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Human rights organisations alarmed by bill that will give surveillance agencies dangerous new powers
Paris, 25 March 2015 – FIDH, Privacy International, Amnesty International, the French League for Human Rights (LDH), and Reporters Without Borders are alarmed by the expansive surveillance powers to be granted to surveillance agencies contained in a Bill transferred to the French parliament on Friday. Under the new law, French intelligence agencies would be empowered […]
ncorporating human rights into investment strategies: 2014 Non-Financial Rating of the 28 EU Member States
Paris, 24 March 2015 – In a study released today, FIDH ranks the 28 EU Member States on the basis of 67 human rights and 17 environmental indicators, in a useful guide for responsible investors. The study “EU Member States under the Spotlight” encourages investors in sovereign bond markets to invest in human rights respecting […]
HRCP demands release of activist picked up in Turbat
Lahore, March 24: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the ‘disappearance’ of one of its activists, Shahdad Mumtaz, in Turbat and demanded that Shahdad must be accorded due process if he is suspected of any crime, or immediately released by the security forces that had detained him on Saturday. In a statement […]
Robbery accused killed of police torture
ملتان: جسٹس (ر) تصدق جیلانی کے بھائی کے گھر ڈکیتی کا ملزم مبینہ پولیس تشدد سے ہلاک ملتان (آن لائن) ملتان میں سابق چیف جسٹس تصدق حسین جیلانی کے بھائی کے گھر ڈکیتی میں ملوث ہونے کے شبے میں گرفتار ملزم پولیس کے مبینہ تشدد سے ہلاک ہو گیا۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق چند روز قبل […]
