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Back to homepageBahrain intensifies crackdown on activists and clerics 0
Post Views: 12 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: 17 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: 50 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: 15 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
Read MoreACLU Report: Obama Enshrining Bush-Era Torture Policies 0
Post Views: 12 Photo Credit: publik15 LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Fear of an unchecked, unaccountable government permeates the report, particularly in the section about targeted killings For disillusioned Obama supporters, the ACLU’s July report “Establishing the
Read MoreUzbekistan: Activist Hit With New Sentence 0
Post Views: 11 Stop Persecuting Human Rights Defenders (New York) – The Uzbek government should revoke the 13-year prison sentence handed down to the human rights defender Gaibullo Jalilov on August 6, 2010, and set him free, Human Rights Watch
Read MoreTV ‘confession of Iran stoning case woman criticized 0
Post Views: 14 There are unconfirmed reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been tortured © Private Amnesty International criticized the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman on Wednesday night in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery,
Read MoreTour of Guantánamo Offers a Look, but Little Else 0
Post Views: 12 Richard Perry/The New York Times GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Welcome to Guantánamo Bay, where your tour guide will never leave your side but may not be able to answer any of your questions. Several times
Read More‘Upbeat’ White House Faces Calls for Long Term Iraq Presence 0
Post Views: 10 Iraq’s Chief of Staff Says US Must Stay Until at Least 2020 The Obama Administration remains committed to spinning its redefinition of combat troops as “transitional forces” as the end of the combat mission, even
Read MoreCAR/DR Congo: LRA Conducts Massive Abduction Campaign 0
Post Views: 16 ù This ten-year-old boy was abducted by the LRA in Bamudanga, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 27, 2010. Some weeks later he managed to escape. © 2010 Ida Sawyer/Human Rights Watch New Regional Strategy Needed
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