U.S. urges U.N. sleuth resign over blog cartoon
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it has called on the U.N. human rights investigator for the Palestinian territories to resign after he published a cartoon on his blog which he later withdrew as “anti-semitic.”Continue Reading
Enough is enough: End appalling migrant detention conditions in Greece
By Kondylia Gogou and Giorgos Kosmopoulos, researcher and campaigner in Amnesty International’s EU Team
After a three-day visit to the detention facilities of Fylakio, Ferres, Soufli and Tyhero on Greece’s border with Turkey, we left with knot…Continue Reading
European human rights court tosses out challenge to Swiss minarets ban
GENEVA – The European Court of Human Rights on Friday dismissed a challenge by Muslim groups to Switzerland’s minaret building ban.Continue Reading
European court dismisses suit on Swiss minarets
The European Court of Human Rights on Friday dismissed a challenge by Muslim groups to Switzerland’s minaret building ban.Continue Reading
Syrian forces storm suburb; ambassador in Hama
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian security forces stormed the northern Damascus suburb of Harasta, injuring two people, residents and a human rights group said on Friday, ahead of further protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.Continue Reading
OAS coup report implicates Honduras in 20 slayings
The Honduran government violated human rights by causing the deaths of 20 people in the seven months after the 2009 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, an Organization of American States report said Thursday.Continue Reading
US: Federal Prosecution of Terrorism Suspect Furthers Justice
The Obama administration’s decision to prosecute a Somali terrorism suspect apprehended abroad in federal court demonstrates the importance of US civilian courts in countering terrorism. However, Ahmed Abdulkadi…Continue Reading
Military Justice is Not Enough
Strasbourg has ruled that Britain failed to investigate civilian killings in Iraq. This must never happen again.
Strasbourg has ruled that Britain failed to investigate civilian killings in Iraq…Continue Reading
Military Justice is Not Enough
Strasbourg has ruled that Britain failed to investigate civilian killings in Iraq. This must never happen again.
Strasbourg has ruled that Britain failed to investigate civilian killings in Iraq…Continue Reading
Campaigners urge release of Guinean ex-military chief
An alliance of human rights groups on Thursday slammed the “illegal arrest and detention” of Colonel Moussa Keita, a former member of the military junta which led Guinea for a year until December 2009.Continue Reading
The Gulf’s gender anxiety
As women in the Gulf become more visible, both socially and politically, and as migrants bring with them different ways of living, the region’s governments are stepping up their gender policing. To allay fears amo…Continue Reading
UK: Landmark Ruling in Iraq Case
A European Court of Human Rights ruling on July 7, 2011, in a case involving the killings of Iraqi civilians by UK soldiers, is a landmark judgment in the universal application of human rights.
UK: Landmark Ruling in Iraq Case
A European Court of Human Rights ruling on July 7, 2011, in a case involving the killings of Iraqi civilians by UK soldiers, is a landmark judgment in the universal application of human rights.
Human rights ruling on Iraq troops
British troops accused of the unlawful killing and ill-treatment of civilians while at war in Iraq were governed by Europe’s human rights convention at the time, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.Continue Reading
Uganda: Q&A on the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo
1. Who is Thomas Kwoyelo?
2. What are the charges Kwoyelo faces?
3. What is the International Crimes Division?
4. What other cases are currently before the International Crimes Division?
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