HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepageColombia’s new government must guarantee an independent justice system 0
Post Views: 9 Juan Manuel Santos won a landslide victory in a second round of elections © APGraphicsBank Colombia’s new government must ensure the independence of the country’s justice system, allowing it to bring to justice those responsible for human
Read MoreMalukan activists at risk of torture in detention in Indonesia 0
Post Views: 5 Amnesty International has warned that 10 Malukan political activists detained by Indonesia’s special anti-terrorism police are facing a high risk of torture. Detachment 88 police officers, who have regularly been accused of involvement in torture, arrested the
Read MoreSerbian Roma families facing forced eviction 0
Post Views: 4 The families have not been offered any alternative accommodation or compensation © Regional Centre for Minorities Amnesty International has urged the Belgrade authorities to halt plans to destroy a Roma settlement amid fears that an eviction could
Read MorePakistani president’s UK visit must deliver human rights gains in Northwest 0
Post Views: 5 President Zardari urged to announce reforms in the northwest to fight human rights abuses © APGraphicsBank Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari should use his UK visit to announce reforms in the country’s northwest that will help combat
Read MoreIsrael: Halt Demolitions of Bedouin Homes in Negev 0
Post Views: 11 Israeli police restrain a Bedouin resident while demolishing al-Araqib village in Israel’s Negev region in an early morning raid on July 27, 2010. © 2010 www.panet.ps Pre-Dawn Raid Destroys Entire Village (Jerusalem) – The Israeli government should
Read MoreIran: End Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer and His Family 0
Post Views: 10 Unable to Arrest Mohammad Mostafaei, Officials Detained His Wife, Brother-in-Law (New York) – Iranian authorities should immediately charge or release the wife and brother-in-law of a prominent lawyer, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also
Read MoreJUSTICE URGED FOR MURDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 0
Post Views: 4 The trial of the men accused of killing Pascal Kabungulu has been deadlocked since 2005 © Héritiers de la Justice The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human
Read MoreCry Havoc – World Court Demolishes International Law 0
Post Views: 9 The decision of the International Court of Justice, made public on July 22, that the unilateral declaration of independence by the provisional government of Kosovo “did not violate any applicable rule of international law” was both predictable
Read MoreArizona: US Court Blocks Immigration Law’s Worst Aspects 0
Post Views: 9 But State Should Repeal Law Targeting Immigrants (Washington, DC) – A ruling by a US district court in Arizona on July 28, 2010, will temporarily block enforcement of the most problematic provisions of Arizona’s recent law targeting
Read MoreUS: End in Sight for Infamous Crack Cocaine Laws 0
Post Views: 5 Legislation to Address Racial Disparity in Sentencing Heads to President Obama’s Desk (New York) – Legislation approved by the House on July 28, 2010, will dramatically alter the historically more punitive approach to federal crack cocaine offenders
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