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Cage plan is terrifying, says rights activist
İstanbul :: Turkey | 4 days ago
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Cage plan is terrifying, says rights activist Human rights activist and publisher Ragıp Zarakolu says the Cage plan, a military plan which was exposed earlier this month that plotted to assassinate non-Muslim figures and detonate explosives in museums...
Tags: cage plan, rights activist, Turkey, İstanbul, Luke Cage, Censorship in Turkey, Politics, Social Issues, Ragￄﾱp Zarakolu
Western Sahara's 'Gandhi' begins hunger strike
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 17 days ago
Credibility Western Sahara's most prominent human rights activist has gone on a hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands after being expelled from her home country by Moroccan authorities. Aminatou Haidar, who is viewed by her supporters as the "Sahrawi...
Tags: rights activist, amnesty, Western Sahara, Sahrawis, Aminatou Haidar, Morocco, Moroccan, Polisario Front, hunger strike, al-'Ayūn, Sahrawi people, Independence Intifada, Ali Salem Tamek, Politics
Morocco: Reverse Expulsion of Sahrawi Activist
Morocco must reverse its expulsion of Sahrawi rights activist Aminatou Haidar and allow her to enter her country of nationality, Human Rights Watch said today. Spain must intercede with Morocco to ensure her return, Human Rights Watch added. Morocco...
Tags: Amnesty, Expulsion, CODESA, rights activist
Activist probing Guinea massacre denied entry
Banjul :: Gambia | 18 days ago
Credibility Gambia — A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year. Mabassa Fall denounced the move by Guinea's ruling junta, saying "there can be no justice...
Tags: Guinean, human rights, denied entrance, opposition supporters, rights activist, supporters earlier, Gambia, Banjul, Least Developed Countries, Guinea, The Gambia, African Union member states, African countries, Economic Community of West African States, Social Issues, War Conflict, Politics
Western Sahara activist on hunger strike at airport
Nouakchott :: Mauritania | 21 days ago
Credibility Western Sahara activist on hunger strike at Lanzarote airport Aminatou Haidar, campaigner for indigenous Sahrawi rights, expelled over refusal to accept Moroccan nationality Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar in Arrecife airport on Lanzarote. AFP/Getty...
Tags: Saharan Gandhi, hunger strike, Western Sahara, Aminatou Haidar, Lanzarote Airport, Spanish, sahara activist, Morocco, human rights, rights activist, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Lanzarote, Sahrawi people, Haydar, Aena, War Conflict, Independence Intifada, Ali Salem Tamek, Polisario Front, Politics, Sahara, African countries, Social Issues, Politics of Western Sahara
Western Sahara human rights activist starts hunger strike in Spain
Madrid :: Spain | 21 days ago
Credibility Aminatou Haidar was deported by the Moroccan authorities and says Spain is holding her against her will The Western Sahara human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, began a hunger strike at Lanzarote Airport at midnight on Sunday, saying she will not eat...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Spain, Spanish, Western Sahara, human rights, rights activist, sahara human, hunger strike, Madrid, El Aaiￃﾺn, Morocco, Independence Intifada, African countries, Lanzarote
Chechen president sues activist
Moscow :: Russia | 2 months ago
Credibility Oleg Orlov, chairman of human rights group Memorial, had blamed Ramzan Kadyrov for the abduction and murder of award-winning activist Natalya Estemirova. Kadyrov, who denied the allegation, filed court action against Orlov at a Moscow court on Friday.
Tags: Oleg Orlov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya, human rights, rights activist, Mr. Kadyrov, chechen president, Moscow, Ramzan A. Kadyrov, Russia
Kazakstan: Jailing of Rights Activist Condemned
Astana :: Kazakhstan | 2 months ago
Credibility International organisations and rights groups in Kazakstan say leading human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis did not receive a fair trial in a case which ended in his conviction for causing a death in a traffic accident. Some believe that state prosecutors...
Tags: Kazakhstan, rights activist
Govt ‘not serious’ about Munir case
Ago :: Nigeria | 3 months ago
Credibility Thalib, his supporters claim the government lacks the resolve to settle the case. State prosecutors on the other hand say they simply lack the certified copy of the ruling needed to pursue their plans to file a case review. “Without it, we cannot formulate...
Tags: Kak Seto, Munir Said Thalib, rights activist
Police to grill human rights activist over defamation
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 4 months ago
Credibility A Garuda pilot and a former Garuda president director were convicted in the case, but the mastermind has not been identified yet. A lower court convicted Muchdi of masterminding the murder, but the Supreme Court acquitted him earlier this year. Comments...
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