Category: Media Monitoring
Uganda : The Anti-Homosexuality act declared illegal An important first step but rights protection must be guaranteed
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights Press release Uganda : The Anti-Homosexuality act declared illegal An important first step but rights protection must be guaranteed Paris, Nairobi, 6 August 2014 – On Friday 1 August 2014 , Uganda’s Constitutional Court annulled the discriminatory Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) passed by the Ugandan Parliament on 20 December 2013 and […]
Continental Conference on the death penalty in Africa: A decisive step towards an abolitionist continent
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights WCADP – World Coalition Against the Death Penalty FIACAT – International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture Press release Continental Conference on the death penalty in Africa: A decisive step towards an abolitionist continent Cotonou, Paris, Nairobi, July 7, 2014 – From July 2 […]
VIETNAM: Blogger Truong Duy Nhat’s two-year prison sentence upheld
JOINT PRESS RELEASE VIETNAM: Blogger Truong Duy Nhat’s two-year prison sentence upheld Paris-Geneva, June 30, 2014. On June 26, the highest jurisdiction in Vietnam upheld a two-year prison sentence against blogger Truong Duy Nhat. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, together with the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), denounce the Supreme People’s Court’s decision and call on […]
War crimes in Israel and Palestine: UNSC called to react
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights Press release War crimes in Israel and Palestine: UNSC called to react Paris, 10 July 2014 – Attacks on Israel and in the Gaza Strip which caused the death of at least 76 people can be qualified as war crimes. FIDH urges the Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed […]
Burma: Four reporters sentenced to lengthy prison terms
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Burma Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma Press release Burma: Four reporters sentenced to lengthy prison terms Paris, Bangkok, 10 July 2014 – The conviction of four reporters to lengthy prison terms is the clearest sign of Burma’s backsliding on press freedom, FIDH […]
The killing of three Israeli settlers should not lead to retaliation and collective punishment
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights Press release The killing of three Israeli settlers should not lead to retaliation and collective punishment Paris, 4 July 2014 – FIDH condemns grave human rights violations including acts that amount to collective punishment that have occurred in the West Bank and Gaza strip since the kidnaping […]
LIBYA: Outrage following the assassination of prominent lawyer and women activist Salwa Bouguiguis
PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY LIBYA: Outrage following the assassination of prominent lawyer and women activist Salwa Bouguiguis Geneva-Tripoli-Paris, June 27, 2014. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, strongly condemn the assassination of Ms. Salwa Bouguiguis, prominent Libyan human rights lawyer […]
Egypt: Implementation of death sentences is a critical precedent
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights member of the World coalition against death penalty Press release Egypt: Implementation of death sentences is a critical precedent Cairo, Paris, 25 June 2014 – FIDH strongly condemns the alarmingly increase in the application of the death penalty by the Egyptian authorities. On June 16, three men and […]
Sudan: End Arbitrary Detention of Activists Investigate Allegations of Torture, Abuse
Nairobi, June 25, 2014 – The Sudanese government should immediately charge or release recently detained political activists, and investigate all allegations that they have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, FIDH, and REDRESS said today. Against a general background of restrictions […]
Thailand: Military junta must respect freedoms guaranteed under international law
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights Situation Note Thailand: Military junta must respect freedoms guaranteed under international law Paris, 30 May 2014 – Thailand’s military junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), must respect all fundamental freedoms guaranteed by international treaties to which Thailand is a state party, FIDH said today. […]
