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New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in a report published by Amnesty International. “There is a disturbing pattern of...
Tags: Amnesty, Military abuses, Amnesty International, rights violations, civilian authorities, Impunity, War Conflict, Human rights abuses
Philippines�The newly created Asean Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights, together with the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, should monitor the way the Philippine government handles the investigation into the Maguindanao massacre.
Tags: Maguindanao, Andal Ampatuan Jr., maguindanao massacre, Philippines, Andal Ampatuan Sr., Agnes Devanadera, hospital arrests, Manila, Politics, Ampatuan Maguindanao, Government of the Philippines, Datu, Datu Unsay Maguindanao, Mangudadatu Maguindanao, Human rights abuses, Department of Justice, War Conflict, Buluan Maguindanao, National Bureau of Investigation, DZBB, Crimes against humanity, Islam in the Philippines, Human rights, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Law enforcement in the Philippines, Police, Impunity, Constitutional law, Writ of Amparo and Habeas Data, Zaldy Ampatuan, Datu Saudi-Ampatuan Maguindanao
A trio of groups, including Human Rights Watch, said Wednesday Burundi should end a ban on the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society. HRW Africa director Georgette Gagnon said. "Along with the threats against two highly respected activists, this...
Tags: Burundi, Bujumbura, Politics, Human rights abuses, Outline of Burundi, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Culture of Burundi, National Forces of Liberation, Gatumba, Impunity
A Division Bench comprising Justice AFM Abdur Rahman and Justice Md. Emdadul Haque Azad passed the suo moto rule after reading newspaper articles regarding the deaths of two siblings – Mr. Lutfor Khalashi and Khairul Khalashi – who were killed while in...
Tags: Bangladesh, RAB, extrajudicial killing, Mr. Khairul Khalashi, Asian Human Rights Commission, Madaripur, moto rule, High Court, suo moto, Mr. Lutfor Khalashi, Croatia, Extrajudicial killings, Criminal law, Extrajudicial punishment, Impunity, Human rights abuses, Forced disappearance, Paramilitary organizations
Parliament has been accused of encouraging impunity in the country by failing to push through legislative reforms required to establish institutions and mechanisms needed to address violations of human rights. Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister...
Tags: human rights, Mr Kilonzo, New York City, International law, Punishment, Mutula Kilonzo, International Criminal Court, Human rights abuses, Impunity, Politics, Law Crime
A comparison can be made with the changes that took place in the economy in the early mid 1990s, to what is happening now. The Goldenberg and related scams that brought the economy literally to its knees was swiftly followed by a series of shake-ups and...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Impunity, Punishment, Mwai Kibaki, Accountability, Politics, Politics of Kenya, Human rights, International law
The events in Parliament last Wednesday when Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara tabled the Special Tribunal Bill exposed the dishonesty of the President and Prime Minister in the war against impunity. Kenyans and most importantly the victims of post-election...
Tags: election violence, ICC, human rights, Kenya, Nairobi, International law, Torture, International Criminal Court, Impunity, Crime against humanity, War Conflict, International criminal law, Human rights abuses, Politics, Law Crime
Now I am hanging [on] to that hope.” Devi and her husband fled their village in Kavre District, about 50km south of the capital, for fear of being targeted over their daughter’s case, and live in extreme poverty in Kathmandu. But activists say such...
Tags: extrajudicial killing, human rights, told irin, Devi Sunuwar, IRIN, Nepal, Kathmandu, Paramilitary organizations, Criminal law, Extrajudicial punishment, Impunity, Politics, Human rights abuses, Extrajudicial killings, Forced disappearance
"It is irresponsible for the government that has failed to eradicate such inhuman and brutal acts for over a decade in the east to slowly allow them to spread to the rest of the country" ...
Tags: Congo, spread, sexual violences, justice, impunity
The Sri Lankan government’s failure to deliver justice for serious human rights violations over the past twenty years has trapped the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity, according to a report published by Amnesty International today. ...
Tags: Impunity