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Press Release
Back to the Old Ways
Myanmar’s authorities have been locking up and harassing scores of peaceful activists as part of an intensifying and far-reaching crackdown…
October 7, 2015
Press Release
Almost 100 prisoners of conscience in Myanmar behind bars ahead of elections following intensifying repression
Myanmar’s authorities have been locking up and harassing scores of peaceful activists as part of an intensifying and far-reaching crackdown…
October 7, 2015
Report
Driven Out for Development: Forced Evictions in Mombasa
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
Japanese prisoner dies after 46 years on death row
The death in prison of a Japanese man who spent more than 46 years facing execution, after a conviction based…
October 5, 2015
Press Release
Yemen: Call for suspension of arms transfers to coalition and accountability for war crimes
Damning evidence of war crimes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, which is armed by states including the USA, highlights the…
October 5, 2015
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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