Amnesty International app for protecting activists up for technology award
A mobile alert app designed by Amnesty International to help protect human rights activists in danger is in the running for the prestigious Global Impact Award . The Panic Button app, which allows activists to secretly disclose...Read more...
Nigeria Human Rights Commission to commence hearing on forced evictions by June
The commission received an Amnesty International delegation. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it will by next month commence a nationwide public inquiry into complaints of forced evictions of persons in the...Read more...
Friends of Syria demands withdrawal of Hezbollah Iran fighters
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Friends of Syrian alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to...Read more...
Annual Report 2013: Highlights failures in Northern Ireland to deal with the past
Amnesty Internationals Annual Report for Northern Ireland highlighted problems including ongoing violence and threats of violence by both republican and loyalist paramilitary groups and the continuing failure of the UK...Read more...
Obama Speaks On Drones & Gitmo: We Speak Back!
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 15:00 Organization: CODEPINK On Thursday, May 23rd, while President Obama speaks at the National Defense University about counterterrorism, drone strikes, and Guantanamo Bay, CODEPINK and other...Read more...
Adam to face sedition charge tomorrow
The student activist was arrested on May 18 for remarks he allegedly made during a post-GE13 forum on May 13. (FMT) - Student activist Adam Adli, whose five-day remand expires tomorrow, will be charged with sedition at the...Read more...
Historic Pride march in Moldova should be 'first of many'
The Moldovan authorities must ensure that yesterday's historic Pride march in the capital Chisinau is the "first of many" and is followed up by other steps to combat homophobic discrimination, Amnesty International said today.Read more...
Amnesty slams Australia's asylum policy
23 May 2013, 8:11 am - Source: Rhiannon Elston, SBS Australia’s controversial asylum seeker policies have been slammed by a new Amnesty International report into the global state of human rights. Australia’s asylum-seeker...Read more...
42 million people displaced globally due to conflict
The sheer scale of the number of people displaced by conflicts around the world is the main area of concern in Amnesty International Ireland's annual report. Executive director, Colm O'Gorman, said the report into the state of...Read more...
Amnesty International and Lens Magazine Expose Darkness of China’s Legal System
Two reports that came out in early April this year have once again exposed the darkness of China’s legal system, which heedlessly takes away people’s lives and has no limits in how it debases human dignity. The post Amnesty...Read more...
Australia failing on human rights Amnesty
Australia is failing to live up to its promise to protect some of the world's most vulnerable people, Amnesty International says in its latest report card on global human rights.Amnesty's annual State of the World's Human...Read more...
Amnesty report condemns ‘inaction’ over rights abuses
Amnesty International has accused governments of using state sovereignty as an “excuse” for failing to intervene in emergencies such as in Syria. In its annual report, the human rights group also blames world leaders for...Read more...
Yemeni Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye to be Pardoned – this time?
Yemen signals it may release journalist accused of AQAP ties J. Dana Stuster, Foreign Policy, May 8, 2013 Yemen’s transitional government is signaling that it may release Abdulelah Haider Shaye, a Yemeni journalist who was...Read more...
Vietnam Remains on U.S. Commission’s List as a “Country of Particular Concern”
ICC Note: Despite modest reforms, the Vietnamese government continues to imprison individuals for religious activity or religious freedom advocacy via a specialized religious police force, công an tôn giáo, enforcing national...Read more...
Amnesty Criticizes Haiti Over Evictions From Camps
Re-posted from National Public Radio PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has violated international human rights obligations by failing to protect people who have been forced to leave the impromptu settlements that sprang up in...Read more...
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Amnesty International’s ‘Trial by Timeline’ shows how you’d be punished for being you
Amnesty International’s ‘Trial by Timeline’ How harshly would you be punished if you were to proclaim that you’re an atheist in an ultra-conservative country? Or if you were to announce that you’re a homosexual? A Facebook app...Read more...
India must take prompt steps to address concerns of UN Special Rapporteur on violence against...
Amnesty International, India must take prompt steps to address concerns of UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women: Amnesty International written statement to the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 May – 14...Read more...
Saudi Arabia Five beheaded and ‘crucified’ amid ‘disturbing’ rise in executions
Saudi Arabia must halt a "disturbing" rise in death penalty usage that has resulted in at least 47 state killings in the country already this year, Amnesty International urged after six more people were executed today.Five...Read more...
Obama Administration to Sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty ‘In the Very Near Future’
NRA – ILA Charlotte, NC - -( Ammoland.com )- As we reported last month, on April 2, the United Nations General Assembly voted 153-4 to pass the Arms Trade Treaty, with the United States voting in favor and several countries...Read more...
People on the Move: ‘For many displaced Syrians, going back home is out of the question’
Headline Title: ‘For many displaced Syrians, going back is out of the question’ 22 May 2013 This is part of a special ‘People on the Move’ series, highlighting the human rights violations faced by migrants, refugees and...Read more...
Belarus: What is not permitted is prohibited: Silencing Civil Society in Belarus: Amnesty...
Amnesty International, Belarus: What is not permitted is prohibited: Silencing Civil Society in Belarus: Amnesty International written statement to the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 May – 14 June 2013), 15 May...Read more...
South Sudan: Stop Harassing, Detaining Journalists
Pass Laws to Protect, Promote Media Freedom (Juba, May 3, 2013) – Security force harassment and unlawful detention of journalists is undermining freedom of expression in South Sudan, the Agency for Independent Media (AIM),...Read more...
Guatemala: Amnesty appalled as authorities overturn historic genocide verdict
Guatemala's Constitutional Court has overturned the recent conviction and sentencing of former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity a move that has appalled Amnesty International.Read more...
Georgia: Homophobic violence mars Tbilisi Pride event
Amnesty International, Georgia: Homophobic violence mars Tbilisi Pride event, 17 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b615f4.html [accessed 21 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
Jamaica: Three years on, state of emergency still an open wound
Amnesty International, Jamaica: Three years on, state of emergency still an open wound, 17 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b62f44.html [accessed 21 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is...Read more...
Amnesty wants steps to end unlawful killings
Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the Indian Government to take practical and immediate steps to address unlawful killings and excessive use of force by security forces. Welcoming the final report of the United Nations...Read more...
Refugee Council USA busy lobbying on S.744
If you have been following RRW for the last few weeks, you know that S. 744 (The Gang of Eight plus Grover bill) isn’t just about amnesty for 11 million plus illegal aliens in the US, it’s also about expanding our refugee and...Read more...
Testimony on Human Rights in China before Congressional Subcommittee on April 9, 2013
Testimony by T. Kumar, International Advocacy Director of Amnesty International USA, before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations on April 9, 2013. May 21, 2013 AIUSA...Read more...
Eritrea: Yes, there is much to celebrate!
An article by Dr. Nicolas Beger, Director of Amnesty International’s (AI), European Institutions Office, entitled “from hell to hell: Eritreans at home and abroad” appeared on New Europe, 5-11 May 2013 publication, made a...Read more...
