Letters of solidarity gave us strength to fight for women’s rights in Nicaragua
To raise awareness of this month’s Write for Rights campaign, Ana Maria Pizarro, a women’s rights defender in Nicaragua, recalls how messages of hope and support from around the world helped her and her eight colleagues continue their wor…Continue Reading
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Names Deborah Richardson Executive Vice President
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights welcomes Atlanta native Deborah Richardson’s return as Executive Vice President leading fundraising and program development.Continue Reading
Agency alleges RM breached human rights code
Winnipeg agency New Directions files a human rights complaint against the Rural Municipality of Springfield after it denied the agency a zoning permit to move two mentally disabled men into an area home.Continue Reading
Human rights activist: Nigerian military attack in oil-rich delta kills as many as 150 people
LAGOS, Nigeria – An activist in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says a military raid using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people.Continue Reading
Human rights activist: Nigerian military attack in oil-rich delta kills as many as 150 people
LAGOS, Nigeria – An activist in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says a military raid using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people.Continue Reading
The Price of Freedom
Drawing on previously unpublished data and scores of interviews with judges, defendants, prosecutors, and defense counsel, this report reveals the extent of the problem. Among defendants arrested in 2008 on nonfelony charges who had bail set at $1,000 …Continue Reading
New York City: Bail Penalizes the Poor
(New York) – Thousands of people accused of minor crimes are held in pretrial detention in New York City each year solely because they cannot afford to pay even small amounts of bail, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In New York City…Continue Reading
Thousands Rally in Japan to Defend Religious Freedom and Protest Human Rights Violations
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 20,000 Japanese citizens are expected to rally on December 3 to “Protect Japanese Human rights and Religious Freedom.” Beginning at 11 a.m. in Tokyo’s Hibiya Park, more than 3,000 demonstrator…Continue Reading
A Vote to Help Women Around the World
Two weeks ago, Natalie sat across from me in a crowded camp of displaced earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, wrapped her arms around her pregnant belly, and told me the world needed to do something about rape in Haiti.
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Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan: Clinton Should Seek Concrete Rights Actions
(Astana) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should use her impending visits to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to promote concrete human rights improvements, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Uzbekistan needs action, not words on human rights: Clinton
Uzbekistan should “translate words into practice” to improve its human rights situation, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday during a brief visit to Tashkent.Continue Reading
Kazakhstan: Letter to the Prosecutor General regarding 29 Asylum Seekers
To the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mami K. A.
The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan
8, Orynbor St., House of Ministries, Entrance № 2
010000, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana
Via fax: +7 7172 502534, +7172 33 3928
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Steve Goose Delivers Statement on Mine Stockpile Destruction
Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. President,
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Follow-Up Letter to the Government of Iran Regarding the Abuse of Sexual Minorities
His Excellency Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
Head of the Human Rights Council of the Judiciary
His Excellency Alireza Avai
Head of the Tehran Judiciary
His Excellency A…Continue Reading
16 Days of Activism: Violence against women is a worldwide scandal
By Valentine Sebile, coordinator of Amnesty International’s 16 Days of Activism campaign
The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign that aims at raising awareness of gender-based violence. It started on 25 November and ends on 10 December…Continue Reading