Roma further marginalized by Rome’s ‘Nomad Plan’
By Jezerca Tigani, Amnesty International’s Europe expert
The camp Via di Salone in the east of Rome is typical of ‘Nomad Plan’ camps, according to Carlo, a member of a local NGO who is taking me here.
More than 1,200 people live here, even th…Continue Reading
Roma living in fear in Romanian settlement
By Barbora Cernusakova, EU Team Researcher, and Fotis Filippou, EU Team Campaigner
Constanta is a beautiful city on Romania’s Black Sea coast, yet not everybody is able to appreciate its beauty – least of all many of its Roma inhabitants….Continue Reading
Qaddafi’s Great Arms Bazaar
During his 42 years in power, Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s unpredictable behavior has become the stuff of legend. But on one issue Qaddafi was remarkably consistent: He was unrelentingly obsessed with purchasing a massive arsenal of weapons from …Continue Reading
Lebanon: Prison Deaths, Injuries Need Independent Investigation
Lebanon’s government should order an independent investigation into the deaths of two inmates and injuries to about 45 others on April 6, 2011, in Lebanon’s main prison
Lebanon’s government s…Continue Reading
Lebanon: Prison Deaths, Injuries Need Independent Investigation
Lebanon’s government should order an independent investigation into the deaths of two inmates and injuries to about 45 others on April 6, 2011, in Lebanon’s main prison
Lebanon’s government s…Continue Reading
UN says its Libya human rights abuses investigation will cover all sides involved in fight
GENEVA – Investigators launching a U.N.-ordered probe into wartime human rights abuses in Libya vowed Friday to visit villages, prisons and conflict zones, sparing no one and no region from scrutiny.Continue Reading
Costa de Marfil: Millones de personas viven atemorizadas entre el fuego cruzado
Por Gaëtan Mootoo y Stephan Oberreit, delegados de Amnistía Internacional en Costa de Marfil
Somos dos delegados de Amnistía Internacional, y lo que queremos hacer en estos momentos es documentar los informes de graves violaciones de derechos humano…Continue Reading
Malaysian Bar: Government must promote and celebrate a culture of human rights
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Bar urged the government to make absolutely clear that it will do its utmost to uphold, respect, protect and defend the human rights of Malaysians and the many foreign workers contributing to the economic development.Continue Reading
Vietnam: Free Political and Religious Detainees
(New York) – Dozens of peaceful advocates for democratic reforms, rule of law, religious freedom, and human rights face arbitrary detention and harsh prison sentences, with no respite in sight, Human Rights Watch said today, on the fifth anniversary of…Continue Reading
Bahrain: State of Fear Prevails With Arbitrary Detentions, Pre-Dawn Raids
Arbitrary detention appears rampant under Bahrain’s state of emergency, with numerous cases in which authorities have abused people they detained or stopped. Bahrain should account for everyone who has been detain…Continue Reading
Bahrain: State of Fear Prevails With Arbitrary Detentions, Pre-Dawn Raids
Arbitrary detention appears rampant under Bahrain’s state of emergency, with numerous cases in which authorities have abused people they detained or stopped. Bahrain should account for everyone who has been detain…Continue Reading
Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Association Law
(Bangkok) – Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Forum-Asia, Glo…Continue Reading
Belarus rejects call for OSCE human rights mission to investigate crackdown
MINSK, Belarus – Belarus has rejected a call by Western countries for a human rights fact-finding mission to be sent to the authoritarian former Soviet republic in the wake of a crackdown on opposition.Continue Reading
US/Colombia: Rights Conditions Crucial for Trade Deal
The US Congress should insist on vigorous enforcement of human rights commitments by Presidents Barack Obama and Juan Manuel Santos before moving forward on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).