Headline Title:
Time for Italy to address exploitation of migrant workers
Italy must overhaul policies which contribute to the exploitation of migrant labourers, violating their right to work in just and favourable conditions and their access to justice, Amnesty Internat
A new report focuses on the severe exploitation of migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Asia, in Italy's agricultural sector.
Media Node:
Italy: Indian Sikh migrant worker picking tomatoes
Story Location:
Italy
42° 22' 52.5756" N, 12° 39' 22.5" E
“When the employer does not pay, what can you do to get your money? Without documents, how can you go to the police? Without documents, you get expelled. But you haven’t done anything wrong...”
Source:
Jean-Baptiste, migrant worker in Italy
Headline Title:
Mexico: New President must break with legacy of human rights violations
Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto must implement immediate and concrete measures to tackle some of the country’s most pressing human rights issues, including abuses in the context of the public
Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto must implement immediate and concrete measures to tackle some of the country’s most pressing human rights issues.
Media Node:
Enrique Pena Nieto
Twitter Tag:
Mexico
Story Location:
Mexico
23° 56' 31.4916" N, 101° 25' 32.8116" W
“Peña Nieto’s positive discourse regarding human rights, including commitments to move ahead with the General Victim’s Law and reform of laws criminalizing enforced disappearances, are welcome but promises and good intentions are not enough to eradicate and prevent human rights violations”
Source:
Javier Zúñiga, Special Adviser at Amnesty International
Date:
Tue, 18/12/2012
Headline Title:
ICC acquits Congolese armed group leader
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague today acquitted Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, who had been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The International Criminal Court has acquitted former Congolese armed group leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Media Node:
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
Twitter Tag:
DemandJustice
Story Location:
Congo (Kinshasa)
2° 31' 33.7332" S, 27° 27' 56.952" E
“This ruling undoubtedly will disappoint many victims, but it should only strengthen demands for justice in the DRC where impunity is pervasive and thousands of suspects have never been investigated or prosecuted by the ICC or national courts”
Source:
Tawanda Hondora, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Law and Policy Programme
Date:
Tue, 18/12/2012
URL:
ICC acquits Congolese armed group leader
Description:
Public statement, 19 December 2012
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DR Congo: Civilian protection urged as tens of thousands flee escalation in fighting
Description:
News story, 19 November 2012
URL:
Landmark ICC verdict over use of child soldiers
Description:
News story, 14 March 2012
URL:
Democratic Republic of the Congo: The time for justice is now: New strategy needed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:
Report, 10 August 2011
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Rape and sexual violence: Human rights law and standards in the International Criminal Court
Description:
Report, 1 March 2011
Pide a los presidentes de Brasil, Colombia, Cuba, México, Honduras y Guatemala que defiendan y reconozcan el trabajo de los defensores y defensoras de los derechos humanos.
Integrantes de las "Damas de Blanco" –esposas y madres de presos políticos– se manifiestan durante la marcha semanal de este grupo de disidentes después de la misa en La Habana, domingo 11 de j
Headline Title:
يتعين على إسرائيل أن تتوقف عن بناء المستوطنات في الضفة الغربية
صرحت منظمة العفو الدولية اليوم إن إعلان الحكومة الإسرائيلية عن عزمها التوسع في بناء المستوطنات في الضفة الغربية كردٍ منها على تصويت الأمم المتحدة على طلب الفلسطينيين منحه
صرحت إسرائيل أنها قد وافقت على بناء ثلاثة آلاف وحدة سكنية إضافية في مستوطنات جديدة في أعقاب تصويت الأمم المتحدة على طلب الفلسطينيين منحهم صفة دولة مراقب غير عضو
Media Node:
Ma’ale Adumim settlement AR
Twitter Tag:
westbank
Story Location:
Maaleh Adumim
Israel
31° 46' 38.5284" N, 35° 17' 52.638" E
“إن بناء المستوطنات هو السبب القائم وراء النزوح القسري، وطائفةٍ من الانتهاكات الحقوقية الأخرى، علاوةً على أنه يشكل انتهاكاً صارخاً للقانون الدولي”
Source:
آن هاريسن نائبة مدير برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا بمنظمة العفو الدولية
Call on the Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to defend and recognise the work of human rights defenders
Members of "Ladies in White," wives and mothers of political prisoners, demonstrate during the dissident group's weekly march after mass in Havana, Sunday July 11, 2010.
Headline Title:
Israel must halt construction of West Bank settlements
The Israeli government's announcement that it is to expand settlements in the West Bank in response to the UN vote on Palestinian statehood violates human rights and international humanitarian law,
Israel authorizes an additional 3,000 housing units a day after Palestine is recognized as a non-member observer state of the UN.
Media Node:
Ma’ale Adumim settlement
Twitter Tag:
westbank
Story Location:
Maaleh Adumim
Israel
31° 46' 38.5284" N, 35° 17' 52.638" E
“Settlement construction is the cause of forced displacement, a myriad of human rights violations and is a flagrant violation of international law.”
Source:
Ann Harrison, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Deputy Programme Director
Headline Title:
Australie : respectez les droits des demandeurs d'asile
Une situation de plus en plus explosive, résultant d'un mélange toxique d'incertitude, de détention illégale et de conditions de vie inhumaines, est en train de s'installer dans le camp de rétentio
Une situation de plus en plus explosive, résultant d'un mélange toxique d'incertitude, de détention illégale et de conditions de vie inhumaines, est en train de s'installer dans le camp de rétention pour demandeurs d'asile ouvert par l'Australie hors de son territoire, sur l'île de Nauru.
Media Node:
nauru_fr
Story Location:
Australia
16° 21' 19.0008" S, 140° 58' 35.6268" E
See map: Google Maps
“La situation à Nauru est inacceptable. La détention illégale et arbitraire de ces hommes dans de telles conditions de dénuement est cruelle, inhumaine et dégradante.”
Source:
Graham Thom, spécialiste de la question des réfugiés à Amnesty International.
A toxic mix of uncertainty, unlawful detention and inhumane conditions are creating an increasingly volatile situation at Australia’s offshore asylum detention camp on Nauru, with the government sp
A toxic mix of uncertainty, unlawful detention and inhumane conditions are creating an increasingly volatile situation at Australia’s offshore asylum detention camp on Nauru.
Media Node:
nauru
Story Location:
United Kingdom
16° 21' 19.0008" S, 140° 58' 35.6268" E
See map: Google Maps
“The unlawful and arbitrary detention of these men in such destitute conditions is cruel, inhuman and degrading”
Source:
Dr Graham Thom Amnesty International’s Refugee Expert
Date:
Fri, 23/11/2012
Headline Title:
RDC. Il faut protéger les civils
À l’heure où le groupe armé M23, soutenu par le Rwanda, avance sur Goma, et alors que les combats ont repris, lundi 19 novembre, aux alentours de la capitale de la province du Nord-Kivu, l’ens
Il faut que toutes les parties au conflit qui s’intensifie dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo prennent des mesures pour protéger les civils.
Media Node:
Goma IDPs_fr
Twitter Tag:
M23
Story Location:
Congo (Kinshasa)
1° 39' 54.3744" S, 29° 13' 18.8976" E
“L’avancée des combats vers les portes de Goma met des milliers d’autres civils en danger. Toutes les parties au conflit doivent protéger les civils contre les attaques et respecter le droit international humanitaire, d’autant plus quand les hostilités se rapprochent de zones densément peuplées. Les casques bleus de l’ONU ne doivent se contenter de prévenir une catastrophe imminente en matière de protection des civils.”
Source:
Salil Shetty, secrétaire général d’Amnesty International
Date:
Mon, 19/11/2012
URL:
République démocratique du Congo. Lettre type à tous les membres permanents du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies
Description:
Lettre ouverte, 14 novembre 2012
URL:
À l'approche de l'ouverture du Sommet de la Francophonie à Kinshasa, Amnesty International demande l'arrêt des violences en RDC
Description:
Communiqué de presse, 10 octobre 2012
URL:
République démocratique du Congo. L'ONU doit protéger la population civile dans le Nord-Kivu
Description:
Communiqué de presse, 11 juillet 2012
URL:
République démocratique du Congo : l’approvisionnement en armes alimente les homicides illégaux et les viols
Description:
Nouvelle, 12 juin 2012
