Iran's Student Activists Denied an Education
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
University students cross a street during a snow storm in Tehran November 8, 2010. | © 2010 Reuters/Caren Firouz | This time of year in Iran, graduate school applicants learn if they've been accepted into the programs they've s…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/irans-student-activists-denied-education

Rights Groups Form Coalition To "Protect the Protest" in US
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
Activists protest construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Washington D.C., 2017. | © 2017 Vlad Tchompalov via Unsplash | Today in the United States, 18 human rights and environmental groups — including Huma…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/rights-groups-form-coalition-protect-protest-us

Mauritania: Rape Survivors at Risk
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
The criminalization of sexual relations outside marriage in Mauritania puts rape survivors at risk. The law deters them from filing complaints because they could themselves face prosecution. | (Nouakchott) — The criminalization of sexual relations outside marriage in Mauritania puts rape survivors at risk, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The law deters them from filing complaints because they could themselves face prosecution. | The 90-page report, "'They Told Me to Keep Quiet': Obstacles to Justice and Remedy for Sexual Assault Survivors in Mauritania," found that when survivors do come forward, police and judicial investigators do not respect their rights and dignity. Human Rights Watch found that investigative procedures do not ensure privacy or confidentiality, rarely offer the possibility to interact with female officials, and can turn into an investigation of the rape survivor's moral character.
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/mauritania-rape-survivors-risk

Support Grows for Killer Robots Ban
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
At the United Nations in Geneva the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots called on governments to not allow the development of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without any human intervention. | © 2018 Mary…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/support-grows-killer-robots-ban

UN Rights Council Needs to Stem Nicaragua Crisis Now
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
04 August 2018, Nicaragua, Managua: Demonstration in support of doctors arbitrarily dismissed by the Nicaraguan Health Ministry authorities in apparent retaliation for participating in protests or otherwise disagreeing with gover…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/un-rights-council-needs-stem-nicaragua-crisis-now

US: Deported Parents' Agonizing Wait
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
Hundreds of children remain detained in the United States and separated from their parents more than five weeks after a court-ordered deadline to reunify them. | (Tegucigalpa) — Hundreds of children remain detained in the United States and separated fr…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/us-deported-parents-agonizing-wait

Iran: Intensified Crackdown on Rights Defenders
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-05
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015. | © Private 2015 | (Beirut) —
hrw.org/news/2018/09/05/iran-intensified-crackdown-rights-defenders

Where are they? Their loved ones deserve to know
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-09-05
amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/08/disappeared-in-africa/

Idleb: Millions in Need of Protection. The World Must Act Now
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-09-05
amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/08/idleb-millions-in-need-of-protection-world-must-act-now/

Neither Dead Nor Alive
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-09-05
amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/08/neither-dead-nor-alive-mena-disappeared/

UK Complicity in Post-9/11 Torture and Rendition, We're Still Waiting for the Truth
Gracie Bradley | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-05
The prohibition on torture is one of the few absolute rights. Its use can never be justified, regardless of the circumstances. | After 9/11, the USA engaged in an appalling programme of …
globalresearch.ca/uk-complicity-in-post-911-torture-and-rendition-were-still-waiting-for-the-truth/5653065

Nepal's Rape Survivors Need Answers
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-04
Nepalese women protest against what they say is an increase in violence against women and demanding that the government implement stronger laws, in Kathmandu on January 3, 2013. | © 2013 Reuters | One person was killed and several were injur…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/nepals-rape-survivors-need-answers

Tens of Thousands in Chemnitz Stand Up to Far-Right Extremism
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-04
A flag is flown which states 'Racism Kills' as people arrive to attend an open-air concert under the motto: 'We Are More' on September 3, 2018 in Chemnitz, Germany. | © 2018 Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/tens-thousands-chemnitz-stand-far-right-extremism

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partners with Discovery Education to launch new education program
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-09-04
Khalilah Harris and Kerry Kennedy discuss RFK Human Rights' launch of the Speak Truth To Power education initiative; engaging young people in schools to be aware of and take action on global human rights issues; and, the need to support teachers with the right tools and resources to be effective in the classroom | The post Robert F. Kenned…
therealnews.com/stories/robert-f-kennedy-human-rights-partners-with-discovery-education-to-launch-new-education-program

Who should be punished – Those behind a massacre or the people who expose it?
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-04
Monday September 3 was a black day for freedom of the press and the rule of law in Myanmar. A court in Yangon sentenced Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, to seven years in prison for allegedly violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act as they investigated a massacre of Rohingya Muslims. Trial evidence indicates that police purposefully handed them documents to "trap" them. | The burning question facing Myanmar is whether Preside…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/who-should-be-punished-those-behind-massacre-or-people-who-expose-it

An Opportunity for LGBT Rights in Ecuador
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-04
Activists take part during the World Pride Parade 2017 in Quito, Ecuador on July 1, 2017. | © 2017 Patricio Realpe/Getty Images | When two same-sex couples went to the civil registry in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador to get married l…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/opportunity-lgbt-rights-ecuador

Venezuela: Refugee Crisis Requires Concerted Regional Response
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-03
Venezuela's deepening crisis has triggered the largest migration flow of its kind in recent Latin American history. Governments in the Americas should develop a collective and uniform response to the exodus of people fleeing Venezuela. | (New York) — Governments in the Americas should develop a col…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/03/venezuela-refugee-crisis-requires-concerted-regional-response

Hatewatch Headlines 9/4/18
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-09-03
Human rights groups urge senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as hearings begin today; should Trump's evangelical advisers be exempt from disclosure laws? Mollie Tibbetts family says don't use her death to advance racism, and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/04/hatewatch-headlines-9418

Cluster Munition Coalition Statement on Stockpile Destruction to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Eighth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-03
When we released Cluster Munition Monitor 2018 last Thursday, we highlighted the untarnished compliance record regarding the convention's core prohibitions. One of the most visible examples is seen in stockpile destruction, where all of the first states with cluster munitions to ratify the convention destroyed their stocks within the convention's eight-year deadline. | This achievement shows the world that States Parties take their obligations seriously and are committed to implementation. It also demonstrates to states considering joining the Convention on Cluster Munitions that the provisions are not overly bur…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/03/cluster-munition-coalition-statement-stockpile-destruction-convention-cluster

Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-03
Wa Lone arrives for a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, June 18, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | (Bangkok) — A Myanmar court's conviction of two Reuters journalists on politically motivated charge…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/03/myanmar-7-years-reporting-truth

Seymour Hersh's Reporter: A life exposing government lies and crimes
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-03
Seymour Hersh, the investigative journalist who played a leading role in exposing the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the Bush Administration's torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, has published a long-awaited autobiography.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/03/pers…

Yemen: Coalition Bus Bombing Apparent War Crime
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-09-02
People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children, in a photograph taken on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen. | © 2018 Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images | Update: | This news release has bee…
hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime

A 5-Year-Old Girl in Immigrant Detention Nearly Died of an Untreated Ruptured Appendix
Debbie Nathan | theintercept.com | 2018-09-02
A 5-year-old girl fell gravely ill while in Border Patrol custody in McAllen, Texas. Her mother repeatedly sought medical care before her appendix ruptured. | The post A 5-Year-Old Girl in Immigrant Detention Nearly Died of an Untreated Ruptured Appendix appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/02/border-patrol-immigrant-detention-medical-neglect-texas/

Nicaragua: In its attempt to avoid international scrutiny, government makes apparent its responsibility for human rights violations
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
Following the decision of President Daniel Ortega's government to expel the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mission one day after the presentation of its report "Human Rights Violations and Abuses in the Context of the Protests in Nicaragua", on the serious crisis which the country has been facing since 18 April of this year, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/nicaragua-al-evitar-escrutinio-internacional-gobierno-deja-en-evidencia-su-responsabilidad-en-violaciones-de-derechos-humanos/

From Venezuela to McCain, Media and Human Rights Industry on Same Page
Joe Emersberger | fair.org | 2018-08-31
On August 20, the Economist ran an article on Venezuela saying that "forced migration from the country might surpass the Syria crisis." The magazine reported: The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates that at the end of 2017 approximately 1.6 million Venezuelans were living outside their country. Today that number is likely to be far …
fair.org/home/from-venezuela-to-mccain-media-and-human-rights-industry-on-same-page/

Guatemala: President Morales tries to stop the fight against impunity
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
Reacting to the decision of the government of Jimmy Morales to revoke the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: | "The government's decision not to renew the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, just when Congress should be analyzing the preliminary hearing against President Jimmy Morales, is another maneuver to weaken the fight against impunity in the country." | | "The unusual deployment and presence of security forces in front of the Commission and during the president's announcement is an effort to intimidate the people and institutions working for justice and human rights. The government cannot lead the country to repeat its shameful history of decades gone by."
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/guatemala-presidente-morales-intenta-frenar-la-lucha-contra-la-impunidad/

Guatemala: President Sabotages Fight for Justice
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-08-31
(New York) — President Jimmy Morales's decision to end the mandate of a UN-backed investigative body is a major blow to efforts to fight corruption, abuse, and impunity in Guatemala, Human Rights Watch said today. | On August 31, 2018, Morales announced that he would not request an extension of the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), which expires in September 2019. CICIG is investigating allegations that Morales's presidential campaign received illegal funding and is participating in the prosecution of his son a…
hrw.org/news/2018/08/31/guatemala-president-sabotages-fight-justice

Pentagon seeking contractors to train Saudi pilots on US soil amid bloody Yemen air campaign
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-31
The Pentagon plans to hire private contractors to train Saudi military pilots on US soil, documents show. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the move disturbing amid outcry over US involvement in Saudi Arabia's air campaign in Yemen.
rt.com/usa/437353-saudi-pilots-us-training/

Open letter to all the Pacific Islands Forum leaders: Protect and promote the rights of human rights defenders
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
Amnesty International is writing to express our concerns regarding the increasing risks and challenges faced by human rights defenders in the region, and to urge your government to demonstrate commitment to protect and promote the rights of those who defend human rights.
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa05/9021/2018/en/

Further Information: Iran: Iranian Kurd facing imminent execution: Ramin Hossein Panahi
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
Ramin Hossein Panahi, from Iran's Kurdish minority, was moved to Raja'i Shahr prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 13 August in preparation for his execution. He started a hunger strike on 26 August, after which he was immediately removed from the prison's general ward. He has not been heard from since. He is at imminent risk of execution.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/9004/2018/en/

Syria: Statement to the Astana Working Group on detentions and abductions in the Syrian conflict
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
In this document, non-governmental organizations express concern at the failure of the Syrian government to disclose more information about the deaths of arbitrarily detained and disappeared people in conjunction with government's update of the civil registries records and, in some cases, issuance of death notices that state the cause of death, and to urge you to take immediate steps to address the continuing government policies of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and enforced disappearances in a comprehensive and just manner.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/9024/2018/en/

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amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
–û–±–Ä–∞–â–∞–µ–º–Å–è –∫ –≤–∞–º –Å –≤–ã–Ä–∞–∂–µ–Ω–∏–µ–º –æ–∑–∞–±–æ–á–µ–Ω–Ω–æ–Å–Ç–∏ –Ω–µ–ø–Ä–µ–¥–æ–Å–Ç–∞–≤–ª–µ–Ω–∏–µ–º –¥–æ–ø–æ–ª–Ω–∏–Ç–µ–ª–å–Ω–æ–π –∏–Ω–Ñ–æ–Ä–º–∞–Ü–∏–∏ –æ –Å–ª–É–á–∞–è–Ö –Å–º–µ–Ä–Ç–∏ –ø–Ä–æ–∏–∑–≤–æ–ª–å–Ω–æ –∑–∞–¥–µ–Ä–∂–∞–Ω–Ω–ã–Ö –∏ –ø–Ä–æ–ø–∞–≤–à–∏–Ö –±–µ–∑ –≤–µ–Å–Ç–∏ –ª–∏–Ü –≤ –Å–≤–è–∑–∏ –Å –æ–±–Ω–æ–≤–ª–µ–Ω–∏–µ–º –ø–Ä–∞–≤–∏–Ç–µ–ª–å–Å–Ç–≤–æ–º –°–∏–Ä–∏–∏ –∑–∞–ø–∏–Å–µ–π –∞–∫–Ç–æ–≤ –≥–Ä–∞–∂–¥–∞–Ω–Å–∫–æ–≥–æ –Å–æ–Å–Ç–æ–è–Ω–∏–è –∏, –≤ –Ä–è–¥–µ –Å–ª–É–á–∞–µ–≤, –≤–ã–¥–∞–á–µ–π –Å–ø–Ä–∞–≤–æ–∫ –æ –Å–º–µ–Ä–Ç–∏ –Å –É–∫–∞–∑–∞–Ω–∏–µ–º –µ–µ –ø–Ä–∏–á–∏–Ω–ã. –ù–∞–Å–Ç–æ–è–Ç–µ–ª–å–Ω–æ –ø–Ä–∏–∑–ã–≤–∞–µ–º –±–µ–∑–æ–Ç–ª–∞–≥–∞–Ç–µ–ª–å–Ω–æ –ø–Ä–∏–Ω–è–Ç–å –º–µ–Ä–ã –∫–æ–º–ø–ª–µ–∫–Å–Ω–æ–≥–æ –∏ –Å–ø–Ä–∞–≤–µ–¥–ª–∏–≤–æ–≥–æ –Ä–µ–∞–≥–∏–Ä–æ–≤–∞–Ω–∏–è –≤ –æ–Ç–Ω–æ–à–µ–Ω–∏–∏ –ø–Ä–æ–¥–æ–ª–∂–∞–µ–º–ã–Ö –ø–Ä–∞–≤–∏–Ç–µ–ª–å–Å–Ç–≤–æ–º –ø–Ä–∞–∫–Ç–∏–∫ –ø–Ä–æ–∏–∑–≤–æ–ª–å–Ω–ã–Ö –∑–∞–¥–µ–Ä–∂–∞–Ω–∏–π, –Ω–µ–¥–æ–∑–≤–æ–ª–µ–Ω–Ω–æ–≥–æ –æ–±–Ä–∞–â–µ–Ω–∏–è –∏ –Ω–∞–Å–∏–ª–å–Å–Ç–≤–µ–Ω–Ω–ã–Ö –∏–Å–á–µ–∑–Ω–æ–≤–µ–Ω–∏–π.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/9024/2018/ru/

إلى مجموعة عمل الآستانة حول الاعتقالات والاختطافات في الصراع السوري
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
نراسلكم لنعبر عن قلقنا حيال عدم كشف الحكومة السورية عن المزيد من المعلومات بشأن حالات وفاة المحتجزين والمفقودين بصورة تعسفية بالتوافق مع تحديث الحكومة للسجلات المدنية وإصدارها، في بعض الحالات، وثائق وفاة تبيّن سبب الوفاة ولنح ثّكم على اتخاذ خطوات فورية لمواجهة سياسات الحكومة المستمرة في الاعتقال التعسفي وسوء المعاملة والاختفاء القسري بطريقة شاملة وعادلة.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/9024/2018/ar/

خطاب به کار گروه آستانه در ارتباط با بازداشتها و آدم ربایی ها در منازعه سوریه
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
با نوشتن این نامه نگرانی خود را از عدم افشای اطلاعات بیشترهنگام به روزرسانی سوابق ثبت احوال از سوی دولت سوریه دربارهی مرگ و میر افرادی که به طور خودسرانه بازداشت و ناپدید شده اند و در برخی موارد صدور اطلاعیه های فوت فاقد علت مرگ، ابراز می کنیم و از شما می خواهیم تا اقدامات فوری برای رسیدگی جامع و عادلانه نسبت به سیاست های مداوم دولت مبنی بر بازداشت خودسرانه، بدرفتاری و ناپدید شدن های اجباری را انجام دهید..
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/9024/2018/fa/

Taiwan: First execution under President Tsai Ing-wen a crushing setback to abolition hopes
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
Responding to the execution of a 39-year-old man in Taiwan today — the country's first execution since President Tsai Ing-wen came to office in 2016 — Amnesty International Taiwan's Acting Section Director, Annie Huang, said: | "It is deeply disappointing that Taiwan has decided to resume the implementation of a cruel punishment, especially after President Tsai Ing-wen had stated clearly that her government aims to abolish the death penalty. | "That pledge now rings hollow. Today's execution is a crushing setback to the abolitionist movement in Taiwan and an act that casts a shadow over Tsai's preside…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/taiwan-dp/

Suriye àáatƒ±≈ümasƒ± Kapsamƒ±ndaki Alƒ±koymalar ve Kaà߃±rmalar àúzerine Astana àáalƒ±≈üma Grubunun Dikkatine
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
Size, (Uluslararasƒ± Zorla Kaybedilenler Gàºnàº'nde) Suriye hàºkàºmetinin vatanda≈ülƒ±k kayƒ±tlarƒ±nƒ± gàºncellemesi ve bazƒ± durumlarda à∂làºm sebebinin aà߃±klandƒ±ƒüƒ± à∂làºm belgelerini tanzim etmesiyle baƒülantƒ±lƒ± olarak, hàºkàºmetin keyfi olarak gà∂zaltƒ±na alƒ±nmƒ±≈ü ve kaybedilmi≈ü ki≈üilerin à∂làºmleri hakkƒ±nda daha fazla bilgi vermemesinden duyduƒüumuz kaygƒ±yƒ± dile getirmek ve hàºkàºmetin devam ettirdiƒüi keyfi gà∂zaltƒ±, kà∂tຠmuamele ve zorla kaybetme politikalarƒ±nƒ±n àßà∂zàºmຠiàßin acilen kapsamlƒ± ve adil adƒ±mlar atmanƒ±zƒ± talep etmek iàßin yazƒ±yoruz.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/9024/2018/tr/

Belarus: Detention of journalists, harassment of independent media and new unduly restrictive legislation mark a low point for freedom of expression
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-31
The right to freedom of expression in Belarus has been dealt a series of severe blows in recent weeks, as the authorities' crusade against journalists and independent media outlets continues. The latest moves by the Belarusian authorities demonstrate their resolve to eliminate all critical voices in the country and deprive people in Belarus of the opportunity to freely access, share and disseminate information and ideas.
amnesty.org/en/documents/eur49/9026/2018/en/

Guatemala: Reject 'Life and Family Protection' Law
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-08-31
An indigenous woman holds a placard reading 'My Body My Territory Is to be Respected' as she demonstrates on International Women's Day in Guatemala City on March 8, 2018. | © 2018 Getty Images | (New York) [mdas…
hrw.org/news/2018/08/31/guatemala-reject-life-and-family-protection-law

Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara–A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-31
In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the occupation–in part because M…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/31/four_days…

Kenya: Real-time reporting to lift the lid on police killings, abductions
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
Kenyans will be able to share information about police extra-judicial killings and abductions in real time, using a new online portal designed to help human rights organizations hold the authorities to account, Amnesty International said as the world marks the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances. | "Hundreds of people are arrested every year in what are termed as crime-busting police swoops, but many so-called suspects are never presented in court or charged with any crime. The next thing that usually happens is that they are found dead, their bodies callously dumped somewhere. Others are disa…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/kenya-real-time-reporting-to-lift-the-lid-on-police-killings-and-abductions/

China: Systematic repression of ethnic minorities laid bare in UN findings
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
In response to the release of concluding observations on China by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Amnesty International's Deputy East Asia Director Lisa Tassi said: | "The Committee's findings highlight the systematic oppression of ethnic minorities in China, including the mass arbitrary detention of Chinese Uighurs and others in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). | "The Chinese government must now heed the call to tackle serious human rights violations. Rather than dismissing the Committee's recommendations, it must immediately set out next steps to address th…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/china-systematic-repression-of-ethnic-minorities-laid-bare-in-un-findings/

Swaziland: "They don't see us as people": Security of tenure and forced evictions in Eswatini
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
Discussing two emblematic cases, this report reveals how the human rights violation of forced evictions is rooted in Eswatini's land governance system which fails to provide at least hundreds of people with a minimum degree of security of tenure. The report also highlights the failure of the Eswatini government to abide by its international, regional and national legal obligations, especially the obligation to guarantee the right to adequate housing.
amnesty.org/en/documents/afr55/8785/2018/en/

Soudan: Un cybermilitant détenu au secret depuis plus d'un mois
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
Ahmed Al Dai Bushara Joudah, un journaliste et militant actif sur les réseaux sociaux, a été soumis à une arrestation arbitraire le 16 juillet à Omdurman, au Soudan, par des agents du Service national de la sûreté et du renseignement (NISS). Il est actuellement détenu sans inculpation au centre de détention du NISS à Khartoum-Nord. Il n'a toujours pas été autorisé à s'entretenir avec un avocat ni avec sa famille. Il risque d'être soumis à la torture et à d'autres formes de mauvais traitements en détention.
amnesty.org/en/documents/afr54/8999/2018/fr/

Egypt: Open letter to the Egyptian public prosecutor on Hanan Bad el-Din and Ibrahim Metwaly
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
The letter calls on the Egyptian authorities to release Hanan Badr el-Din and Ibrahim Metwaly immediately and unconditionally. Pending their release, Amnesty International calls on you to ensure that they have adequate and regular access to qualified professionals providing health care, including prompt access to the prescribed medication they require.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/9013/2018/en/

مصر: رسالة مفتوحة للنائب العام المصري حول حنان بدر الدين و إبراهيم متولي
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
تدعو الرسالة السلطات المصرية إلى إطلاق سراح كل من حنان بدر الدين وإبراهيم متولي فوراً ودون قيد أو شرط. وإلى أن يتم الإفراج عنهما، تدعو منظمة العفو الدولية إلى ضمان تلقيهما الرعاية الصحية المناسبة من قبل مهنيين مؤهلين وبصورة منتظمة، بما في ذلك الحصول الفوري على الأدوية الضرورية الموصوفة لهما.
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/9013/2018/ar/

Sudán: Ciberactivista recluido en régimen de incomunicación durante más de un mes
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
El periodista y ciberactivista Ahmed al Dai Bushara Joudah fue detenido arbitrariamente el 16 de julio en la ciudad sudanesa de Omdurman por agentes del Servicio de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (NISS). En la actualidad está recluido sin cargos en el centro de detención del NISS de Jartum Norte. Le han negado acceso a asistencia letrada y a sus familiares. Corre peligro de sufrir tortura y otros malos tratos en detención.
amnesty.org/en/documents/afr54/8999/2018/es/

Eswatini: Forced evictions expose flawed land laws as hundreds face homelessness
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-08-30
The Eswatini government must halt forced evictions which have left hundreds of people homeless and pushed them deeper into poverty, Amnesty International said in a new report today. | | They don't see us as people: security of tenure and forced evictions in Eswatini details forced evictions in two areas of the country that resulted in more than 200 people, most of them subsistence farmers, being made homeless and without access to land where they could continue farming. | Although the evictions involved a long legal process, they were carried out in the absence of adequate notice, genuine consultation and without adequate compensation, in…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/eswatini-forced-evictions-expose-flawed-land-laws-as-hundreds-face-homelessness/

Update on Prison Strike Demanding End of "Slave Labor": After 10 Days, Protests Spread to 11 States
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-30
Prisoners across the country join work stoppages, hunger strikes and commissary boycotts in at least 11 states to protest prison conditions and demand the end of what they call "prison slavery." Organizers report prisoners in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Indiana are demonstrating. Individuals in Texas, California and Ohio have gone on hunger strike, including some in solitary confinement. Meanwhile, at least six people have been hunger-striking inside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, for more than a week. We speak with Amani Sawari, prison strike organizer working on behalf of Jailhou…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/30/update_on…

WaPo column praises McCain as human rights champion with photo of him next to 'literal neo-Nazi'
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-29
Mainstream US media have been singing eulogies to the late Senator John McCain after he succumbed to brain cancer last weekend. Among them is a column in the Washington Post titled 'The human rights community lost a champion.'
rt.com/usa/437104-mccain-ukraine-nazis-washington-post/

WaPo Uses Photo of John McCain Next to Nazi to Praise His 'Human Rights' Work
Ben Norton | fair.org | 2018-08-29
The Washington Post (8/27/18) published an op-ed by conservative staff opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin praising the late Sen. John McCain for his supposed commitment to "human rights." Rubin waxed poetic on the ostensible "lost champion" of human rights, who "model[ed] for others the behavior of a free society." She declared, quite paradoxically, "With the possible …
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