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09.05.08Germany: Press for Human Rights Reform in Russia
(Moscow, May 9, 2008) – Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier should press Russia to immediately end impunity for human rights violations in Chechnya and cease harassment of and restrictions on civil society in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. Steinmeier will travel to Russia on... read more
24.04.08Digging Up the Dirt
A forensics team is tracking down South Africa's disappeared—and reopening some very cold cases. read more
24.04.08Public Statement: Call upon the government of Pakistan to withdraw all cases against lawyers
The Pakistan NGO Support Group urges the new government of Pakistan to immediately withdraw all the cases against lawyers, journalists and political activists, because they were targeted for peaceful protest. read more
22.04.08Sri Lanka 'ignoring rights abuse'
A team of international legal experts have stepped up criticism of Sri Lanka, saying that repeated calls to improve its human rights record have been ignored. read more
22.04.08Uganda rebels kidnap 350 people: Amnesty
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Congo, Sudan and Central African Republic must join forces to free more than 350 people kidnapped in recent weeks by Ugandan rebels, an international human rights group said on Tuesday. read more
22.04.08El Gobiernon Uruguayo reanudará la búsqueda de los desaparecidos de la dictadura
El Gobierno uruguayo emitirá en los próximos días un decreto por el que se ordenará retomar la búsqueda de los restos de los detenidos-desaparecidos durante los años de la dictadura militar (1973-1985). read more
18.04.08UN rights review relief for Bahrain
BAHRAIN has emerged largely unscathed from United Nations scrutiny of its human rights performance. Recommendations from an examination in Geneva are limited to improving women's rights and prospects, better protection for maids and citizenship rights for the children of Bahraini women married to... read more
17.04.08Council of Europe Failing on Russia
Urgent Need for Vigorous Monitoring in the North Caucasus A statement published today by a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "alarming" human rights violations by security forces in the North Caucasus reaffirms the need for increased monitoring in the region,... read more
08.04.08Honduras ratifies the international Convention against Enforced Disappearances
Honduras ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances on the 1st of April, 2008 read more
08.04.08Creación nuevo comité de Familiares por la presentación con vida de los Detenidos Desaparecidos en Me
La Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM) y Asociacón de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos y Víctimas de Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en México (AFADEM) presentan el nuevo Comité de Familiares por la Presentación con Vida de los... read more