US: Drug Plan Deserves Support
The state Department of Correctional Services will try out a new drug treatment program for prisoners early next year. Already, opponents are attacking it as a bad idea, saying that New York is planning to get drug users hooked on an addictive drug in …Continue Reading
Steve Goose Delivers Statement at Mine Ban Meeting
Mr. President, delegates,
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Egypt opposition faces heavy losses in ‘rigged’ vote
Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Egypt opposition faces heavy losses in ‘rigged’ vote
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Egypt: Elections Marred as Opposition Barred from Polls
(Cairo) – Elections to Egypt’s People’s Assembly on November 28, 2010, were marred by reports that opposition supporters were barred from polling stations and subjected to violence, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Swiss approve automatic expulsion of foreign criminals
Switzerland endorsed Sunday a far-right push to automatically expel foreign residents convicted of certain crimes, to the dismay of critics who described it as a “dark day for human rights.”Continue Reading
Moroccans protest against Spanish opposition party
Hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched Sunday to protest against criticism by Spain’s opposition Popular Party of alleged human rights abuses in the disputed Western Sahara.Continue Reading
Morocco rejects probe into Western Sahara incident
Morocco rejects a probe into violent clashes between its security forces and residents of Western Sahara by the United Nations, its foreign minister said in an interview published on Saturday.Continue Reading
China’s Growing Intolerance of Peaceful Dissent Must Be Challenged
Last month’s announcement of a Nobel peace prize for the Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, together with the approaching award ceremony on 10 December, have driven official tolerance for peaceful dissent in China to a new low.
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Israel: Soldiers’ Punishment for Using Boy as ‘Human Shield’ Inadequate
(Jerusalem) – An Israeli military court’s sentence on November 21, 2010, for two soldiers found guilty of using a Palestinian boy as a "human shield" during the 2008-09 offensive in Gaza appears inadequate considering the gravity of the offen…Continue Reading
Western Sahara protestors beaten and abused: HRW
Moroccan security forces repeatedly beat and abused people they detained during disturbances in Western Sahara earlier this month, Human Rights Watch said Friday.Continue Reading
HRW tells Morocco: stop mistreating detained Sahrawis
Human Rights Watch urged Moroccan authorities on Friday to stop what it called the mistreatment of Sahrawi detainees arrested after a deadly clash earlier this month in the disputed Western Sahara desert territory.Continue Reading
HRW tells Morocco: stop mistreating detained Sahrawis
Human Rights Watch urged Moroccan authorities on Friday to stop what it called the mistreatment of Sahrawi detainees arrested after a deadly clash earlier this month in the disputed Western Sahara desert territory.Continue Reading
رسائل الدعم أمدتني بالقوة أثناء احتجازي في أحد السجون المصرية
لرفع مستوى الوعي حول حملة اكتبوا من أجل الحقوق خلال شهر ديسمبر/ كانون الأول؛ يستذكر المدوِّن والناشط البدوي مسعد أبو فجر، وهو سجين رأي سابContinue Reading
رسائل الدعم أمدتني بالقوة أثناء احتجازي في أحد السجون المصرية
يستذكر مسعد أبو فجر، وهو سجين رأي سابق وناشط من أجل حقوق البدو، في مدونته، كيف أن رسائل الدعم التي كان يتلقاها عندما كان معتقلاً ساهمت في رContinue Reading