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Himalayan Times
March 31, 2018
KATHMANDU: Thirty-four Human Rights activists have been detained for staging a sit-in at Baluwatar, in front of the Prime Minister's official residence, on Sunday. The group staged protests at ... Noted rights activist Krishna Pahadi, among others, was taken into custody by the police. 'Reports' of the newlyÃâà...
UConn Daily Campus
March 29, 2018
A Kaplan Test Prep survey finds that 76 percent of future college students are more interested in topics regarding politics, human rights and activism than they were two years ago. Such data is no surprise given the current heightened political atmosphere, said University of Connecticut professor in humanÃâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
March 29, 2018
Those charged include Ejlal Ghavami, the spokesman for the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, and Kurdish civil rights activist Dana Seyed-Abbasi. Others who have been summoned include Sabah Hassani, Hashem Hesami, Hiva Yousefi, Soleiman Abdi, Mohammad Abedi, Ali Hosseini, MozaffarÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
March 29, 2018
“The Russian government needs to provide protection and put a stop to the violent campaign against activists who risk their lives to shed light on appalling human rights abuses in the region.” The Memorial Human Rights Center director Oleg Orlov, and the analyst for the Hot Spots Program at Memorial,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 23, 2018
GENEVA — The resolution passed by the United Nations' top human rights body on Friday seemed innocuous, if obscurely worded in places. Without specifying any immediate action, it called for “a community of shared future for human beings” and “mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of humanÃâà...
The Rio Times
March 15, 2018
Marielle Franco was a human rights activist and favela-community resident who recently was chosen by the city's legislature to monitor the military intervention issued by President Michel Temer for the state of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro,Councilwoman Marielle Franco was killed on WednesdayÃâà...
UN News
March 8, 2018
This year, International Women's Day comes at a pivotal moment, and with a wave women's activism – from the #MeToo movement to #TimesUp and beyond – exposing the deep-seated oppression and discrimination, the United Nations is urging the world to stand with rural and urban women activists toÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
March 8, 2018
What the presidential administration proposed was two draft laws that would rightly drop the declaration requirement for anti-corruption activists but, surprisingly, add ... The visit of EU diplomat Federica Mogherini is a unique occasion to make good on his commitment to human rights and fix those mistakes.
Human Rights Watch
March 8, 2018
It has been a year since Ruth Alicia Lopez Guisao, a rights activist in Colombia, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen. ... Despite Colombia's programs to protect activists, the number of murdered human rights activists has increased after the signing of the 2016 peace accord with the Fuerzas ArmadasÃâà...
Rappler
March 5, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – A human rights group urged United Nations (UN) independent experts to investigate and issue statements and recommendations against the “unacceptable open threats” by President Rodrigo Duterte against human rights workers in the Philippines. In the letters sent to UN specialÃâà...
Amnesty International
February 21, 2018
Nevertheless, the organization found that a growing resistance movement of both first-time and seasoned activists provides real hope of reversing the slide towards oppression and fear. Amnesty InternationalÃâôs annual report, The State of the World's Human Rights, assesses the human rights situation inÃâà...
Global Voices Online
February 15, 2018
A firebrand activist and extremely outspoken advocate for oppressed, Jahangir was a trailblazer in Pakistan who went on to co-found the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in 1987. She was an integral part of the lawyers' movement that led to ousted military dictator Pervez Musharaf in 2007, usheringÃâà...
PRI
February 12, 2018
And then after that, we moved to Pakistan [and] really big things happened: 9/11, the invasion of Afghanistan, the lawyers' movement, and Asma Jahangir had been one of the main figures in speaking against human rights violations at that time. And she sometimes seemed to be the only woman at theÃâà...
CNN
February 12, 2018
Jahangir's fierce determination for fighting for human rights in Pakistan was exemplified by a series of firsts. She was the first female leader of the country's Supreme Court bar association, and, along with her sister, set up the country's first free legal aid center as well as the Human Rights Commission ofÃâà...
Amnesty International UK
December 31, 1999
Today's brutal assault on Sirazhutdin Datsiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre Memorial's office in Dagestan, North Caucasus, is the latest in a spate of troubling attacks on individuals associated with Memorial, Amnesty International said today. According to an eyewitness, Mr Datsiev was outside hisÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
(New York) – Vietnam should drop all charges against the pro-democracy activist Nguyen Viet Dung and release him immediately, Human Rights Watch ... In May 2016, when he was visiting fellow activists in Ho Chi Minh City, a group of men in civilian clothes assaulted him and took him to a police station.
Amnesty International UK
December 31, 1999
“It is a reminder of the incredible obstacles faced by those who are striving to defend the basic rights of the Egyptian people. “Instead of abducting those who stand up for the rights of others, the Egyptian authorities must protect these activists and facilitate their work. “They must disclose any information theyÃâà...
