Libya: Government Using Landmines in Nafusa Mountains
Libyan government forces placed more than 150 antipersonnel landmines in at least one location in the Nafusa Mountains.
(Cairo) – Libyan government forces placed more than 150 antipersonnel landm…Continue Reading
Kyrgyzstan: Letter to the Kyrgyz Parliament regarding Recent Resolutions
Mr. Akhmatbek Keldibekovich Keldibekov
Speaker, Parliament of Kyrgyzstan
Zhogorku Kenesh
Pr. Chui 205
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dear Mr. Speaker,
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Es hora de ayudar a los refugiados “por partida doble” de Choucha (Túnez)
Por Charlotte Phillips, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre los derechos de las personas refugiadas y migrantes
La vida en el campo de Choucha es difícil. Situado en el desierto tunecino, no lejos de la frontera con Libia, el abrasador s…Continue Reading
Iran frees jailed human rights activist
Iran has freed human rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi after he served a year-long jail term on charges of spreading “propaganda against the regime,” Arman daily reported Tuesday, quoting his lawyer.Continue Reading
Iran frees jailed human rights activist
Iran has freed human rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi after he served a year-long jail term on charges of spreading “propaganda against the regime,” Arman daily reported Tuesday, quoting his lawyer.Continue Reading
UP Human Rights Commission seeks reply from Mayawati Govt. on rape cases
Lucknow, June 21 (ANI): With the sudden spurt in crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh shocking the nation, the State Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Mayawati Government and different district officials, and sought a reply from them b…Continue Reading
Encuentro con la población siria atrapada “al otro lado”
Por Neil Sammonds, investigador de Amnistía Internacional sobre Siria.
Tras mis continuos intentos fallidos por reunirme con ciudadanos sirios desplazados a ambos lados de la frontera con Turquía, me di cuenta de que la única forma que tenía de i…Continue Reading
Full investigation needed into alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
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Yemen: Reveal Opposition Figures’ Whereabouts
(New York) – Yemeni authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of a southern Yemeni opposition leader and his son who were forcibly disappeared in February 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China: Do Not Host Sudanese President
(New York) – The Chinese government’s invitation to Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir is an affront to victims of heinous crimes committed in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today. Media reports indicated that al-Bashir will travel to China on June 27,…Continue Reading
India: Speak up for Syrians
A 13-year-old boy is allegedly tortured to death by security forces on suspicion that he was part of an anti-government protest. His broken body leads to anger and further protests. The government, claiming that the protests are being fuelled by foreig…Continue Reading
India: Speak up for Syrians
A 13-year-old boy is allegedly tortured to death by security forces on suspicion that he was part of an anti-government protest. His broken body leads to anger and further protests. The government, claiming that the protests are being fuelled by foreig…Continue Reading
Yelena Bonner: Are there any dissidents like her in Russia today?
Yelena Bonner, the Soviet-era human rights pioneer and political dissident who died in Boston over the weekend, lived to see a genuine – if incomplete –transformation in her native Russia even though she maintained her principled opposition to the …Continue Reading
China is Hurting its Future by not acting on Lead Poisoning
The trajectory of China’s lead poisoning epidemic is reminiscent of other Chinese public health crises over the last decade, with the repeating themes of corruption, cover up and harassment. Lead poisoning can cau…Continue Reading
Turkey: Make Rights Reform a Priority
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government should put human rights reforms, starting with a new constitution, at the top of its agenda for its third term.
(Istanbul) – The Justice and Dev…Continue Reading