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MYANMAR: HOLDING THE GENERALS TO ACCOUNT

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Post Views: 23 “During their operations the Tatmadaw has systematically targeted civilians, including women and children, committed sexual violence, voiced and promoted exclusionary and discriminatory rhetoric against minorities, and established a climate of impunity for its soldiers. The full findings

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As Colombia’s peace process falters, scores of social activists are being killed

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Colombia, one of the most dangerous nations for human rights activists, has attempted to halt its 50-year armed conflict through a complex peace process that began in 2012

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Free At Last! Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Finally Released by Israelis

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Thursday, 20 September, 2018 Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, was released from prison by the Israeli authorities after completing her last five-month prison sentence.

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Executions of Ramin Hossein Panahi “Unlawful and Unjust”

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The Centre for Human Rights in Iran has issued a statement (September 10) calling the execution of Kurdish activist Ramin Hossein Panahi and the two other Kurdish prisoners “unlawful and unjust”

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Ramin Hossein Panahi, Iranian Kurd, Murdered by Regime…

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Early Saturday morning, this 8 September 2018, the long wait regarding the life of Iranian Kurd, Ramin Hossein Panahi, came to an end

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Shooting the Messenger! Myanmar Journalists Jailed

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On September 3, sentences of 7 years were handed down to journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, arrested in early December last year and whose only crime is that of reporting on the murder of innocent civilians in the outrage of ethnic cleansing by the military regime in Myanmar

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Irish State Rules to Deprive Vulnerable Man of Liberty

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How ‘modern’ then or how relevant to contemporary developments is Ireland’s current legal system? Or maybe how compassionate is it?

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UPDATE: Ramin Hossein Panahi, How Long on Death Row..?

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Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish activist, was sentenced to death in January 2018 by the Iranian regime

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Why human rights groups are beginning to support the rights of non-human animals

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Solidarity must extend, not only to all people but also to animals, the earth, and the environment

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