hotel, during the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry S…Continue Reading
Yemen: Detained, Tortured, and Disappeared
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Yemeni security forces have arbitrarily detained dozens of demonstrators and other perceived opponents of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh since anti-government protests began in Febr…Continue Reading
Dentro de la represión de Siria: “Encontré a mis hijos quemados en la calle”
La asesora general de Amnistía Internacional sobre respuesta a las crisis, Donatella Rovera, ha regresado recientemente de la provincia siria de Idlib, donde habló con testigos de la represión brutal que se está ejerciendo en Siria.
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Germany's Loew tackles Ukraine on human rights
Germany coach Joachim Loew on Monday joined national captain Philipp Lahm in criticising Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine over their government's treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.Continue Reading
Germany's Loew tackles Ukraine on human rights
Germany coach Joachim Loew on Monday joined national captain Philipp Lahm in criticising Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine over their government's treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.Continue Reading
Bahrain arrests top human rights activist following crackdown on protests in country
Manama, May 7 (ANI): Bahrain police officials have arrested several human rights activists following a crackdown on protests taking place across the country.Continue Reading
Nigeria: Show Commitment on Child Lead Poisoning
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High-level Nigerian government participation is needed at an upcoming international conference to make progress in ending a lead poisoning epidemic among children in Zamfara State, Human…Continue Reading
Bahrain arrests rights activist Nabeel Rajab
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain has arrested a prominent human rights activist and critic of the country's ruling family, the Interior Ministry and an activist said on Sunday, as the authorities escalated a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Bahrain,…Continue Reading
Activist crisis is US envoy's human rights moment
As a former U.S. commerce secretary and governor of Washington state, Gary Locke wasn't considered much of a heavyweight on human rights when he became the first Chinese-American ambassador to Beijing last year. Trade and maintaining smooth relatio…Continue Reading