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Report: Kenyan authorities must keep promise to compensate victims of forced eviction
In a welcome U-turn, Kenya’s highway authority (KENHA) has admitted that it was wrong to forcibly evict more than 100…
October 5, 2015
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Bombing of Kunduz hospital in Afghanistan a deplorable loss of life that must be investigated
The bombing of a Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan today is a deplorable loss of life that must…
October 3, 2015
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Armed assault against human rights defender in Venezuela must be thoroughly investigated
A recent armed attack on a human rights defender and his 9-year-old son in a raid on their home in…
October 2, 2015
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Iran: Indecency Trial of Jailed Cartoonist and Her Lawyer for Shaking Hands Absurd
The trial of satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani and her lawyer on a charge of “illegitimate sexual relations falling short of…
October 2, 2015
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UN resolution on Yemen fails to launch international investigation into war crimes
The UN Human Rights Council’s failure to open an international investigation into violations of international humanitarian law and violations and…
October 2, 2015
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Court Should Overturn Decision Limiting Corporate Transparency
Citing First Amendment, court limited government’s ability to require corporate disclosures and ignored positive impact of conflict minerals rule
October 2, 2015
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Salvadoran Alfredo Prieto Scheduled to be Executed in Virginia
Alfredo Prieto, a Salvadoran man, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia today, despite evidence that he has intellectual disability…
October 1, 2015
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Maldives rejects UN criticism of former President’s arbitrary political imprisonment
The Maldives government’s rejection of an as yet unpublished UN decision criticising the imprisonment of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed…
October 1, 2015
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Harrowing accounts emerge of the Taliban’s reign of terror in Kunduz Afghanistan
Mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by Taliban death squads are just some of the harrowing civilian testimonies emerging…
October 1, 2015
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UN war crimes resolution marks a turning point for victims in Sri Lanka
A crucial resolution adopted at the UN Human Rights Council today offers the victims of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict the…
October 1, 2015
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Boko Haram remains a deadly threat in the region despite military advances
Despite advances by the military, attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger have claimed the lives of…
September 30, 2015
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Saudi Arabia: Juvenile offender’s death sentence must shame the authorities into meaningful action
The organization called on the authorities to quash Ali al-Nimr’s death sentence, which followed a grossly unfair trial and was…
September 30, 2015