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mei 11, 2013 · 3:16 am

Frontex [Human Rights Watch] EU: Border Agency exposes migrants to abusive conditions

EU: BORDER AGENCY EXPOSES MIGRANTS TO ABUSIVE CONDITIONS

 

 

Frontex Sends Migrants to Inhuman and Degrading Treatment in Greek Detention Centers
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

  • Since November 2010, Frontex, the EU’s border agency, has deployed “guest officers” seconded from other EU member states, to assist Greece in patrolling its land borders. Migrants detained by patrols are transferred to detention centers in Greece where the conditions of detention are so poor that they are deemed inhuman and degrading.

    © 2011 Associated Press
Frontex has become a partner in exposing migrants to treatment that it knows is absolutely prohibited under human rights law. To end this complicity in inhuman treatment, the EU needs to tighten the rules for Frontex operations and make sure that Frontex is held to account if it breaks the rules in Greece or anywhere else.
Bill Frelick, Refugee Program director

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mei 6, 2013 · 1:14 pm

Human Rights Watch/Libya/Reject ”Political Isolation Law”

 

LIBYA: REJECT ”POLITICAL ISOLATION LAW”

Provisions for Exclusion Too Vague, Sweeping

 

Press release

MAY 4, 2013
Libyans have a right to expect that officials who abused their positions under Gaddafi to commit crimes or violate human rights will be removed and never again allowed to hold public office.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

(Beirut) – Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) should vote down the latest draft of a new law to bar Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The proposed law’s provisions and procedures for exclusion are too sweeping and vague, Human Rights Watch said. Further, a recent amendment to the provisional constitution would prohibit judicial review of the law. A vote is expected in congress on May 5, 2013.

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april 22, 2013 · 5:38 am

Human Rights Watch/Report/”All you can do is pray”/Crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State

 

 

 

Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State
APRIL 22, 2013
This 153-page report describes the role of the Burmese government and local authorities in the forcible displacement of more than 125,000 Rohingya and other Muslims and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Burmese officials, community leaders, and Buddhist monks organized and encouraged ethnic Arakanese backed by state security forces to conduct coordinated attacks on Muslim neighborhoods and villages in October 2012 to terrorize and forcibly relocate the population. The tens of thousands of displaced have been denied access to humanitarian aid and been unable to return Verder lezen →

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april 6, 2013 · 3:01 pm

Human Rights Watch/Russia: Merkel, Rutte should press Putin on rights

RUSSIA: MERKEL, RUTTE SHOULD PRESS PUTIN ON RIGHTS

 

Wave of ‘Inspections’ the Latest Phase in Kremlin’s Worst Crackdown in 20 Years
APRIL 4, 2013

  • A participant is detained by police on Moscow March 24, 2013 during a protest to show solidarity for those arrested at opposition rallies in May 2012.

    © 2013 Reuters
Trade fairs are about doing business, but Merkel should make clear to Putin that it cannot be business as usual for Germany’s relations with Russia until the attacks on civil society stop. This is the worst crackdown in Russia in 20 years. It is admirable to promote deeper understanding between Russia and the Netherlands, but this has very little meaning if vital parts of Russian society cannot express themselves freely.
Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director

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Human Rights Watch/Burma: Rohingya Muslims face humanitarian crisis

 

 

BURMA: ROHINGYA MUSLIMS FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Fears of Long-Term Segregation of Displaced Population
MARCH 26, 2013
Burmese government restrictions on aid to Rohingya Muslims are creating a humanitarian crisis that will become a disaster when the rainy season arrives. Instead of addressing the problem, Burma’s leaders seem intent on keeping the Rohingya segregated in camps rather than planning for them to return to their homes.
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director

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