The presence of former Haitian “president for life” Jean-Claude Duvalier in court yesterday on charges relating to human rights abuses brings a glimmer of hope for the families of those subjected to extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances and the survivors of torture during Duvalier’s years in power, said Amnesty International.
The presence of former Haitian “president for life” Jean-Claude Duvalier in court yesterday on charges relating to human rights abuses brings a glimmer of hope for the families of those subjected t
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From ‘Days of Rage’ to raging conflict - Two years of turmoil in Syria
Nowhere has the human cost of the “Arab Spring” uprisings been higher than in Syria.
Two years since the Syrian uprising began, we speak to Amnesty Researcher Cilina Nasser and Senior Crisis Advisor Donatella Rovera about the conflict so far.
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Two years on: Syria’s conflict in numbersMore than 60,000 people have been killed since the conflict began.More than 700,000 refugees have fled to neighbouring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, and North African countries.At least two million people are displaced inside Syria.Over half of all Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt are children. One in five of these refugee households is headed by a woman.Approximately 23,500 Syrian nationals applied for asylum in the EU between April 2011 and October 2012. 15,000 of these applications were lodged in Germany and Sweden.All figures are based on UN estimates from January 2013.
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“Civilians are undoubtedly the ones paying the highest price. They are losing their lives, their relatives, their limbs, their homes, businesses and property.
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Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Adviser
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More of Amnesty International's work on Syria
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From 'Days of Rage' to raging conflict
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Read the original version of this feature in Wire magazine
Appelez les présidents du Brésil, de la Colombie, de Cuba, du Honduras, du Guatemala et du Mexique à reconnaître et à défendre l'action des défenseurs des droits humains.
Des « Dames en blanc », épouses et mères de prisonniers politiques, défilent lors de la marche hebdomadaire qui a lieu chaque semaine après la messe à La Havane ; samedi 11 juill
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Côte d’Ivoire. Représailles et répression
Les violations généralisées des droits humains perpétrées par les forces armées à l’encontre de partisans de l’ancien président Laurent Gbagbo compromettent encore davantage la réconciliation en Cô
Les violations généralisées des droits humains perpétrées par les forces armées compromettent la réconciliation en Côte d’Ivoire.
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VIDÉO : Représailles et répression
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“La Côte d’Ivoire doit briser le cycle des abus et de l’impunité. Pas un seul membre de l’armée nationale ni autre partisan du président Alassane Ouattara n’a pour l’instant été amené à rendre des comptes pour ses agissements, ce qui constitue un échec total sur le plan de l’établissement de l’état de droit et affaiblit gravement le processus de réconciliation entamé en juillet 2011”
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Gaëtan Mootoo, chercheur d’Amnesty International sur l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
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Tue, 26/02/2013
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Côte d’Ivoire: Revenge and repression under the pretence of ensuring security
A repressive cycle of widespread human rights violations by the armed forces pursuing former President Laurent Gbagbo’s supporters is making reconciliation in Côte d'Ivoire ever more elusive, Amnes
A repressive cycle of widespread human rights violations by the armed forces is making reconciliation in Côte d'Ivoire ever more elusive.
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VIDEO: Revenge & Repression in Cote d'Ivoire
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“Côte d'Ivoire needs to break the cycle of abuse and impunity. Not a single member of the national army or any other supporter of President Alassane Ouattara has been held to account for their actions, representing an absolute failure to establish the rule of law and severely undermining the reconciliation process set up in July 2011 ”
Source:
Gaëtan Mootoo, Amnesty International’s West Africa researcher
Date:
Tue, 26/02/2013
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Guatemala: Ruling on former president a positive step for justice
Monday's ruling that General Efraín Ríos Montt and his former head of military intelligence, General José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, should stand trial for the massacre of almost 2,000 people in t
Former Guatemalan military leader General Efraín Ríos Montt and his head of military intelligence will stand trial for the massacre of almost 2,000 people in the 1980s.
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“This decision strengthens justice in Guatemala, as accountability for past crimes begins to emerge”
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Sebastian Elgueta, Amnesty International researcher on Central America
Date:
Tue, 29/01/2013
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Jean-Marie Simon: A foreign witness to Guatemala’s war
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Feature, 27 November 2012
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The two Guatemalas of Ríos Montt
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Feature, 22 November 2012
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Guatemala: Former head of state’s trial for genocide one more step against impunity
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News story, 27 January 2012
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مصر: قوات الأمن تواصل إفلاتها من العقاب على جرائم القتل العمد التي ارتكبتها بعد مضي عامين
صرحت منظمة العفو الدولية إنه يتعين على مصر أن تحرص على التحقيق بشكل مستقل وفعال في مقتل مئات المحتجين منذ أوائل العام 2011، وذلك في حال أراد هذا البلد الابتعاد عن الانتها
يتعين على مصر أن تحرص على التحقيق بشكل مستقل وفعال في مقتل مئات المحتجين منذ أوائل العام 2011، وذلك في حال أراد هذا البلد الابتعاد عن الانتهاكات التي وسمت حقبة حكم مبارك
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“ لقد عبّر الرئيس مرسي غير مرة عن إشادته بالذين سقطوا في "ثورة 25 يناير" وتوقيره لهم، بيد أن قلة هي التحركات الفعالة التي تم القيام بها في سبيل مقاضاة المسؤولين عن مقتلهم. وفي واقع الأمر، وبعد مضي عاميْن على الانتفاضة، يظهر أن قوات الأمن قد نجحت في الإفلات من العقاب على ما ارتكبته من جرائم القتل العمد”
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حسيبة حاج صحراوي نائبة مدير برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا بمنظمة العفو الدولية
Date:
Thu, 24/01/2013
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Egypt: Security forces continue to get away with murder two years on from start of uprisin
Egypt must ensure the deaths of hundreds of protesters since early 2011 are independently and effectively investigated, if the country is to move away from the abuses that defined the Mubarak era,
Egypt must ensure the deaths of hundreds of protesters since early 2011 are independently and effectively investigated if it wants to move beyond the abuses that defined the Mubarak era.
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Egypt
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“President Morsi has repeatedly paid tribute to those who died during the ’25 January Revolution’, yet little effective action has been taken to ensure those responsible face justice. In reality two years after the uprising the security forces appear to be getting away with murder”
Source:
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme
Date:
Thu, 24/01/2013
La population du Cameroun subit de multiples atteintes aux droits humains, parmi lesquelles des exécutions illégales et des actes de torture, alors que les autorités tentent d’utiliser la justice pénale pour museler les opposants politiques, les défenseurs des droits humains et les journalistes, ainsi que comme arme pour attaquer les personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles, transgenres et intersexuées (LGBTI), écrit Amnesty International dans un nouveau rapport.
La population du Cameroun subit de multiples atteintes aux droits humains, parmi lesquelles des exécutions illégales et des actes de torture, alors que les autorités tentent d’utiliser la justice p
People in Cameroon are being subjected to a raft of abuses including unlawful killings and torture as the authorities seek to use the criminal justice system to clamp down on political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists and as a weapon to attack lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, Amnesty International said in a new report.
People in Cameroon are being subjected to a raft of abuses including unlawful killings and torture as the authorities seek to use the criminal justice system to clamp down on political opponents, h
