Iran says woman sentenced to stoning may be spared
The head of Iran’s human rights council predicted that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will likely be spared from execution.Continue Reading
Prevent Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers
To the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka,
In the wake of recent cases of alleged abuse against Indonesian and Sri Lankan migrant domestic workers employed in Saudi Arabia, we write to urge your governments to ensure a timely and co…Continue Reading
Philippines: Families of those massacred at Maguindanao speak out
By Hazel Galang, Philippines campaigner, Amnesty International
Today many people in the Philippines are pausing to remember the Maguindanao massacre that thrust the nation into the international spotlight on 23 November last year: At least 57 people, i…Continue Reading
UN rights chief calls for release of Iran lawyer
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official has called on Iran to release a lawyer detained on suspicion of spreading propaganda against the ruling system.Continue Reading
Closing Doors?
This 69-page report documents abuses including torture, arbitrary arrests, banning of opposition activities, and harassment of civil society groups. Human Rights Watch called on the government to end the abuses and to strengthen institutional mechanism…Continue Reading
Burundi: Crackdown on Rights Following Elections
(Nairobi) – Burundi is cracking down on civil society, media, and opposition parties in the wake of troubled local and national elections from May through September 2010, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Pakistan: Repeal Blasphemy Law
(New York) – Pakistan’s government should immediately introduce legislation to repeal the country’s blasphemy law and other discriminatory legislation, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should also take legal action against Islamist militan…Continue Reading
2010 U.S. Human Rights Heroes Announced; Van Jones Joins the Petra Foundation to Recognize Four Women for Their …
The Petra Foundation named four new fellows to its growing network of human rights heroes this past Saturday, November 20, at its 22nd annual celebration of unsung leaders who are making distinctive contributions to civil and human rights in the United…Continue Reading
Russia could shun European rights court–top judge
Russia’s top judge said it may no longer honor judgments handed down by Europe’s influential Court of Human Rights, but a Kremlin official played down the idea, calling it a “backwards” step.Continue Reading
Mexico: Letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora
Dear Secretary Blake:
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India/UAE: Use Visit to Raise Migrant Worker Issue
(New York) – President Pratibha Devisingh Patil of India should address the systemic abuse of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates and press for urgent labor reforms during an official visit that begins November 22, 2010, Human Rights Watch said…Continue Reading
Memo to Convention on Conventional Weapons Delegates
The horrors of napalm and other incendiary weapons impelled the negotiation of the third protocol to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (the CCW). Drafters of the protocol reacted to the death, disfigurement, and severe and painful injuries that in…Continue Reading
ICC: Trial Opens for Congo’s Ex-Vice President
(Brussels) – Judges of Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will begin hearing evidence on Monday, November 22, 2010, in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former vice president of Congo, rebel leader, and leader of Congo’s …Continue Reading
Letter to the President of the Republic of India Regarding UAE Visit
Her Excellency Pratibha Devisingh Patil
President of the Republic of India
Your Excellency:
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