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augustus 10, 2013 · 4:51 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Reject Discriminatory Bill

RUSSIA: REJECT DISCRIMINATORY BILL

 

Wave of International Criticism of Anti-LGBT Draft Law
JUNE 24, 2013
Russia has made much of its leadership on “traditional values” at the United Nations, but this bill shows what “traditional values” actually means in Russia. This bill makes clear that in Russia, “traditional values” means the state decides what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to personal identity. That is something that anyone – gay or straight – concedes at their peril.
Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT Rights Program

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· 4:47 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Mass Detention of Migrants

RUSSIA: MASS DETENTION OF MIGRANTS

 

Racial Profiling, Arbitrary Detention, Harsh Detention Conditions
AUGUST 9, 2013
OUR REPORT:
Everything about this massive sweep violates Russia’s obligations under international law. Prolonged detention without counsel, ethnic profiling, inhuman conditions – it should stop now.
Tanya Lokshina, Russia program director

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· 4:44 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Silencing Activists, Journalists ahead of Sochi Games

RUSSIA: SILENCING ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS AHEAD OF SOCHI GAMES

 

Six Months Before Olympics Launch, Fresh Concerns about Intimidation
AUGUST 7, 2013

  • The iridescent blue Iceberg Skating Palace and the Central Olympic Stadium (Fisht Stadium) will host world-class events during the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

    © 2012 Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images for Human Rights Watch
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Preparations for the Sochi Games have been plagued with serious human rights abuses and other problems, many of which have only been brought to light through the efforts of activists and journalists. If the IOC is committed to these issues, it should ask the Russian authorities to immediately stop harassing activists, organizations, and journalists and investigate allegations of abuse.
Jane Buchanan, associate Europe and Central Asia director

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juli 29, 2013 · 12:53 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Egypt/Many protesters shot in head or chest

 

EGYPT: MANY PROTESTERS SHOT IN HEAD OR CHEST

Risk of Further Killings as Security Officials Threaten to Forcibly Break up Sit-Ins
JULY 28, 2013

  • Medical volunteers and supporters of deposed President Morsy comfort a man who lost a relative during clashes with police.

    © 2013 Reuters

  • Bodies of supporters of deposed President Morsy are laid at a field hospital near the scene of clashes in Nasr city.

    © 2013 Reuters
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The use of deadly fire on such a scale so soon after the interim president announced the need to impose order by force suggests a shocking willingness by the police and by certain politicians to ratchet up violence against pro-Morsy protesters.
Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East and North Africa director

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juli 19, 2013 · 11:22 pm

[Human Rights Watch]/Cameroon/LGBTI rights activist found dead, tortured

CAMEROON/LGBTI RIGHTS ACTIVIST FOUND DEAD, TORTURED

 

Authorities Should Investigate Death, Condemn Violence
JULY 16, 2013

  • Eric Ohena Lembembe

    © 2012 Erasing 76 Crimes
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Eric was an inspiring activist whose work was deeply appreciated by human rights activists in Cameroon and around the world. Advocating for equal rights in Cameroon, where LGBTI people face severe discrimination and violence, takes tremendous courage. Eric’s activism paved the way for a society based on equality and nondiscrimination.
Neela Ghoshal, senior LGBT rights researcher

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juli 9, 2013 · 6:30 am

[Human Rights Watch]/ Egypt: Halt arbitrary Action against Brotherhood, Media

EGYPT: HALT ARBITRARY ACTION AGAINST BROTHERHOOD, MEDIA

 

Investigate Criminal Violence; Detain Only Based on law
JULY 8, 2013

  • Protesters take part in a protest demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy resign at Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 1, 2013.

    © 2013 Reuters
Both General al-Sisi and interim President Adli Mansour promised that the political transition process would be inclusive , but these violations of basic political rights will mean the Muslim Brotherhood and others will be shut out of political life.
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director

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juli 6, 2013 · 1:43 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Egypt: Judge Government on Respect for People’s Rights

 

EGYPT: JUDGE GOVERNMENT ON RESPECT FOR PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

 

Protect Political Rights of Muslim Brotherhood
JULY 4, 2013

  • Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

    © 2013 Reuters

  • Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

    © 2013 Reuters
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(New York) –Egypt’s new government should break decisively from a pattern of serious abuses that has prevailed since the January 2011 uprising, and make a commitment to respect the rights to free expression and peaceful assembly.Authorities should protect and promote the rights of all Egyptians, and halt arbitrary arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated Freedom and Justice Party.

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mei 18, 2013 · 3:48 am

[Human Rights Watch]/US: Fulfill promises to close Guantanamo

US: FULFILL PROMISES TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO

Force Feeding Compounds Harms of Indefinite Detention
APRIL 30, 2013

  • President Barack Obama walks from the Brady Press briefing room after taking questions from the media at the White House.

    © Reuters 2013
President Obama’s call to end indefinite detention at Guantanamo is encouraging after his long silence on the issue. Though he blamed Congress for the problems at Guantanamo, there are actions he could have taken and can still take now to end indefinite detention there.
Laura Pitter, counterterrorism advisor

US President Barack Obama should move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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· 3:37 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Morocco: Tainted trial of Sahrawi civilians

 

MOROCCO: TAINTED TRIAL OF SAHRAWI CIVILIANS

 

Military Court’s Judgment in Case Based on 2010 Western Sahara Clash
APRIL 1, 2013

  • Naâma Asfari, one of 25 Sahrawis convicted by a military court in the Gdeim Izik trial.

    © 2008 Human Rights Watch
While the loss of life at Gdeim Izik is deplorable, the prosecution failed to establish after 26 months of pretrial detention for most defendants a credible case that they were responsible for the violence.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

(Rabat) – A Moroccan military court has sentenced 25 Sahrawis to prison, including nine to life sentences, without looking into their allegations that their confessions were extracted under torture and other forms of coercion. The defendants include several advocates of human rights and independence for Western Sahara. The confessions were apparently the primary, if not the only, evidence against them, as the court’s written judgment, released the week of March 18, 2013, makes clear.

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mei 11, 2013 · 3:29 am

Frontex [Human Rights Watch] Report/The EU’s dirty hands

 

THE EU’S DIRTY HANDS

Frontex Involvement in Ill-Treatment of Migrant Detainees in Greece
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
This report assesses Frontex’s role in and responsibility for exposing migrants to inhuman and degrading detention conditions during four months beginning late in 2010 when its first rapid border intervention team (RABIT) was apprehending migrants and taking them to police stations and migrant detention centers in Greece’s Evros region. The RABIT deployment has been replaced by a permanent Frontex presence. The report is based on interviews with 65 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Greece in November and December 2010 and February 2011, as well as with Frontex and Greek police officials.

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