HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepage‘Slavery’ uncovered on trawlers fishing for Europe 0
Post Views: 9 ‘Slavery’ uncovered on trawlers fishing for Europe Exclusive: EJF find conditions including incarceration, violence, and confinement on board for months or even years Felicity Lawrence The trawlers have mostly been identified engaging in pirate fishing off west
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U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet
Post Views: 3 By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people
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Millions paid in compensation to migrants locked up in UK
Post Views: 7 Lawyer warns of ‘epidemic of mistreatment’ in the asylum system leading to civil claims Matthew Taylor Millions of pounds in compensation is being paid to migrants who have been traumatised after being locked up in detention centres
Read MoreThailand: Lift Emergency Decree 0
Post Views: 3 Draconian Law Allows Authorities to Violate Rights With Impunity (New York) – Five months after violent clashes between anti-government groups and state security forces, the Thai government still uses emergency powers to suppress fundamental human rights, Human
Read MoreVietnam: Widespread Police Brutality, Deaths in Custody 0
Post Views: 11 Fatal Police Beatings Cause Public Protests (New York) – The Vietnamese government should promptly open thorough and transparent investigations into a series of deaths caused by the use of lethal force by policemen and hold the responsible
Read MoreEuropean Court rules against Turkey over journalist’s murder 0
Post Views: 14 Turkey failed to protect journalist and activist Hrant Dink who was killed in 2007 © Private Amnesty International has welcomed a European Court of Human Rights ruling that Turkey failed to protect the life of journalist
Read MoreSakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani denies torture claims on Iranian TV 0
Post Views: 13 Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani denies torture claims on Iranian TVIranian woman facing death by stoning gives new interview amid claims previous confession was forced Saeed Kamali Dehghan The Iranian woman facing death by stoning after being convicted for
Read MoreIran: women on the frontline of the fight for rights 0
Post Views: 3 Iran: women on the frontline of the fight for rights From the mother sentenced to death by stoning to the lawyer arrested for defending opposition activists, women are prominent symbols of Iran’s struggle for democracy Peter Beaumont
Read MoreQur’an burning day to go ahead despite death threats 0
Post Views: 7 Qur’an burning day to go ahead despite death threatsPastor Terry Jones to go ahead with Qur’an burning day despite Hillary Clinton saying plan is disrespectful and disgraceful Paul Owen, Matthew Weaver and agencies The gun-toting pastor at
Read MoreThe crimewave that shames the world 0
Post Views: 7 The crimewave that shames the world It’s one of the last great taboos: the murder of at least 20,000 women a year in the name of ‘honour’. Nor is the problem confined to the Middle East: the
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