Syrian authorities release 80-year-old lawyer and human rights activist
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian authorities released a leading lawyer and human rights activist just hours after President Bashar Assad issued an amnesty for older prisoners and others convicted of minor crimes, a human rights group said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Syria releases leading human rights activist
Syrian authorities released a leading lawyer and human rights activist just hours after President Bashar Assad issued an amnesty for older prisoners and others convicted of minor crimes, a human rights group said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Ottawa medical residents file human rights complaint
Three resident doctors at the Ottawa Hospital have filed a human-rights complaint against the University of Ottawa and several officials, alleging they were discriminated against on the basis of their Saudi heritage.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Stop Women Being Given as Compensation
(New York) – The Afghan government should hold accountable those who seek to impose brutal customary punishments such as baad, where women and girls are given as compensation for crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Top human rights lawyer ‘freed from Syrian jail’
Leading Syrian human rights lawyer Haythem al-Maleh was freed from jail on Tuesday, benefitting from a presidential pardon, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Continue Reading
Top human rights lawyer ‘freed from Syrian jail’
Leading Syrian human rights lawyer Haythem al-Maleh was freed from jail on Tuesday benefitting from a presidential pardon the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Continue Reading
Cambodia: Rally Barred on Women’s Day
(New York) – The Cambodian government should reverse its decision to refuse a permit to the Cambodian Women’s Movement Organization (CWMO) for a rally in central Phnom Penh, Human Rights Watch said today. The rally was intended to mark the 100th annive…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: Impunity in Zimbabwe fueling violence in run-up to elections
JOHANNESBURG – Every day in Zimbabwe, Tendai has to see the people who killed his parents more than two years ago. They live in his neighbourhood and have gone unpunished.Continue Reading
EU: Libya calls for UN probe into human rights violations during uprising
BRUSSELS – The Libyan government is calling on the United Nations to dispatch a fact-finding team to investigate the violence during the country’s bloody uprising, a senior EU official said Tuesday. But an EU spokesman said it was not the bloc’s job to…Continue Reading
Syria releases leading human rights activist
A Syrian rights group says authorities have released a leading lawyer and human rights activist.Continue Reading
Egyptian revolution sidelining women?
By Widney Brown, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Law and Policy
One hundred years ago, more than a million people marched in streets across Europe on the first International Women’s Day, calling for an end to discrimination and f…Continue Reading
No justice in Zimbabwean killings, torture: HRW
Human Rights Watch condemned Zimbabwe on Tuesday for failing to prosecute killings and torture during the country’s bloody 2008 election, saying new polls risked descending again into violence.Continue Reading
Perpetual Fear
This report examines the lack of justice in several illustrative cases of political killings, torture, and abductions by government security forces and their allies during and after the presidential election run-off in 2008.
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Perpetual Fear
This report examines the lack of justice in several illustrative cases of political killings, torture, and abductions by government security forces and their allies during and after the presidential election run-off in 2008.
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Zimbabwe: No Justice for Rampant Killings, Torture
(Johannesburg) – The failure of Zimbabwe’s government to investigate and prosecute killings, torture, and politically motivated violence since the 2008 elections is fueling further human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released t…Continue Reading