human rights

sally - سبت, 2008-06-14 11:23 By salamander

Amnesty International issued a request for an urgent action and calls upon its members and non members to write to the Egyptian authorities to stop forcibly returning Eritrean assylum seekers to Eritrea where they will be at risk of torture and other ill treatment. 

 

For more information on these cases and on how to take action, read below:  

sally - جمع, 2008-04-11 21:37 By salamander
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: MDE 12/006/2008 (Public)

Date: 11 April 2008

Egypt: Arrests of Kefaya movement leaders, investigation needed into police killings

sally - أحد, 2007-09-23 23:16 By salamander

 

I received the statement below from a Tunisian activist friend on new crackdowns on human rights in Tunisia

 

Hunger strike by leaders of the Tunisian Progressive Democratic Party

They came first for the Communists,

I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;

alsingace - ثلث, 2007-07-31 22:16 By alsingace

2008 Oal Fellowship: Journalism and Human Rights

Posted: 7-23-07

The search for the Oak Fellowship for Human Rights at Colby College for Fall 2008 will be for a journalist working to promote human rights. The OAK fellowship offers a semester in residence at Colby, giving respite from front line human rights work, a $32K stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities.

For more information please see http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/goldfarb/oak/

Applications forms will be available on line in late August. We will send a formal brochure announcing the fellowship at that time. If you know of individuals who might be deserving of this opportunity or organizations who might be able to assist in identifying candidates, we would appreciate any leads to add to our database for our August mailing. Please send any replies to

oakhr@colby.edu .

sally - جمع, 2007-03-09 17:52 By salamander
العربي في اسفل الصفحة  Despite the failures of the United Nations in stopping many of the grievances of people all over the world, yet there are many tools and procedures that individuals can resort to to at least make their voice heard The Special Procedures with regards to Human Rights are the procedures that have allowed for Special Rapporteurs to come visit our countries and write reports that have shamed governments. Now these procedures are under threat. Act for Special Procedures by signing a petition concerted by several international organisations. have your voice heard and help others to have their voices heard.
The Petition يتميز المقررون والممثلون الخاصون، والخبراء المستقلون، ومجموعات العمل لمجلس حقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم المتحدة - والمعروفون سوية باسم "الإجراءات الخاصة" – بأنهم الأدوات الأكثر إبداعاً ومرونة وتجاوباً بين تلك التي أوجدتها الأمم المتحدة لتعزيز حقوق الإنسان وحمايتها.