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Back to homepageKurdish prisoner is dying in Iranian jail 0
Post Views: 5 Kurdish prisoner Metin Ercan who has cut off his tongue to protest the torture he was subjected is reported to be in critical condition. Ercan who faces death risk suffered massive bleeding twice and his legs are
Read MoreLebanon: Critic of Nahr al-Bared Reconstruction Efforts Detained 0
Post Views: 11 Military Intelligence Exceeding Authority by Arresting Government Critics (Beirut) –The Lebanese authorities should immediately release Ismael Sheikh Hassan, an urban planner detained by Military Intelligence on August 18, 2010, or promptly charge him with a recognizable crime,
Read MoreSaudi Arabia urged not to deliberately paralyse man as retribution punishment 0
Post Views: 3 Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities not to deliberately paralyse a man in retribution for similar injuries he allegedly caused during a fight. Reports say a court in Tabuk, in the north-west of the country,
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La historia no se repite, pero rima
Post Views: 14 La historia no se repite, pero rima Tano D’Amico, bambino romNicolas Sarkozy ha puesto en marcha la deportación de cientos de personas de etnia romaní y ciudadanía rumana o búlgara. Primeramente los estigmatizó públicamente, acusándolos en una
Read MoreMalaysia should halt expansion of security force accused of abuses 0
Post Views: 7 RELA agents have a record of human rights abuses against migrants and refugees © Amnesty International The Malaysian government should scrap plans to expand a state-sponsored security force of civilian volunteers with a long record of human
Read MoreHalf the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide 0
Post Views: 12 Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocideThe authors of a new book, Half the Sky, say the slavery and abuse of women is the greatest moral outrage of our
Read MoreBahrain intensifies crackdown on activists and clerics 0
Post Views: 7 Amnesty International calls on the Bahraini authorities to reveal the whereabouts of eight human rights defenders, political activists and Shia clerics arrested in a clampdown by the authorities amid fears that they could be prisoners of conscience.
Read MorePhilippine police responsible for torture must be prosecuted 0
Post Views: 7 The Philippine government should ensure that police officers responsible for torture shown in a video broadcast on Tuesday in the national media are brought to justice, Amnesty International has said. A video released to the Philippine media
Read MoreNigeria: Corruption Fueling Police Abuses 0
Post Views: 23 Police officers in Nigeria routinely extort money from drivers and passengers at roadside checkpoints, in some cases resulting in confrontations that escalate to violence and other serious abuses. Officers who commit such practices are often compelled to
Read MoreKyrgyzstan: Probe Forces’ Role in June Violence 0
Post Views: 10 Zhura Payzulaeva cries as she recounts how seven members of her family were killed in the first two days of ethnic clashes in Osh. June 23, 2010. © 2010 Moises Saman pour Human Rights Watch R
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