Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights Defenders’
September 18, 2013
On 17 September 2013 Pakistani education rights activist,
Malala Yousafzai, who was shot and almost killed by the Taliban, received the
Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience award in Dublin. “
I want to live in a world where free, Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: AI, Ambassador of Conscience Award, Amnesty International, awards, Bono, Dublin, Harry Belafonte, human rights, human rights awards, Human Rights Defenders, Malala Yousafzai, media, racial discrimination, Taliban, woman human rights defender
September 12, 2013
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Tags: computer, eLearning, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Information security, NGOs, Organization, protection, Protection International, security, technology, training course, User (computing)
September 12, 2013
As concerns grow in Southeast Asia over the use of national security, anti-terrorist and defamation laws to limit freedom of expression on the Internet, a coalition of international and local NGOs and activists from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia urged governments to stop using vague legislation based on ill-defined concepts such as “national security”, “sovereignty” or “lèse-majesté” to intimidate, harass and imprison independent voices. Speaking at an event in Geneva, which coincides with the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council, FIDH, IFEX, Article 19 and PEN International united to call for the urgent revision of these laws to bring them into line with international human rights standards. Independent and dissenting voices, including bloggers and netizens, journalists, activists and human rights defenders, have increasingly been subjected to repression in Southeast Asia.
A lot more detail in Human Rights Council : Stifled Southeast Asian Voices: NGOs Unite … – FIDH.
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Tags: anti-terrorist laws, Article 19, asian voices, Cambodia, censorship, civil society organizations, criminal defamation laws, defamation laws, dissenting voices, FIDH, freedom of expression, Geneva, Human Rights Defenders, IFEX, internet, intimidation, judicial harassment, National security, NGOs, Non-governmental organization, PEN, side event, Thailand, United Nations Human Rights Council, Viet Nam
September 11, 2013
Having last week referred to 3 different (and competing?) techno initiatives to increase the security of HRDs, i would be amiss not to note the post of 11 september 2013 by Tanya O’Caroll on the AI blog concerning the development of the Panic button. Over the next couple of months, she will be keeping you posted about the Panic Button. If you want to join the community of people working on Panic Button, please leave a comment on the site mentioned below or email panicbutton@amnesty.org.
via Inside the development of Amnesty’s new Panic Button App | Amnestys global human rights blog.
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, Amnesty International, Artificial intelligence, global human rights, HRDs, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Defenders, information technology, internet, mobile phones, Panic Button, protection, technology, YouTube
September 11, 2013
On 22 August 2013 Mekki Elmograbi (makkimag@gmail) published a piece in the Sudan Vision Daily which tries to make a distinction between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ practice of journalism with the consequent distinction that in the first case human rights defenders should defend the journalists but in the second case use dialogue techniques to defuse the situation. It is a rambling article and the categorization cannot be easily understood. However, I am sharing it anyway as it is in order to illustrate the state of thinking in parts of the world: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, Africa, dialogue, dialogue techniques, ethnic division, freedom of expression, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Journalist, Mekki Elmograbi, naming and shaming, Non-governmental organization, right to freedom of expression, Sudan Vision Daily
September 10, 2013
In the context of my previous post, here is the reference to a side event organized by the ISHR on this topic which starts today (Tuesday) at 13h15-14h45 Swiss time in the Palais des Nations, Room 21. You can follow the event at www.ishr.ch/council/webcast.
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, International Service for Human Rights, internet, retaliation, side event, UN Human Rights Council, webcast
September 10, 2013
Nine years after the killing of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must take decisive and concrete action to ensure those responsible – including those at the highest levels – are brought to justice, and that all defenders of human rights are better protected. President Yudhoyono, who has himself described Munir’s case as a “test of our history”, but he has just one year of his presidency remaining in which to ensure full justice and reparations are delivered. The President’s failure so far to do so, at a time the protection of human rights defenders across the country remains seriously under threat, raises serious questions about his legacy.
Posted in FIDH, human rights, Human Rights Defenders | 1 Comment »
Tags: Civil society, death, diplomatic pressure, human rights, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Indonesia, indonesian authorities, investigation, legislation, Munir Said Thalib, murder, Netherlands, Non-governmental organization, poisoning, president susilo bambang yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
September 10, 2013
On 9 September 2013, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that she had an immediate concern for the protection of human rights defenders, journalists and communities that she met during her recent visit to Sri Lanka. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Civil society, diplomatic pressure, fact finding, Geneva, genocide, government of sri lanka, Human Rights Defenders, human rights situation, LTTE, Navi Pillay, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravinatha Aryasinha, retaliation, Sri Lanka, sri lanka delegation, TamilNet, UN Human Rights Council, vibrant civil society
September 5, 2013
On 29 August 2013, human rights defender Ms Naw Ohn Hla was found guilty of disturbing public tranquillity under Section 505(b) of the Burmese Penal Code and sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour. She had been arrested on 13 August 2013 during a peaceful protest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: aung san suu, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, copper mine, environmental issues, Front Line (NGO), hard labour, Human right, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, judicial harassment, Letpadaung copper mine, Myanmar, Naw Ohn Hla, Nonviolent resistance, peaceful efforts, woman human rights defender
September 3, 2013
A recent 100-page report by Human Rights Watch, “Tightening the Screws: Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Civil Society and Dissent,” documents the dramatic deterioration of the government’s record on freedom of expression, assembly, and association in the past 18 months. The authorities have arrested dozens of political activists on bogus charges, imprisoned critical journalists, broken up peaceful public demonstrations, and adopted legislation imposing new restrictions on fundamental freedoms.
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Tags: activism, Azerbaijan, Civil society, critical journalists, Election, facebook, freedom of expression, Giorgi Gogia, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Watch, illegal detention, imprisonment, judicial harasment, protest, twitter
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Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 