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
Kyrgyzstan: Lawyer Attacked as Police Stand By
The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately open a criminal investigation into a series of violent assaults on a lawyer defending an ethnic Uzbek on trial in relation to the 2010 ethnic violence.
Security Council Breaks Silence on Syria’s Violence Against Civilians
After days of debate about how to respond to the Syrian government’s bloody military assault on Hama, the 15-member U.N. Security Council has issued a statement condemning the “widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civili…Continue Reading
U.N. council statement condemns use of force by Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In its first substantive action on Syria’s five-month-old uprising, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday condemned human rights violations and use of force against civilians by Syrian authorities.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Stop Trial of Journalist
The head of the Saudi judiciary, Salih bin Humaid, should stop all criminal proceedings against Fahd al-Juhani, a Saudi journalist charged with defaming a local official. Al-Juhani had written about what he claime…Continue Reading
Mubarak’s trial in Egypt: We have come a long way
By Mohammed Lotfy, Amnesty International researcher for the Middle East and North Africa
Since the morning I had felt that this was going to be a historic day.
I couldn’t wait to watch live on TV the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubara…Continue Reading
Egypt: Mubarak Trial Opens
The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, former interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and Adly’s six most senior security chiefs begins on August 3, 2011, in a specially designated courtroom in Cairo’s…Continue Reading