Cambodia: Eleven human rights defenders jailed
THE OBSERVATORY – PRESS RELEASE Bangkok-Geneva-Paris-Phnom Penh, November 13, 2014. The Cambodian Government must end the repression of land rights defenders and immediately release those imprisoned on November 11-12, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, said today. “The government’s latest wave of repression of peaceful protests is extremely […]
Cambodia: Call for the Immediate Release and Acquittal of Seven Imprisoned Land Rights Activists
For Immediate Release Cambodia: Call for the Immediate Release and Acquittal of Seven Imprisoned Land Rights Activists (Bangkok, 12 November 2014) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its members the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights […]
HRCP slams Christian couple’s murder over desecration charge
Lahore, November 5:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over a mob beating to death a Christian couple at a brick kiln where they worked, in Kot Radha Kishan. The couple’s bodies were later burnt in the kiln. In a statement that the Commission issued after on the preliminary findings of […]
HRCP slams Wagah bombing, urges holistic approach to protect citizens
Lahore, November 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave dismay over the loss of life in a suicide bombing at Wagah on Sunday and urged earnest steps to deny terrorists the ability to murder innocent people at will. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is alarmed at […]
HRCP session stresses need for greater commitment to universal education
Lahore, October 31: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has stressed the need for greater commitment and urgent steps to ensure that universal and compulsory education as guaranteed in Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan is available to every child. The demand was made at a consultation HRCOP organized in Lahore to discuss […]
Egypt: increased repression against human rights defenders
PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY Egypt: increased repression against human rights defenders Paris-Geneva, October 28, 2014 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), deplores the sentence against Ms. Yara Sallam, Transitional Justice Officer at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights […]
Burmese government urged to investigate the enforced disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Burma Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma and its partners Joint Press Release Burmese government urged to investigate the enforced disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja October 28, 2014 – On the third anniversary of the abduction of Sumlut Roi Ja, an ethnic Kachin woman […]
Iran: shameful execution of young woman after flawed investigation
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its Iranian member organizations Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) Joint press release Iran: shameful execution of young woman after flawed investigation Paris, London, 28 October 2014 – Our organizations strongly condemn the execution of […]
Simone Gbagbo Trial: First of many
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organizations in Ivory Coast MIDH – Ivorian Movement for Human Rights LIDHO – Ivorian League of Human Rights Joint Press Release Simone Gbagbo Trial: First of many Abidjan, Paris, 24 October 2014 – The start of the trial of 83 people, including Simone Gbagbo who […]
