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Woman alleges illegal detention of five sons, seven relatives
HYDERABAD: An elderly widow speaking at a press conference at the local press club on Saturday claimed that her hve sons and seven other relatives had been picked up by police a fortnight back but their whereabouts were not being disclosed nor were they being declared arrested. Yasmeen Siddique a resident of Mirpurkhas urged the […]
Cops sacked 11 years after trespass, torture
BAHAWALPUR: Two policemen were finally dismissed from service for an offense they had committed 11 years ago as a result of a long drawn legal battle between them and the complainant. According to District Police Officer (DPO) Sarfraz Ahmed Falki, subinspector Abdul Sattar and assistant sub-inspector Shahid Bajwa trespassed on the house of complainant Syed […]
Spain Gags Freedom of Expression and Assembly and Restricts the Right to Asylum
Paris, 31 March 2015 – Despite fierce opposition from civil society, all opposition parties, Spanish public opinion, as well as condemnation from the United Nations and the Council of Europe, Spain adopted last Thursday 26 March the Basic Law for the Protection of Public Security, considered by many as a black day for democracy. The […]
Palestine: New report documents international crimes committed during Operation Protective Edge
Paris, 27 March 2015 – In a report published today entitled “Trapped and Punished: The Gaza Civilian Population under Operation Protective Edge”, FIDH presents evidence consistent with the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Israeli military during Operation Protective Edge (July-August 2014). Our organisation, the first international human rights NGO to […]
No transparency, no fairness, no freedom : elections in Uzbekistan will be a masquerade
Paris, 27 March 2015 – On March 29, the Presidential elections will take place in Uzbekistan for the fourth time since country’s independence. FIDH expresses its deepest concern about the lack of transparency, fairness and freedom in the up-coming elections. All previous votes in 1991, 2000, and 2007 were marked by a landslide victory of […]
Morocco: Between Round-ups and Regulations Report on a Vacillating Migration Policy
30 March 2015 – The Moroccan government should move forward with the migration policy it began implementing in September 2013 and not backtrack, stated FIDH and the GADEM during the presentation of a paper published today in Rabat which reviews the first year of the new migration policy. In this document our organisations welcome the […]
