Lebanon: Cease Harassment of Human Rights Activist for Documenting Torture
The Lebanese authorities should immediately cease harassment of Saadeddine Shatila, of the international human rights group Alkarama, for his work documenting torture by security forces, a group of eleven internat…Continue Reading
Egypt: Make Mubarak’s Trial a Turning Point
What Egypt needs in the next months is a public reckoning of this broader legacy, including strategic prosecutions and truth mechanisms. But this needs to be part of a systematic process, and not just ad hoc respo…Continue Reading
Las mujeres encuentran un lugar donde están a salvo de los abusos en Nicaragua
Por Josefina Salomon, delegada de Amnistía Internacional en Nicaragua
Desde fuera parece una simple casa verde con dos ventanas, una alta valla metálica blanca y un bonito jardín, a unos 20 minutos del centro de Managua.
Pero dentro hay un grupo de …Continue Reading
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