Visitors: 247West Bengal CASE-01 Name of the victim:- Mr. Mofijur Rahman, son of Mr. Abdul Ohab, by faith-Muslim, aged about- 25 years, residing at village- Sarandazpur, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Name of the perpetrators: – the on-duty two BSF jawans of BSF Out-Post point no.4, Kaharpara, Battalion no.-91, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad. Place of […]
Visitors: 206West Bengal Name of the victim: – (1) Alamgir Seikh (deceased), son of Mr. Beraj Seikh aged about-28 years, by faith- Muslim, by profession- agricultural worker, resided at village-Char Basgara, Police Station-Raninagar, District- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Name of the Perpetrators: – The on-duty 15 to 16 Border Security Force jawans posted on 11.04.2011 […]
Visitors: 282West Bengal Name of the victim: – (1) Alamgir Seikh (deceased), son of Mr. Beraj Seikh aged about-28 years, by faith- Muslim, by profession- agricultural worker, resided at village-Char Basgara, Police Station-Raninagar, District- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Name of the Perpetrators: – The on-duty 15 to 16 Border Security Force jawans posted on 11.04.2011 […]
Visitors: 182West Bengal Name of the victim: – (1) Alamgir Seikh (deceased), son of Mr. Beraj Seikh aged about-28 years, by faith- Muslim, by profession- agricultural worker, resided at village-Char Basgara, Police Station-Raninagar, District- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Name of the Perpetrators: – The on-duty 15 to 16 Border Security Force jawans posted on 11.04.2011 […]
Visitors: 184The popular movement against corruption in India, led by Mr. Anna Hazare and others, shares broadly, opinions of the average citizen concerning corruption. That, the reign of corruption in the country must be brought under control, if it cannot be immediately eliminated and that there are no adequate domestic legal and executing frameworks at […]
Visitors: 232The popular movement against corruption in India, led by Mr. Anna Hazare and others, shares broadly, opinions of the average citizen concerning corruption. That, the reign of corruption in the country must be brought under control, if it cannot be immediately eliminated and that there are no adequate domestic legal and executing frameworks at […]
Visitors: 185The popular movement against corruption in India, led by Mr. Anna Hazare and others, shares broadly, opinions of the average citizen concerning corruption. That, the reign of corruption in the country must be brought under control, if it cannot be immediately eliminated and that there are no adequate domestic legal and executing frameworks at […]
Visitors: 36121 April 2011 The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the three-year sentence handed down to Internet writer Michael Nabil Sanad, on 9 April 2011. Sanad was convicted for criticising former president Hosni Mubarak. PEN International considers Sanad’s detention to be in violation of Article 19 of the International Convention on Civil […]
Visitors: 34321 April 2011 The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the three-year sentence handed down to Internet writer Michael Nabil Sanad, on 9 April 2011. Sanad was convicted for criticising former president Hosni Mubarak. PEN International considers Sanad’s detention to be in violation of Article 19 of the International Convention on Civil […]
Visitors: 35421 April 2011 The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the three-year sentence handed down to Internet writer Michael Nabil Sanad, on 9 April 2011. Sanad was convicted for criticising former president Hosni Mubarak. PEN International considers Sanad’s detention to be in violation of Article 19 of the International Convention on Civil […]
Visitors: 274April 20, 2011 (Geneva) – Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the police, and United Nations agencies should take urgent measures to protect and assist […]
Visitors: 375April 20, 2011 (Geneva) – Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the police, and United Nations agencies should take urgent measures to protect and assist […]
Visitors: 323April 20, 2011 (Geneva) – Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the police, and United Nations agencies should take urgent measures to protect and assist […]
Visitors: 34720 April 2011PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee strongly protests the harsh seven year prison sentence handed to dissident writer and activist Cu Huy Ha Vu on 4 April 2011.. PEN is calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to which Viet […]
Visitors: 31720 April 2011PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee strongly protests the harsh seven year prison sentence handed to dissident writer and activist Cu Huy Ha Vu on 4 April 2011.. PEN is calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to which Viet […]
Visitors: 37520 April 2011PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee strongly protests the harsh seven year prison sentence handed to dissident writer and activist Cu Huy Ha Vu on 4 April 2011.. PEN is calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to which Viet […]
Visitors: 33914 April 2011 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee welcomes the 6 April 2011 release on bail of reporter Armando José Chicoca, who was sentenced to one year in prison and a heavy fine on defamation charges on 3 March. Chicoca was freed on bail of $2,400 following an order by the Angolan Supreme […]
Visitors: 36714 April 2011 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee welcomes the 6 April 2011 release on bail of reporter Armando José Chicoca, who was sentenced to one year in prison and a heavy fine on defamation charges on 3 March. Chicoca was freed on bail of $2,400 following an order by the Angolan Supreme […]
Visitors: 41014 April 2011 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee welcomes the 6 April 2011 release on bail of reporter Armando José Chicoca, who was sentenced to one year in prison and a heavy fine on defamation charges on 3 March. Chicoca was freed on bail of $2,400 following an order by the Angolan Supreme […]
Visitors: 350April 7, 2011 (New York) – The Sri Lankan government should account for everyone who was taken into custody at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long armed conflict in May 2009 and are feared to have been “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch said today. Despite numerous requests from families for information about their relatives, the […]
Visitors: 340April 7, 2011 (New York) – Dozens of peaceful advocates for democratic reforms, rule of law, religious freedom, and human rights face arbitrary detention and harsh prison sentences, with no respite in sight, Human Rights Watch said today, on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the democracy movement known as Block 8406. “With […]
Visitors: 379April 6, 2011 (New York) – The United States should press Nepal’s army chief of staff during his meetings in Washington this week to cooperate with investigations into crimes committed by Nepali soldiers during the country’s civil war, Human Rights Watch said today. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung, the chief of staff, is scheduled to arrive […]
Visitors: 348April 6, 2011 (London) – The Government of Ethiopia should immediately release members of the ethnic Oromo political opposition detained without charge after mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. In March 2011, Ethiopian authorities carried out several waves of apparently politically motivated mass arrests of more than 200 ethnic Oromo Ethiopians. On March […]
Visitors: 340April 6, 2011 (London) – The Government of Ethiopia should immediately release members of the ethnic Oromo political opposition detained without charge after mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. In March 2011, Ethiopian authorities carried out several waves of apparently politically motivated mass arrests of more than 200 ethnic Oromo Ethiopians. On March […]
Visitors: 293April 4, 2011 (New York) – Proposed Justice Department standards to reduce rape in prison are unduly weak and should be significantly improved to protect victims and ensure accountability, Human Rights Watch said today in comments submitted to the department. The Justice Department released its proposed standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) […]