Rights groups pull out of UK torture inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) – Human rights groups and campaigning lawyers will not take part in an inquiry into what British security services knew about the alleged torture of terrorism suspects on foreign soil because it risks becoming a “whitewash,” they said …Continue Reading
Juicio de Mubarak en Egipto: un gran paso
Mohammed Lotfy, investigador de Oriente Medio y el Norte de África para Amnistía Internacional
Desde esta mañana supe que hoy iba a ser un día histórico.
No podía esperar para ver la retrasmisión en directo por televisión del juicio del ex pres…Continue Reading
محاكمة مبارك في مصر: لقد قطعنا شوطاً طويلاً
بقلم محمد لطفي، الباحث في برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا بمنظمة العفو الدولية
منذ الصباح انتابني شعور بأن هذا اليوم سيكون يوماً تاريخContinue Reading
Torture probe ‘has no credibility’
Human rights groups and lawyers intend to pull out of the inquiry into British complicity in allegations of torture because it does not have “credibility or transparency”.Continue Reading
UN: Syria Should Heed Council’s Call to End Attacks
The United Nations Security Council on August 3, 2011, adopted unanimously a presidential statement on Syria. It “condemned the widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians by the…Continue Reading
Q&A: Human Rights in Europe in the Aftermath of the Norway Attacks
Human Rights Watch today released the following questions and answers in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Norway.
(London) – Human Rights Watch today released the following questi…Continue Reading
"Tukayo" campaign against impunity launched
With thousands of unresolved cases of human rights violations, an awareness campaign against impunity was launched to bring justice to the victims of this abuse.Continue Reading
"Tukayo" campaign against impunity launched
With thousands of unresolved cases of human rights violations, an awareness campaign against impunity was launched to bring justice to the victims of this abuse.Continue Reading
"Tukayo" campaign against impunity launched
With thousands of unresolved cases of human rights violations, an awareness campaign against impunity was launched to bring justice to the victims of this abuse.Continue Reading
"Tukayo" campaign against impunity launched
With thousands of unresolved cases of human rights violations, an awareness campaign against impunity was launched to bring justice to the victims of this abuse.Continue Reading
"Tukayo" campaign against impunity launched
With thousands of unresolved cases of human rights violations, an awareness campaign against impunity was launched to bring justice to the victims of this abuse.Continue Reading
UN condemns Syrian attacks on civilians
After months of deadlock, the U.N. Security Council finally responded to the escalating violence in Syria on Wednesday, condemning President Bashar Assad’s forces for attacking civilians and committing human rights violations.Continue Reading
Kyrgyzstan: Lawyer Attacked as Police Stand By
The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately open a criminal investigation into a series of violent assaults on a lawyer defending an ethnic Uzbek on trial in relation to the 2010 ethnic violence.
Security Council Breaks Silence on Syria’s Violence Against Civilians
After days of debate about how to respond to the Syrian government’s bloody military assault on Hama, the 15-member U.N. Security Council has issued a statement condemning the “widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civili…Continue Reading
U.N. council statement condemns use of force by Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In its first substantive action on Syria’s five-month-old uprising, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday condemned human rights violations and use of force against civilians by Syrian authorities.Continue Reading