Archive for the 'human rights' Category
May 28, 2013
(Karim Lahidji, President of the International Federation of Human Rights(c) FRANCE 24)
Today Karim Lahidji was elected as new President of FIDH. He succeeds to Souhayr Belhassen who headed the Federation for six years. The vote was held during the 38th FIDH Congress in Istanbul where the FIDH member organisations were meeting to elect the new International Board and define the main FIDH orientations for the next three years. “
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Tags: Ales Bialiatski, FIDH, Human right, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, human rights of women, IADL, ICJ, International Federation for Human Rights, Iran, journalists, Karim Lahidji, MEA, Non-governmental organization, Souhayr Belhassen
May 28, 2013
In an interesting blog post for Al-Monitor Bayan Perazzo (a professor in Saudi Arabia) writes on May 27 about the background to the human rights movement in Saudi Arabia. His detailed analysis seems very sound Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: ACPRA, Al-Monitor, Bayan Perazzo, Civil society, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, human rights movement, human rights ngo, Interior Ministry, Middle East, Mohammed al-Bijadi, oppressive government, religion, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, Saudi government, sectarianism, twitter
May 27, 2013
The participants of the 38th Congress of the International Human Rights Federation (FIDH), which has started on 23 May in Istanbul, organized a procession with the demand to release their colleagues political prisoners Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Ales Bialiatski, Bahrain, Belarus, Congress, FIDH, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, International Federation for Human Rights, Istanbul, journalists, Minsk, Nabil, Non-governmental organization, streets of istanbul, Turkey, Viasna Human Rights Centre
May 27, 2013
ARTICLE 19 is to launch a programme to protect journalists and human rights defenders in Tunisia, following a series of meetings with media workers and civil society groups in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Article 19, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, impunity, Journalist, journalists, lawyer, media, north africa, protection, traning, Tunis, Tunisia
May 27, 2013
Twelve months ago, Witness and its partners at Storyful launched the first dedicated space on YouTube for verified citizen video on human rights issues. 
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Tags: evidence, film clips, human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, human rights channel, Human Rights Defenders, human rights investigators, journalists, media, ordinary citizens, video, war crimes, Witness, YouTube
May 27, 2013
On 23 May 2013 the appeal trials of Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung, Paulus Le Son, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Tran Minh Nhat, Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Ho Van Oanh and Nguyen Van Duyet were heard in a court in the northern city of Vinh, Vietnam. International observers were not allowed access to the hearing and there was a heavy police presence outside the court. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dong Chua Cuu, duc hoa, Human right, human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Defenders, nhat nguyen, Paulus Le Son, Sentence (law), Vietnam, Vinh
May 27, 2013
When North Korea, Iran and Kazakhstan start praising your human rights records, it may be time to change tactics. Turkmenistan came under fire at a recent session of the United Nations Human Rights Council where it was questioned by its peers for its torture programs, systematic suppression of free speech and persecution of human rights defenders. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Berdymukhamedov, European Union, freedom of expression, Human right, human rights, Iran, North Korea, torture, Turkmen people, Turkmenistan, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, Zawya
May 27, 2013
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Kuch Veng being arrested)
On 19 May 2013, human rights defender Kuch Veng was arrested by four police officers at Kbal Trach commune in Cambodia. Kuch Veng is a land rights activist and is a member of the Community Peace Network.At 9.30am, four police officers led by Nhoeuk Sophea arrested the human rights defender while he was visiting families of villagers who are effected by the land conflict with Pheapimex, a land development firm owned by a businessman Choeung Sopheap and the wife of the Cambodia Peoples Party Senator Mr Lao Meng Khin. According to an eyewitness, the police did not show the court order and did not state a clear reason for his arrest. During the arrest, Kuch Veng’s sister, Chrep Samuth, was intimidated and harassed. The police told the villagers that if they wanted to know the charges, they would have to go to the district police station. It is reported that Kuch Veng was sent to the Pursat Provincial Court on 20 May 2013. Kuch Veng has been active with the Community Peace Network since 2010. He has been involved in land rights work since 2000 when Pheapimex started to be active in the area. Kuch Veng has been arrested many times before on account of his work on land rights. Front Line Defenders believes that the arrest of Kuch Veng is directly related to his work in the defence of human rights, in particular on land rights, and sees this as part of a pattern of ongoing harassment against the human rights defender.
via Cambodia: Arbitrary arrest of human rights defender Mr Kuch Veng | Front Line.
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Tags: arrest, Cambodia, Frontline Defenders, Human right, human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, illegal detention, Kuch Veng, land rights
May 25, 2013
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Tags: Amnesty International, Double bind, Gita Sahgal, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, islamic fundamentalists, Islamism, London, Meredith Tax, Muslim, politics, religion, right-wing, United States, universal human rights
May 24, 2013
The Bangkok Post of 24 May 2013 contains a nice little item that should give heart to those who work on UN special procedures and of wonder about the impact of all this advocacy work: It seems that Thailand has conceded a bit on issues raised by a UN special rapporteurs regarding freedom of expression and migrant labour, and to the fatal harassment of human rights defenders.The ‘admission’ is in a document included in 108 pages of communications involving special rapporteurs of the United Nations recently made available ahead of the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
via Thai government concedes abuses raised by a UN special rapporteur as abuses of human rights | Bangkok Post: news.
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Tags: advocacy work, Bangkok Post, enforcement, freedom of expression, Government of Thailand, Human right, Human Rights Defenders, lese majeste, migrant labour, migrants, rapporteurs, Special Rapporteur, thai government, Thailand, UN Special Rapporteur, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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