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Algeria: New law on associations used to stifle civil society

7 May 2013

An activist in Algeria is sentenced to a two-month suspended prison term and a fine after he distributed leaflets about unemployment in the country.

Puerto Rico must seize historic chance to end discrimination

7 May 2013

Puerto Rico’s lawmakers have a historic opportunity to end discrimination against the island’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people.

Human rights concerns ahead of Equatorial Guinea elections

7 May 2013

Serious human rights violations and denial of fundamental freedoms in Equatorial Guinea are casting a shadow over campaigning ahead of the 26 May, 2013 legislative elections.

Maldives must commute death sentences for two juvenile offenders convicted of murder

3 May 2013

The Maldives authorities must commute the death sentences of two teenagers who received capital punishment for a murder allegedly committed when they were under 18.

Journalists targeted in ongoing conflict in Syria

3 May 2013

Scores of journalists reporting on human rights abuses in Syria have been killed, arbitrarily arrested, detained, subjected to enforced disappearances and tortured over the last two years.

Belarus must stop the execution of man on death row

2 May 2013

The homeless man originally from Ukraine has been sentenced to death for killing a fellow prisoner in Mahiliou, eastern Belarus.

Israel must remove new settler outpost in the West Bank

2 May 2013

Israeli settlers in the Nablus district of the occupied West Bank set up a new illegal outpost yesterday

Italy: Supreme Court strikes down the ‘Nomad emergency’ for good

2 May 2013

By declaring the so-called “Nomad emergency” unlawful and unfounded, Italy's Supreme Court has helped to end discrimination against Roma communities.

Pakistan must improve protection for Indian prisoners in wake of jail attack

2 May 2013

Pakistani authorities urged to protect Indian prisoners from violence after death row inmate dies following an attack in a Lahore jail.

USA: Maryland joins global trend against the death penalty

2 May 2013

The US state of Maryland has joined the overwhelming global trend towards ending the death penalty.

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