Human Rights
TUNISIA: Growing frustration in Choucha transit camp
People who fled violence in Libya lining up for food at Choucha camp, at the Libya-Tunisia border
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Aid conundrum in fragile west
Families wonder how they'll feed their children, and how safe they'll be
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PAKISTAN: Another Azad Kashmiri becomes the victim of ISI butchery
Dr Rizwan son of Mohammed Sarwar resident of Muzaffarabad was kidnapped by officials of ISI on 7th May 2011 from his house; and today on 23 May, he was killed.
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US State Department Concern Over Human Rights Abuses in Iran
The United States is deeply concerned that Iran continues to deny its citizens and other persons within Iran their human rights. Judicial cases, trials, and sentences continue to proceed without transparency and the due process rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Iran’s own constitution. Just this week, two Iranian citizens – Abdollah and Mohammad Fathi – were executed amid serious questions about whether these prisoners were granted their rights. We are also troubled by reports that Kurdish activist Habibollah Latifi might soon be executed despite serious questions about the motives of the Iranian government and the charges against him.
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NATIONAL BODIES KEY TO SAFEGUARDING OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS – UN OFFICIAL
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
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PAKISTAN: Military threatens food security of farmers by illegal land grabbing in Punjab
The peasants living in Okara, Punjab have been confronting serious food insecurity by military-run corporations and family members of retired military officers who have illegally occupied the land the peasants have been cultivating for generations.
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Former City of Newark Employee Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Extortion
A former City of Newark, N.J., official was sentenced today to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for attempted extortion, after admitting that he accepted a $10,000 corrupt payment in order to assist a contractor in obtaining demolition contracts with the city, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
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Former Kershaw County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Department Officer Sentenced for Assaulting a Handcuffed Arrestee
The Justice Department announced today that Oddie Tribble, 51, a former deputy sheriff with the Kershaw County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie for using excessive force on a man in his custody on Aug. 5, 2010. Tribble was also ordered to pay restitution of $5,109.25 to the victim.
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