2013-05-15 | http://www.achrs.org/Executive Committee of the Arab Coalition against the Death Penalty, held its fourth meetingThe fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Arab Coalition Against the Death Penalty was held in Amman headed by Dr. Mohammed Al-Tarawneh where the activities between the two meetings were reviewed, and the meeting concluded to take the following decisions: continue communication (...)
2013-05-12 | http://www.achrs.org/By Human Rights Watch ’Jordan : End Free Speech Prosecution’Court Twice Ruled in 2 Intellectuals’ Favor MAY 4, 2013 (Beirut) – Jordanian criminal justice authorities should immediately drop their three-year prosecution of two intellectuals and withdraw all charges against them. The charges, which include “disturbing relations with a foreign state” and (...)
2013-04-14 | http://www.achrs.org/By Human Right Watch ’Egypt : Release Report on Abuse of Protesters’April 12, 2013 (New York) – President Mohamed Morsy of Egypt should immediately release the report by a fact-finding committee he created to investigate police and military abuses against protesters from January 2011 to June 2012. The committee submitted its report to the president in December, (...)
2013-04-09 | http://www.achrs.org/BY HANDS OFF CAIN ’IRAQ : 7 CONVICTS OVER TERROR CHARGES EXECUTED’April 7, 2013 The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced that it has executed seven convicted prisoners over terror charges. "The executions were carried out today by hanging for the seven terrorists in accordance with Article 4 from the anti-terrorism Law," the ministry said in a statement. The (...)
2013-04-02 | http://www.achrs.org/By Amnesty ’Sudan : Government forces need to stop attacking civilians in Darfur’28 March 2013 Elements of government forces, along with armed militias, are carrying out multiple large-scale attacks against civilians in North Darfur in what represents the worst instance of violence in recent years, Amnesty International says in a briefing today. Border Guards, who are (...)