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Archive for: 02/2008
Will Brazil finally end torture?
Image from www.phaseloop.com.We welcome President Lula’s recognition that the extensive beatings and torture which have characterised Brazil’s detention system have failed to address the country’s profound public security problems.
No place for an asylum-seeker in Greece
© AFPGreece must urgently improve the current situation for refugees and asylum-seekers in the country. We call on the Greek authorities to comply with their obligations under international human rights, refugee and European law.
Australians join worldwide demonstrations in solidarity with Kenyan people
© AFPOur supporters will join with hundreds of activists around the world tomorrow in solidarity with the people of Kenya as part of an International Day of Action. The date Wednesday, 27 February marks two months since the disputed Kenyan election, after which the country was wracked by political violence that left more than 1,000 dead.
The right to freedom of expression in the Russian Federation
© Tanya LokshinaThe space for human rights activists, independent organisations and media to operate and to express critical views in the Russian Federation has been gradually and progressively curtailed in recent years.
Three years in jail for using Facebook
FacebookFouad Mourtada was sentenced to three years in prison for placing a profile on Facebook as the Moroccan Prince Moulay Rachid. We are concerned by the outcome of the trial which failed to satisfy international fair standards.
Court win for man wrongly accused of terrorism
Lotfi RaissiA flight instructor wrongly accused of training the hijackers of planes used in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA won his appeal at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 14 February 2008.
Calls for calm as Serbs rally
© APGraphics BankHundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to take part in a "Kosovo is Serbia" rally in Belgrade on Thursday. President Boris Tadic has called for demonstrations to be peaceful.
Migrant shot dead trying to cross Egypt/Israel border
© GPOEgyptian security forces shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel on Tuesday. A total of five African migrants have now been killed crossing the border so far this year.
Call for independent UK investigation into US renditions
msnbc.comWe have called for a full, independent investigation into any further UK involvement in renditions. The call follows the admission by the US and UK governments that two rendition flights had landed in Diego Garcia in 2002.
Treaty body to examine USA’s record on racial discrimination
The USA's record under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will come under scrutiny next week, when a treaty monitoring body examines the Government's periodic report.
Court decision in Tunisia to uphold death sentence is injustice
© AIWe deplore the upholding of the death sentence against one of 30 men convicted of terrorism by the Tunis Appeal Court and the fact that serious breaches of their rights to a fair trial were not addressed, including the failure to order a retrial for all the defendants.
Human rights crisis brews in Chad
Lol Mahamat Choua on left © AFPWe urge the Chadian Government to stop persecuting senior members of political opposition parties, journalists and supporters - actual or perceived - of opposition political groups.
Uganda strikes deal with LRA on trials
© APGraphics BankLord's Resistance Army members charged with crimes under international law must be surrendered to the International Criminal Court immediately.
Pakistan’s new Parliament must act
© AFPPakistan's new Parliament must take urgent steps to restore an independent judiciary, ensure the release of illegally detained lawyers and judges, and restore the constitution to its pre-emergency state.
New leadership in Cuba must introduce human rights reforms
Fidel Castro © ReutersThe new Cuban leadership must take advantage of this change to introduce much needed reforms to guarantee the protection of human rights.
UN Human Rights Council: Unravelling the tissue
UN Headquarters © AIWe note with deep concern that the process followed by the Consultative Group established to propose to the President of the Human Rights Council a list of candidates for vacant Special Procedures mandates fails in important ways to respect the letter and spirit of Human Rights Council resolution.
58 Cuban prisoners of conscience must be released
From www.cubaverdad.netWe welcome the release of four Cuban activists but urge Raul Castro to urgently release the 58 remaining incarcerated prisoners of conscience and to guarantee the right to freedom of expression on the island.
Sri Lanka, make human rights the priority
© LankaeNewsWe call on the Sri Lanka Government to make human rights the priority by allowing the organisation into the country to make an impartial assessment of its and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam human rights record, following accusations from Defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella that the organisation was biased against the government.
Water torture always illegal
© David HerthnekWhether or not President Bush vetoes legislation outlawing waterboarding will not alter the fact that water torture was illegal when it was used by the CIA in 2002 and 2003 and is illegal today.
Kenyan Government and African Commission must act
Kofi Annan, the United Nations’
General Secretary.As Kofi Annan announces the results of the political mediation in Kenya and the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights begins an extraordinary session to discuss the human rights situation in the country, we called on the Commission and Kenyan Government to prioritise an investigation into the human rights violations and abuses perpetrated during the post-election period.
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