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januari 24, 2014 · 4:55 am

[Human Rights Watch]/South Asia: Protect migrant workers to Gulf Countries

 

SOUTH ASIA: PROTECT MIGRANT WORKERS TO GULF COUNTRIES

 

Seek Reforms in Sponsorship System, Labor Rights Protections
DECEMBER 18, 2013
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The Gulf countries should recognize the crucial role foreign workers play in their economies and take measures to ensure that their rights are fully respected. South Asian governments should join forces to press for reforms to end the terrible abuses against migrant workers that have gone on for far too long.
Brad Adams, Asia director

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· 4:48 am

[Human Rights Watch]/UAE: Assaults on Dissident, Free Expression

 

UAE: ASSAULTS ON DISSIDENT, FREE EXPRESSION

 

Credible Allegations of Torture in Custody
JANUARY 23, 2014
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The UAE’s repressive laws and dysfunctional justice system belie the government’s efforts to present the country as moderate and progressive. The UAE might seem like a safe place to shop, do business, or take a winter holiday but it’s becoming a very dangerous place to express a political opinion.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director

(Dubai) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013 stifled free expression, and subjected dissidents to manifestly unfair trials marred by credible allegations of torture, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014.

A court sentenced 69 dissidents to prison terms of up to 10 years in July on charges of aiming to overthrow the government, though most of the evidence the court cited in the 243-page judgment suggested that they had only engaged in peaceful political activities. Many of those convicted, and another group of 30 dissidents facing similar charges, said they experienced mistreatment in pretrial detention that in some cases amounted to torture.

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· 4:39 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Papua New Guinea: Address Police Brutality

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ADDRESS POLICE BRUTALITY

 

Violence Against Women, Death Penalty Concerns
JANUARY 22, 2014

  • People inspect a photo of the torture of a woman, who was accused of sorcery by people from her village.

    © Vlad Sokhin/OHCHR
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Papua New Guineans face violence at every turn, including from the police, who should be protecting them. The government should call a halt to police abuse and bring any officers responsible for crimes to justice.
Brad Adams, Asia director

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· 4:33 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Ukraine: Police beatings, kidnappings in Kiev

 

 

UKRAINE: POLICE BEATINGS, KIDNAPPINGS IN KIEV

 

Thorough Investigation Needed Into Brutal Attacks, Death, Amid Uprising
JANUARY 24, 2014

  • Peaceful protest at Independence Square in Kiev in December 2013.

    @ Yulia Gorbunova Human Rights Watch
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Police in Kiev face serious challenges, but nothing can justify the vicious beatings we’ve documented. These are very serious crimes that need thorough investigation, and the people responsible should be held accountable.
Yulia Gorbunova, Ukraine researcher

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· 4:21 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Burma: Investigate new killings of Rohingya

 

 

BURMA: INVESTIGATE NEW KILLINGS OF ROHINGYA

 

Ensure Aid and Media Access, Prosecute Abusive Security Forces
JANUARY 23, 2014
“The Burmese authorities need to promptly and transparently investigate this deadly violence, prosecute those responsible, and ensure aid gets to those in need. Official discrimination against the Rohingya population and impunity for past abuses has created a fertile ground for new atrocities to take place.”
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director

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januari 13, 2014 · 3:58 am

[Human Rights Watch]: Israel: Ariel Sharon’s troubling legacy

 

ISRAEL: ARIEL SHARON’S TROUBLING LEGACY

 

Evaded Prosecution Over Sabra and Shatilla Massacres
JANUARY 11, 2014

  • Relatives of the victims of the Sabra and Shatilla massacre carry candles on the 18th anniversay of the massacre, September 15, 2000.

    © 2000 Reuters
It’s a shame that Sharon has gone to his grave without facing justice for his role in Sabra and Shatilla and other abuses. . His passing is another grim reminder that years of virtual impunity for rights abuses have done nothing to bring Israeli-Palestinian peace any closer.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

(Jerusalem) – Ariel Sharon died without facing justice for his role in the massacres of hundreds and perhaps thousands of civilians by Lebanese militias in the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon in 1982. The killings Verder lezen →

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september 20, 2013 · 4:59 am

Reaction to Turkish Airlines Facebook/After the deportation/Your complicity with the deportation of Somalian refugee Mr M.I. to dangerous Somalia on monday 16 september 2013

https://www.facebook.com/turkishairlines

TURKISH AIRLINES COMPLICITY WITH THE DEPORTATION OF

SOMALIAN REFUGEE MR M.I. TO DANGEROUS SOMALIA

LETTER TO TURKISH AIRLINES

TO TURKISH AIRLINES BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT
YOUR COMPLICITY WITH THE DEPORTATION OF A SOMALIAN
REFUGEE TO DANGEROUS SOMALIA ON MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2013
A STRONG REQUEST NOT TO COOPERATE TO DEPORTATIONS TO SOMALIA AGAIN
REASON:
THE DANGEROUS SITUATION, DUE TO THE CIVIL WAR.
AMSTERDAM 20 SEPTEMBER 2013
Dear Board of Directors
Dear Management
By this I want to ask your attention for the following
According to my information you have cooperated with the deportation
of a Somalian refugee, mr M.I. to Somalia on last monday 16 september.

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september 1, 2013 · 12:52 am

HRW: Israel verdrijft Bedouienen/Waardering voor NOS berichtgeving

HRW: ISRAEL VERDRIJFT BEDOUIENEN: WAARDERING VOOR NOS BERICHTGEVING

 

 

Geachte lezers,
deze keer een woord van waardering over hun berichtgeving ”HRW: Israel verdrijft Bedouienen”
Eindelijk eens een keer de ruimte voor de kritiek van de mensenrechtenorganisaties
op de Israelische bezettings en etnische zuiveringspolitiek.
Zie hieronder mijn reactie aan de NOS teletekstredactie
Vriendelijke groeten
Astrid Essed

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augustus 17, 2013 · 2:18 pm

[Human Rights Watch]/Egypt: Sectarian Attacks Amid Political Crisis

EGYPT: SECTARIAN ATTACKS AMID POLITICAL CRISIS

Scant Protection As Christians Attacked in Several Cities
July 23, 2013

  • A protester holds a cross and a Koran during a protest against ousted President Mohamed Morsy at Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 4, 2013.

    © 2013 Reuters
Egyptian security forces should be on high alert to prevent and halt sectarian violence in the current tense and polarized situation. Egypt’s religious and political leaders should denounce the dangerous escalation of sectarian attacks.
Nadim Houry, acting Middle East director

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augustus 14, 2013 · 3:21 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Xenios Zeus and the True Meaning of Greek Hospitality

XENIOS ZEUS AND THE TRUE MEANING OF GREEK HOSPITALITY

July 9, 2013

 

Author(s):

Eva Cossé

Published in:

Open Democracy

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The Greek authorities should revise Greece’s general stop and search powers, including for Operation Xenios Zeus, and adopt legal and policy reforms to ensure that all measures to identify irregular migrants fully comply with national and international law prohibiting discrimination.

“Police officers came to the door and said ‘All blacks out, all blacks out,’” Tupac told me as he recalled how police officers forced him and other black and Asian passengers out of a bus in central Athens for an identity check in early February. After pulling him off the bus, the police held Tupac, a Guinean registered asylum seeker, for approximately 10 hours to check his legal status in Greece.

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