http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: human-rights Webremixer http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29315 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:14:42 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29315 2008-11-17T18:14:42Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300122008&lang=e The hunger strike staged since 2 October by former political prisoner, Abdellatif Bouhajila, to protest against the authorities' denial to grant him access to medical care and to issue him a passport is a stark reminder of the harassment faced by former political prisoners in Tunisia, said Amnesty International today Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300122008&lang=e 2008-11-14T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29271 Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of the charges brought against TV reporter Fahem Boukadous because of his coverage of this year's protests in the Gafsa mining region. “The Tunisian authorities cannot keep reiterating their commitment to press freedom at every major national event if a journalist is forced to go into hiding", said the organisation. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:07:23 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29271 2008-11-13T18:07:23Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/12/bahrai20194.htm Interior Minister Warned of Criminal Punishment for ‘Foreign’ Contacts Bahrain’s government should withdraw a threat by the interior minister to prosecute human rights activists for having met with foreign government officials while abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/12/bahrai20194.htm 2008-11-12T05:00:00Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/12/saudia20192.htm (New York, November 11, 2008) – Human Rights Watch today honored Abd al-Rahman al-Lahim, a Saudi human rights lawyer, with the 2008 Human Rights Defenders Award in London. Al-Lahim is prevented from traveling abroad by the Saudi authorities (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/28/saudia19710.htm), and was unable to receive the award in person. He prepared a speech representing his personal views that was read to assembled guests on his behalf (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/11/saudia20182.htm). Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/12/saudia20192.htm 2008-11-12T05:00:00Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/11/egypt20177.htm Israel and Egypt Should Halt Forced Returns to Abuse (Cairo, November 12, 2008) – Since June 2007, Egyptian border guards have killed at least 32 African migrants trying to cross into Israel, and Israel has forcibly returned at least 139 border crossers to Egypt, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Egypt has detained those returned, not revealed their whereabouts, and reportedly deported some to their home countries where they face a substantial risk of persecution. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/11/egypt20177.htm 2008-11-11T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29256 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:05:00 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29256 2008-11-11T00:05:00Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/10/saudia20173.htm King Abdullah to Speak at Saudi-Sponsored UN Interfaith Meeting World leaders should press King Abdullah to end systematic religious discrimination in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today. The leaders will gather on November 12 at the United Nations for an interfaith meeting spearheaded by Saudi Arabia to foster the culture of peace. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/10/saudia20173.htm 2008-11-10T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29229 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:04:36 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29229 2008-11-07T18:04:36Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29208 As it celebrates the 21st anniversary today of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's takeover as president, the Tunisian government is above all stressing his economic, social and security successes. Tunisia nonetheless continues to be one of the region's most authoritarian countries as regards civil liberties. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:17:33 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29208 2008-11-07T12:17:33Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/06/tunisi20152.htm End Harassment of Ex-Prisoners and Declare Amnesty President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia freed several prominent political prisoners on November 5, 2008, and Human Rights Watch urged authorities to release all persons held for nonviolent political activities and to end the harassment of former political prisoners. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/06/tunisi20152.htm 2008-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29192 Reporters Without Borders today renewed its call for the release of Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer, aged 24, sentenced in 2006 to three years in prison for “insulting Islam” and one year for “insulting the president”, who will have served half his sentence on 6 November 2008. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:07:57 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29192 2008-11-05T12:07:57Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/05/lebano20141.htm Country’s Report on Torture Is Seven Years Overdue Lebanon should take concrete and public measures to stop the use of torture in detention facilities and submit a long-overdue report on the subject to the United Nations, a group of eight Lebanese and international human rights organizations said today. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/05/lebano20141.htm 2008-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150452008&lang=e Amnesty International is concerned that the spate of Israeli and Palestinian attacks and counter-attacks in the past 24 hours could spell the end of a five-and-a-half-month ceasefire and put the civilian populations of Gaza and southern Israel once again in the line of fire Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150452008&lang=e 2008-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29188 “Despite the appeal court's approval of Kilo's early release, the appeal filed by attorney-general reduces his chances of being freed soon,” Reporters Without Borders said. “If the authorities really were seriously concerned about the ‘interests of the law,' Kilo would not be rotting in prison". Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:06:54 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29188 2008-11-04T18:06:54Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131632008&lang=e Amnesty International condemns the Iranian authorities' execution of Gholamreza H Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131632008&lang=e 2008-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29172 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:06:13 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29172 2008-11-03T18:06:13Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/03/iran20126.htm Iran hanged a juvenile offender on October 30, 2008, the seventh this year, only two days after Iranian authorities “categorically denied” that it still executes juveniles, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights Watch said today. Both organizations appealed to Iranian authorities to end such executions immediately. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/03/iran20126.htm 2008-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29154 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:25:39 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29154 2008-10-31T12:25:39Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29152 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:11:45 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29152 2008-10-30T18:11:45Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29145 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:56:45 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29145 2008-10-30T17:56:45Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240332008&lang=e Amnesty International is calling on the US authorities to investigate reports that a cross-border raid from Iraq into Syria by US forces on Sunday killed eight civilians, including one child, in a village east of Damascus, and to disclose whether prisoners were taken during the attack, as one report suggests Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240332008&lang=e 2008-10-30T05:00:00Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/30/syria20109.htm Damascus Declaration Trial a Transparent Bid to Silence Critics Syria’s sentencing of a dozen leading democracy advocates to more than two years in prison is the latest evidence of Syria’s repression of opposition groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The democracy activists, including doctors, lawyers, writers, and an artist, were sentenced on October 29, 2008 to 30 months in prison on politically motivated charges. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/30/syria20109.htm 2008-10-30T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29135 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:16:39 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29135 2008-10-29T18:16:39Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29121 Reporters Without Borders is deeply outraged by the sentences of two and a half years in prison which a Damascus court passed today on three Syrian journalists and nine other pro-democracy activists - all members of the Damascus Declaration National Council. “These dissidents, who have been gagged by a subservient judicial system, need the support of all those who are committed to freedom of opinion and expression,” the organisation said. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:24:56 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29121 2008-10-29T12:24:56Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/29/iraq20098.htm To Avoid Torture Risk, Include Provision to Challenge Transfer The United States should not transfer detainees in US military custody to Iraqi custody under a US-Iraqi security agreement if they face the risk of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/29/iraq20098.htm 2008-10-29T05:00:00Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240322008&lang=e Amnesty International condemns today's sentencing by a Syrian criminal court of 12 pro-democracy activists to two and a half years in prison Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240322008&lang=e 2008-10-29T05:00:00Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290152008&lang=e Amnesty International is urging the Moroccan authorities to order the release and drop the charge against Yassine Bellasal, an 18 year old student, sentenced to a one year prison term for allegedly insulting Morocco's King, and to investigate allegations that he was beaten and threatened in police custody following his arrest Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290152008&lang=e 2008-10-29T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29113 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:08:30 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29113 2008-10-28T18:08:30Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/28/iran20084.htm The Iranian government is escalating its attacks against women activists, subjecting them to arbitrary detention, travel bans, and harassment, Human Rights Watch said today. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/28/iran20084.htm 2008-10-28T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29103 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:23:07 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29103 2008-10-27T18:23:07Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/27/uk20066.htm Risk of Torture Too Serious to Permit Abu Qatada’s Return The British government should drop its efforts to deport a Jordanian terrorism suspect who risks torture and an unfair trial if returned to Jordan, Human Rights Watch said today. The Jordanian government’s promises of humane treatment and a fair trial on return cannot be trusted, Human Rights Watch said. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/27/uk20066.htm 2008-10-27T05:00:00Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE250072008&lang=e Amnesty International is seeking urgent clarification regarding the whereabouts and legal status of 20 to 30 young men arrested in early October 2008 in the town of Khor Fakkan in the Emirate of Sharjah and surrounding areas located in the Emirate of Fujairah, both of which form part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE250072008&lang=e 2008-10-24T05:00:00Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/21/yemen20035.htm Investigate Arbitrary Detentions and ‘Disappearances’ Yemeni security forces have systematically and unlawfully detained several hundred people, including journalists, in the context of the four-year civil war with rebel forces in northern Yemen, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Human Rights Watch urged Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh to establish an independent commission to investigate arbitrary arrests and “disappearances” and to punish those responsible. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/21/yemen20035.htm 2008-10-24T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29064 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:25:46 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29064 2008-10-22T17:25:46Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29056 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:10:46 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29056 2008-10-22T17:10:46Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/22/uk20040.htm Promises From Algeria and Jordan Unreliable in Preventing Abuse The British government should immediately halt plans to deport foreign terrorism suspects to countries that offer unreliable promises not to torture them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/22/uk20040.htm 2008-10-22T05:00:00Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/22/eu20042.htm UK Promotion of Assurances Undermines EU Torture Guidelines The European Union should resist British government efforts to gain acceptance for the use of diplomatic assurances against torture in national security deportations and extraditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/22/eu20042.htm 2008-10-22T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29024 Reporters Without Borders welcomes the joint creation by the Iraqi interior ministry and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory of a hotline for journalists in danger. “Protecting journalists is one of the challenges of building a democratic Iraq,” the organisation says. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:28:27 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29024 2008-10-21T17:28:27Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240312008&lang=e Amnesty International welcomes the opening of an investigation into the killing of Sami Ma'touq and Joni Suleiman by Syrian security forces in the village of al-Mishrefeh, near the city of Homs, on 14 October 2008, but is seriously concerned by reports that the scene of the incident was tampered with yesterday Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240312008&lang=e 2008-10-21T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29017 Reporters Without Borders is concerned about online free expression in the United Arab Emirates following recent comments by leading Internet sector officials. (©siliconvalleysleuth.co.uk) Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:25:51 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29017 2008-10-20T17:25:51Z http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131542008&lang=e Amnesty International deplores the re-affirmation by a senior Iranian judicial official that Iran will continue to judicially execute juvenile offenders, clarifying a misleading statement he made on 16 October Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131542008&lang=e 2008-10-20T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28994 Reporters Without Borders today voiced its concern about the state of health of journalist Mohammad Hassin Falahieh Zadeh who has been on hunger strike since 5 October, taking only sugared water. The worldwide press freedom organisation joins his family and his lawyer in calling on him to end his fast, in Section 350 of Evin jail, Teheran. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:13:28 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28994 2008-10-17T17:13:28Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28988 Reporters Without Borders condemns the charges that have been brought against <strong class="spip">Habib Saleh</strong>, a cyber-dissident who was arrested without explanation in a market in his home town of Tartus on 6 May.The charges carry sentences ranging from two to 15 years in prison. No date has so far been set for his trial. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:09:03 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28988 2008-10-17T17:09:03Z http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/17/iran19997.htm Legislature Should Follow With Legal Ban A recent judicial ban on juvenile executions in Iran should save more than 130 juvenile offenders currently on death row from execution, Human Rights Watch said today. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/17/iran19997.htm 2008-10-17T05:00:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28961 Reporters Without Borders is relieved that Emadoldin Baghi, a journalist and human rights activist with serious health problems, has been released from Tehran's Evin prison. He nonetheless faces possible re-imprisonment in two other cases currently before the courts. His release reduces the number of journalists detained in Iran to nine, six of whom are in Evin. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:22:12 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28961 2008-10-15T17:22:12Z