HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepageHonduras: Prosecute Post-Coup Abuses 0
Post Views: 14 Casings from live ammunition that witnesses say was used by the Honduran Army to disperse a pro-Zelaya demonstration at the Tegucigalpa airport on July 5, 2009. © 2009 Stephen Ferry Attacks and Threats Remain a Very
Read MoreChina urged to release Uighur activist allegedly tortured in prison 0
Post Views: 5 Ablikim Abdiriyim is the son of prominent Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer © UHRP Amnesty International renews its call on the Chinese authorities to release an ethnic Uighur prisoner of conscience jailed on separatism charges after his
Read MoreDR Congo: Rogue Leaders, Rebels Forcibly Recruit Youth 0
Post Views: 21 Bosco Ntaganda poses for a photograph in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 5, 2010. © 2010 Reuters Tensions Rise as Armed Groups Expand Their Ranks (Goma) – Rogue Congolese army officers and armed groups
Read MoreKosovo y el silencio de Occidente 0
Post Views: 21 Sobre el informe de la Asamblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa Tratamiento inhumano y tráfico ilícito de órganos humanos en Kosovo Conmociona leer el informe Tratamiento inhumano y tráfico ilícito de órganos humanos en Kosovo (1) escrito
Read MoreIsrael/West Bank: Separate and Unequal 0
Post Views: 6 Palestinian Bedouin school children walk towards their tents on September 15, 2010 at their Bedouin camp outside the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumin. Israel does not recognize the Bedouins’ property claims and has demolished
Read MoreIrish abortion laws set for human rights ruling 0
Post Views: 6 Strasbourg court to rule on three women’s claim that Irish abortion ban violates European human rights convention Anti-abortion protesters in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Ireland’s abortion laws face a landmark ruling today that could overturn the republic’s
Read MoreEighteen women killed by men in November 0
Post Views: 4 The great shame: violence against women Bianet monitoring of violence against women makes grim reading According to Bianet scanning of newspapers, websites and news agencies, at least 18 women were killed by men in the month of
Read MoreInterview with Dissident Author Yu Jie 0
Post Views: 16 ‘China Cannot Be Democratized Overnight’ A woman in Hong Kong wears a badge asking for the release of Liu Xiaobo. China is playing it tough. Not only is the Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo being
Read MoreLiu Xiaobo: Living in truth and paying the price 0
Post Views: 9 ‘Liu Xiaobo has been imprisoned because his ideas differ from those of the powers that be’ © Private “I dedicate this prize to all those lost souls who have sacrificed their lives in non-violent struggle for
Read MoreIndia/Bangladesh: Indiscriminate Killings, Abuse by Border Officers 0
Post Views: 9 The family of Abdus Samad who was killed in BSF custody. Hundreds of Indian and Bangladeshi nationals have been killed due to indiscriminate use of lethal force by India’s border guards. © 2010 Prashant Panjiar
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