International human rights experts call for key changes to the Detainee Inquiry as Abdul Hakim Belhadj joins list of survivors refusing to participate
The government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism today as seventeen distinguished international human rights experts publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron stating th…Continue Reading
Hungary: Reverse Interference with Courts, Media
The Hungarian government’s interference with judicial independence and media freedom violates its international obligations and puts human rights at risk.
(London) – The Hungarian government&r…Continue Reading
UN criticizes sharp rise in Saudi executions
The U.N.’s human rights office has criticized a sharp rise in executions carried out by Saudi Arabia in 2011.Continue Reading
UN alarmed at jump in Saudi executions
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday said it was alarmed at the almost threefold increase in the use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia last year.Continue Reading
Israeli court upholds contentious ‘Naqba’ law
Israeli human rights groups said Thursday that the country’s Supreme Court had rejected their petition to overturn a contentious law penalising Arab mourning of the Jewish state’s founding.Continue Reading
NZ condemns Fiji rights abuses
New Zealand has added its voice to mounting international condemnation of human rights abuses in Fiji since last December’s coup.Continue Reading
UN diplomat wants Libya NATO investigation
The incoming UN Security Council president has called for an investigation into human rights abuses committed during NATO’s bombing of Libya.Continue Reading
Vietnam: Free Peaceful Activist
Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the activist Bui Thi Minh Hang and stop harassing her for protesting peacefully.
(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately rel…Continue Reading
UN diplomat wants Libya NATO investigation
The incoming U.N. Security Council president called Wednesday for an investigation into human rights abuses committed during NATO’s bombing campaign to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.Continue Reading
Georgia: Flawed Misdemeanor System
Georgia’s system for handling administrative offenses, or misdemeanors, violates the defendant’s due process rights.
(Tbilisi) – Georgia’s system for handling administrative offen…Continue Reading
Somaliland: End Forced Return of Refugees
The Somaliland authorities should cease forcibly returning refugees and asylum seekers to possible persecution in Ethiopia. On December 28, authorities returned 20 Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers in violatio…Continue Reading
Egypt detains four for posters critical of military
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police detained four activists on Tuesday for putting up posters critical of the ruling military council, a step a human rights lawyer said was part of an effort to neutralise the protest movement. The military council, in po…Continue Reading
Sudan: End Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
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Sudanese security forces should stop using excessive force to disperse peaceful student protests. Authorities should also immediately release detained activists, opposition members, and …Continue Reading
US: Harsh Conditions for Young Lifers
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The approximately 2,570 youth offenders serving life without parole sentences in adult US prisons experience conditions that violate fundamental human rights. The United States is the on…Continue Reading
Iraq’s speaker criticises human rights violation
Baghdad, Jan 3 (IANS) Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi Monday criticised the massive human rights violations in the country.Continue Reading