Bangladeshi journalists on Monday observed a one-hour work abstention to demand justice for two murdered colleagues. Hundreds of journalists held protests in Dhaka and other locations. They also announced a six-hour hunger strike on March 1. Golam Mostafa Sarwar, news editor of a private television channel and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter of [...]
SANA’A: In country where the legal system often fails to serve its purpose and favors the rich and powerful, tribal leaders, statesmen and politicians have for years handed down justice themselves by throwing men, women and children in their own private jails, depriving victims of any possible legal representation or chance of a fair trial. [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s firebrand and controversial ultra-conservative presidential hopeful Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail said in a recent interview that Islam gives no guarantees of personal freedom. “If you claim that Allah considers it your personal freedom, show me your reference? Nobody has ever said that – except for people have no understanding of Sharia,” Ismail said [...]
The head of the United Nations refugee agency today called on the international community to ramp up its efforts to pre-empt humanitarian crises, citing the current deadly famine in Somalia as an example of a lack of both foresight and of means take preventive action. “All of us could see this escalation coming from a long way [...]
A military court in Manama is due to hand down its verdict on September 28 on an appeal brought by a group of prominent opposition activists in Bahrain after they were jailed in one of the ongoing trials linked to pro-reform protests earlier this year. The military-run National Safety Court of Appeal is expected to [...]
Two people, two countries, same result. Iran and the United States, two ardent enemies, seemed to agree on at least one thing Wednesday: killing is okay. There will be critics who argue the death penalty saves lives, is a deterrent and a practice supported by religion. In the end, two more people are dead – [...]
The Colombian authorities have failed to tackle the lack of justice for women and girl survivors during the country’s long-running armed conflict, Amnesty International said in a new report today. “Women and girls in Colombia are often treated as trophies of war. They are raped and sexually abused by all the warring parties as a [...]
Yemeni authorities must immediately stop the killing of peaceful protesters by security forces, Amnesty International said today, after dozens of people were shot dead in the capital, Sana’a, since Sunday. The organization called for an independent, impartial commission of inquiry to be set up with international assistance to investigate the attacks on protesters. Around 26 [...]
CAIRO: Security forces dominated the Police Academy on Wednesday as the Hosni Mubarak trial continues in Egypt. In all, three armored cars, 20 security vehicles, a Central Security Services van and a large number of ambulances and fire trucks were present, supplementing the large number of security forces also at the academy. The heightened security [...]
CAIRO: During a visit to Egypt, the Syrian opposition movement delegation called on the Egyptian government to remove all support to Syria and to withdraw its ambassador from Damascus and expel the Syrian ambassador to Egypt. The delegation, in Egypt on Sunday, comes as Syria’s government continues to violently crackdown on protesters in the country. [...]
CAIRO: It is very easy for the international media to condemn the actions of Egyptians protesters at the Israeli Embassy in Giza on Friday. Many can, and will, argue that it was counterproductive to the future of Egypt and the gains made in the January 25 revolution, the activists should focus on other issues and [...]
Amnesty International has called on the UK authorities to bring to justice all those responsible for the death Baha Mousa, after an inquiry into the death of the Iraqi hotel receptionist found that UK soldiers violently assaulted him while in custody in Basra in 2003. Baha Mousa suffered 93 separate injuries before he died, said [...]
AMMAN: Over the past ten years, much has been written in an attempt to make sense of what happened on 11 September 2001. It is a difficult task. Analysing evil is not easy. Terror makes no sense to the rational mind. All that seems clear is that, for millions of Americans and the world at [...]
The Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned the series of terrorist attacks that killed scores of people in Iraq and injured many others earlier this week, stressing the need to bring those responsible for the bloodshed to justice. “The members of the Security Council underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of [...]
The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must be fair, transparent and reveal the full truth about unlawful killings of anti-government protesters during this year’s mass protests, Amnesty International said on Monday. Former President Mubarak, former Interior Minister Habib Ibrahim El Adly and six other former senior officials are due to go on trial [...]
Former Tunisian President Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted in street protests earlier this year, was sentenced by a Tunisian court to 16 years years along with his son-in-law on corruption charges. The court also ordered the former president and businessman Sakher al-Materi, who were tried in absentia, to pay 97 million dinars ($70.65 [...]
Amnesty International condemns the unfair trial of Malik Medjnoun, convicted for the murder of the famous Kabyle singer Lounès Matoub. Before he was finally brought to court on 18 July 2011, Malik Medjnoun had been held for almost 12 years. Amnesty International has reiterated its appeal to the Algerian authorities for his release. Malik Medjnoun [...]
In light of the ongoing debate on the “January 25th” Constitutional process and its core provisions, the Cairo Institute for Human Right Studies (CIHRS) and several Egyptian human rights organizations have submitted a set of basic principles which they believe will guarantee an Egyptian constitution based on the values of the January 25th Revolution and [...]
CAIRO: With Egyptians returning to the streets this past week – clashing with police – in demanding quicker reforms from the military and the trials of former President Hosni Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly the focal points of their demonstration, looking upon the country’s current state of tension is worrying at best. Activists [...]
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) today called on the Sudanese parties to defuse tensions in Abyei and Southern Kordofan state, following the recent fighting in those areas, and to prevent any further escalation of violence. Violence and looting broke out in Abyei, a town contested by both north and south Sudan, after the [...]
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