شهادات من البحرين: اعتُقلت بسبب معالجتها الجرحى
تمت كتابة هذه المدونة قبل الحكم على كاتبها و 19 من العاملين في المجال الصحي بالحبس من قبل محكمة بداية السلامة الوطنية البحرينية في 29 سبتمبر…Continue Reading
UN expert says Cambodia rights progress a ‘mixed bag’
Despite significant human rights progress in Cambodia, freedom of expression has worsened, a UN expert told AFP, describing the situation as “a mixed bag”.Continue Reading
Lithuania: Rights group calls for new CIA probe
A human rights group called on Lithuania on Thursday to reopen its investigation into CIA prisons and the alleged torturing of terrorist suspects based on what they said was new evidence of a rendition flight to the Baltic state.Continue Reading
Testimonies from Bahrain: Arrested for treating the injured
This blog was written before its author and 19 other health workers were sentenced to prison by Bahrain’s National Safety Court of First Instance on 29 September.
I am a health worker at Salmaniya hospital, the main hospital in Bahrain. I’m …Continue Reading
Pak National Assembly committee terms drone strikes as violation of human rights
Islamabad, Sep 29(ANI): Expressing concern over the unabated drone attacks by the United States on Pakistani soil, the Pakistan National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights has said that it causes severe human rights violations.Continue Reading
France: One Year On, New Abuses against Roma
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French authorities are carrying out mass evictions and expulsions of Eastern European Roma in France.
(Paris) – French authorities are carrying out mass eviction…Continue Reading
Canada: Intelligence Service Accused of Libya Interrogations
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A Libyan-Canadian citizen who was imprisoned for eight years by the Muammar Gaddafi government says that agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were among foreign …Continue Reading
ACLU alleges human rights violations in Los Angeles jails
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Deputies in the Los Angeles County jail system have committed acts of violence against prisoners so grave they constituted human rights abuses, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report.Continue Reading
Cox Foundation pledges $500,000 to national center
Cox Enterprises has announced that the James M. Cox Foundation is pledging a $500,000 gift to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.Continue Reading
CSIS questioned Canadian in Gadhafi prison, human-rights group claims
OTTAWA – A human-rights group says agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service interrogated a Libyan-Canadian while he spent eight years in one of Moammar Gadhafi’s prisons.Continue Reading
US: Take Tough Stance With Uzbekistan
The US government should not move toward “business as usual” with Uzbekistan, a group of 20 human rights organizations, labor and consumer groups, trade unions, investors, and other organizations said today in…Continue Reading
HRW demands UN probe into Syrian woman’s death
An international human rights group is calling for a U.N. investigation into the possible role by Syrian security agents in the recent decapitation of an 18-year-old Syrian woman.Continue Reading
Testimonios desde Bahréin: Mi padre, el activista
Por Yara Ebrahim Al Sayed
Fue al día siguiente de mi último examen trimestral. Estaba tomándome un café con una amiga, contándole las ganas que tenía de tomarme unas vacaciones para descansar de todo el estrés al que estaba sometida en aquel mom…Continue Reading
Syria: Investigate Possible State Role in Decapitating Woman
The killing and mutilation of Zaynab al-Hosni, 18, by unknown persons highlights the urgent need for the UN Security Council to demand access to Syria for an international investigation into rampant killings and t…Continue Reading
Vietnam cites London riots to defend rights record
Vietnam’s foreign minister pointed Tuesday to Britain’s response to August riots as he defended the human rights record of his government, which he said guaranteed fundamental freedoms.Continue Reading