Human Rights

Fighting impunity is the best way to protect Mexico’s human rights defenders – UN expert

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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst.

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Kyrgyzstan: Travesty of Justice for Rights Defender

A Kyrgyzstan court on January 24, 2017, upheld a life sentence for a human rights defender, Azimjon Askarov, despite the UN Human Rights Committee’s ruling that he should be released and his conviction quashed, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 24. The...

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Burma: Don’t Prosecute Peaceful Speech

Burma’s government should act to end the prosecution of peaceful critics in violation of their right to free speech, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 24. The National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government should seek to amend or repeal laws that...

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UN rights expert ‘deeply concerned’ about reprisals against those she met on official visit to Myanmar

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Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee.

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EPA Civil Rights Office Takes Steps To Enforce Civil Rights Laws

After years of ineffective enforcement of civil rights laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office found that agencies in three states tasked with enforcing environmental laws should take steps to comply...

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AWC Taiwan Calls the Attention of the Two International Covenant Review Committee Members to Taxpayers' Human Rights in Taiwan

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AWC representatives.

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Egypt: Court Names 1,500 to Terrorist List

An Egyptian criminal court decision on January 12, 2017, designating about 1,500 citizens “terrorists” for their alleged assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood reflects the authorities’ indiscriminate use of broad counterterrorism laws, Human Rights...

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Zimbabwe: Widows Deprived of Property Rights

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Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to...

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Religious leaders deserve full support in quest for peace, says UN adviser on genocide prevention

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Religious leaders.

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Greece: Dire Refugee Conditions on Islands

Greek authorities, with the support of the European Union, should immediately transfer thousands of asylum seekers confined to appalling conditions on the Aegean islands to appropriate mainland accommodations, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 23.

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