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Here is a preview of human rights related news compiled from a non exhaustive selection of various news sources originating from a number of organisations, national and international, working in the field. This information is updated twice a day.
Life in the UAE: ‘We expect anything from the authorities - we are afraid of everything’
Amnesty International - 1 hour 6 min ago
Headline Title: ‘We expect anything from the authorities' 24 May 2013...
African Union: Reject Kenya’s attempt to shield its leaders from accountability
Amnesty International - 1 hour 30 min ago
Headline Title: African Union: Reject Kenya’s attempt to shield its leaders from accountability...
Most Popular on Twitter - Top Tweets of the Week
Human Rights Watch - 2 hours 11 min ago
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Human Rights Watch has over 100 staff tweeting human rights developments from around the world. Here are some of their most...
Bolivia - Community radio destroyed in clashes between rival peasant groups
Reporters without border - 2 hours 38 min ago
Reporters Without Borders condemns the destruction of Radio AM 1080 La Voz de las Mayorías, a community radio station based in Caranavi, 160 km northeast of La Paz, on 21 May. Affiliated to the...
Uganda: Activists arrested as disturbing crackdown on media continues
Amnesty International - 2 hours 59 min ago
Headline Title: Uganda: Activists arrested as disturbing crackdown on media continues 24...
Trial in the ECCC Case 002: Civil Parties will make their voice heard
FIDH - Human Rights for All - 4 hours 9 min ago
FIDH, ADHOC and LICADHO welcome the opening, on 27 May 2013, of the « Impact Hearings » before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Case 002/0011. During four days (27, 29,...
Iran: Threats to Free, Fair Elections
Human Rights Watch - 4 hours 11 min ago
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Serious electoral flaws and human rights abuses by the Iranian government undermine any meaningful prospect of free and fair...
US: Pledges to End ‘War,’ Close Guantanamo
Human Rights Watch - 4 hours 37 min ago
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email United States President Barack Obama’s new call to transfer detainees from Guantanamo and wind down the “war” with al-Qaeda...
DRC - Censorship reigns in Nord-Kivu areas under M23 rebel control
Reporters without border - 7 hours 50 min ago
Fighting between M23 rebels and government forces has intensified near Goma, the capital of the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, since 20 May. As well as causing new civilian casualties, the clashes...