Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights Defenders’
June 1, 2013
On 30 May 2013, human rights defender Ms Ye Haiyan was detained by police after being assaulted at her home in Guangxi province, China. Ye Haiyan is an advocate for the rights of sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS. She has been consistently targeted over the past number of years because of her work.
Just before 12pm on 30 May 2013, a group of plainclothes women arrived at Ye Haiyan’s home and began to physically attack her. Ye Haiyan was alone with her 13-year-old daughter at the time and managed to send out a series of messages on Twitter appealing for help and asking her followers to report the incident Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: assault, cases of child abuse, child abuse, China, Frontline Defenders, Guangxi, guangxi province china, Hainan, hiv aids, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, human rights of women, rights of children, self-defence, sex workers, woman human rights defender, Ye Haiyan
May 31, 2013
Today an interesting meeting took place in Geneva as a side event to the UN Human Rights Council on the topic: “Human rights defenders working on corporate accountability: How can the Human Rights Council contribute to their protection?”
In its report to the Human Rights Council, Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: business, corporate accountability, environmental issues, Geneva, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, International Service for Human Rights, investigation, ISHR, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, side event, United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group, World Organisation Against Torture
May 31, 2013
(Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi)
In the context of restrictive legislation to hinder the work of human rights defenders, the Egyptian case deserves urgent attention now. The law on NGOs is being rewritten in this important country and others in the region may follow the example. Despite recent amendments Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: AI, Arab Network for Human Rights Information, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Civil society, controversial restrictions, Egypt, empowering civil society, foreign funding, Forum of Independent Human Rights Organisations, freedom of association, funding, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Watch, Middle East, Morsi, Navanethem Pillay, NGO, NGOs, Non-governmental organization, Shura Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur
May 30, 2013
The National Union of Banking Employees NUBE in Malaysia will be filling cases against former Maybank Chief Executive Officer Abdul Wahid Omar at the Jalan Duta Court. Wahid has been appointed as a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Economic Planning. What is interesting is that the trade union takes a proactive stand by saying that someone who has shown blatant disregard for workers rights should not be a minister in the government!
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Tags: freedom of expression, Geneva, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, ILO, international labour organisation, J Solomon, labour movement, labour rights, magistrate court, Malaysia, Maybank, NUBE, Prime Minister's Department, Trade union
May 30, 2013
The Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos GIDH (Interdisciplinary Group for Human Rights), based in Medellín, Colombia, has announced that it has been forced to close its offices based on information that threats received by the organisation in the last months would be realised within the next hours. GIDH is a not-for-profit organisation working with victims of state violence. Front Line Defenders Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: closure, Colombia, death threats, Frontline Defenders, GIDH, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Defenders, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Interdisciplinary Group for Human Rights, Medellín, NGOs, persecution
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. “
It is an immense honour Read the rest of this entry »
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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
