US: Geneva Case Against Bush Shows Need to Prosecute Torture
(New York) – The US government should take the lead to investigate former US President George W. Bush and other senior officials for authorizing torture of terrorism suspects rather than leaving prosecutions to other countries, Human Rights Watch said …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: 297 dead in Egypt uprising
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says at least 297 people have been killed since Egypt’s anti-government uprising began two weeks ago.Continue Reading
France: Senate Should Revise Immigration Bill
French senators should remove provisions in the draft immigration law that are incompatible with human rights norms, Human Rights Watch said in an open letter to senators today. On February 8, 2011, the Senate is …Continue Reading
France: Senate Should Revise Immigration Bill
French senators should remove provisions in the draft immigration law that are incompatible with human rights norms, Human Rights Watch said in an open letter to senators today. On February 8, 2011, the Senate is …Continue Reading
Dissident Syrian author on trial: rights groups
The trial of dissident Syrian author Ali al-Abdullah charged with “disseminating false information” began on Monday before a military tribunal human rights groups said.Continue Reading
Could George W. Bush face arrest in Switzerland?
The former president canceled a trip to Geneva amid threats by human rights groups that they’d pursue legal charges against him for sanctioning tortureContinue Reading
Open Letter to French Senators on Immigration Bill
Dear Sir/Madam:
We are writing to express our serious concerns about a variety of provisions in the immigration bill currently under examination in the Senate. The memorandum annexed to this letter sets out our analysis and detailed recommendations….Continue Reading
My 36 Hours in Egyptian Captivity
Cradling an assault rifle, the soldier in the sand-colored camouflage uniform stood on a chair, haranguing the group of men and women inside the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, a noted human rights organization in Cairo. "You want to go outside?" …Continue Reading
Are human rights really in decline? Look how far we’ve come.
Shortly before I left my position as head of Amnesty International in 2006, I gave a lecture at Syracuse University on the state of human rights around the world. At a dinner beforehand, the university president asked faculty members whether human righ…Continue Reading
My 36 Hours in Egyptian Captivity
Human rights worker Daniel Williams tells of the terrifying time he spent in military detention in Cairo last week, having been arrested by Egyptian soldiers.Continue Reading
Republican US foreign policy "wolf" shows her teeth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For years, U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Republican foreign policy "wolf" shows her teeth
For years, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Is Brazil Ready to Investigate Past Human-Rights Abuses?
With a former left-wing guerrilla and political prisoner as President, Brazil inches toward confronting decades-old charges of murder, torture and forced exileContinue Reading
Hosni Mubarak’s Human-Rights Horrors
Torture, imprisonment, repression of dissent, murder, disappearances—as the Egyptian regime teeters, dissidents and bloggers look back on three decades of abuses.Continue Reading
On a mission through Cairo
By Amnesty International staff in Egypt
Yesterday, reunited with our two colleagues, we saw flashbacks of the denouement of our last hours of separation. Our night time chase across Cairo’s ghastly streets late on Friday and in the early hours of S…Continue Reading