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Iran set to execute three young men convicted of homosexuality
""Killing people for what they did as children is wrong and repellent, and killing them for alleged homosexual conduct is just as wrong and repellent. The Iranian government has flouted its most basic human rights...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 1 day ago | updated 1 day ago
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420 views | 79 recommendations | 23 comments
Greek police fail to learn lessons of December
Just hours after the shooting of 15 year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a police officer in the Exarchia district of central Athens, hundreds started violent protests that would last for weeks and cost the country... Canada’s Moral Dilemma: Torture by CSIS – a crisis in democracy
It’s just like “The Stasi” treated dissidents, except this human rights abuse is happening in Canada today. Some call it no-touch torture. The Stasi called it Zerzetsen.
In an article about the torture of a Canadian citizen at the behest of CSIS in the Sudan, The... Protesters turn pirates in immigration centre demo
In a move, reminiscent of pirate movies from the past, demonstrators from Greece, Germany, Italy and France in a flotilla of small boats took to the sea in order to blockade the Greek island of Lesvos (Mytilini)....
created by Teacher Dude | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago
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136 views | 32 recommendations | 2 comments
International Day of the Disappeared 2009, August 30
Every August 30 human rights groups draw awareness to the world's missing and secretly imprisoned International Day of the Disappeared. International Day of the Disappeared 2009 people, usually political... Amnesty International: Unlock the camps in Sri Lanka
" Unlock the camps in Sri Lanka Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the recent war in North East Sri Lanka and living in... Greece's disappearing child refugees raise concern
Questions still remain about the fate of 12 under age refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq who disappeared from a shelter in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city. According to reports in the Greek press the 12 were...
created by Teacher Dude | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago
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275 views | 24 recommendations | 3 comments
Amnesty Award their Highest Accolade to Burmese Leader
Amnesty International has announced that Burmese (Myanmar) pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is being bestowed its most prestigious honour – the “Ambassador of Conscience” Award for 2009. The announcement of the accolade to in... Greek government's forced deportation provokes anger
Amidst protests by local human rights activists refugees on the Greek island of Chios were taken to detention centres on the Greek mainland in handcuffs. Around 60 recently arrived immigrants were taken by ferry...
created by Teacher Dude | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago
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116 views | 22 recommendations | 3 comments
NGOs' Commit "Lawfare" Against Israel
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Executive Director, NGO Monitor spoke at the conference, Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability under International Law. hosted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Steinberg reviewed... At least 10 confirmed dead in Iran as foreign journalists go home
Amnesty International has released a statement today saying that at least 10 people have been confirmed to have been killed in the Iran elections protests, while the number could be as much as 15, but the additional people have not been confirmed dead. This statement comes as... Guantanamo Military Commissions Deplored By Amnesty International
Amnesty International has added its voice to the condemnation of the return to military commissions to deal with the 'detainees' at Guantanamo prison camp. It looks from the outside, as if President... 154 views | 68 recommendations | 6 comments
Zimbabwean Teachers Are Working in Fear
Amnesty International has issued a statement in which they outline the plight of teachers in Zimbabwe, stating that they continue to be subjected to harassment and intimidation. "During Zimbabwe's last election,... Delara Darabi executed in Iran this May Day morning
Amnesty International claimed it was "a cynical move on the part of the authorities to avoid domestic and international protests which might have saved Delara Darabi's life.""Stop Child Executions sadly regrets to... Tiananmen Square Anniversary -- China Steps Up Repression
With the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square approaching, Chinese authorities have stepped up surveillance of activists and human rights workers. People have been detained and threatened with violence for...
created by Barbara McPherson | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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457 views | 69 recommendations | 7 comments
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