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Africa
(New York Times, 30/09/2015) Global Court Takes Up Case of Cultural Crimes in Mali (International Business Times, 4/12/15) Rwanda genocide: French officers deny failure to protect Tutsis during Operation Turquoise (The Globe and Mail, 17/12/2015) African Union to send 5,000 troops to Burundi on ‘prevention and protection mission’ RFI (14/01/2016) Gbagbo-Blé-Goudé trial ’will generate huge interest in divided Cote d’Ivoire’ (International Business Times, 26/01/2016) Attacks against human rights defenders symbolic of ’eve of new war’, warns FIDH (SABC, 28/01/2016) Laurent Gbagbo pleads not guilty (International Business Times, 3/2/2016) African Union Summit 2016: In Burundi, A Loss Of Faith In Peace (The Japan Times, 28/02/2016) U.N. war crimes court gets Timbuktu monuments case (International Business Times, 26/04/2016) Burundi crisis one year on: As many as 1,500 dead as international community shuts its eyes (Mail & Guardian, 22/04/2016) Burundi conflict: A timeline of how the country reached crisis point (International Business Times, 22/04/2016) Gambia government repression ’could degenerate into pre-election violence’ warns FIDH (Huffington Post, 05/05/2016) Sudan Regime Fears Students Will Recover What It Stole (The Sun Daily, 18/05/2016) Rights groups concerned over 12 detained Sudan students (BBC, 21/06/2016) Focus on Africa (New York Times, 21/08/2016) Timbuktu Mausoleum Destruction Suspect Set to Plead Guilty (RFI, 28/09/2016) Seven years after Conakry stadium massacre: time to close the investigation & hold trial (New York Times, 27/09/2016) Prison Sentence Over Smashing of Shrines in Timbuktu: 9 Years (RFI, 15/10/2016) Burundi seeking to hide crimes from the world: rights groups (New York Times, 15/11/2016) Rights Group Urges Troops for Burundi to Prevent Genocide (Bloomberg, 27/01/2017) Abandoned S. Africa Mine a ‘Catastrophe,’ Rights Group Say)
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Asia
(Bangkok Post, 24/09/2015) Rights groups urge UN states to rap Prayut (Myanmar Times, 4/11/2015) Parties rate poorly on human rights commitments (Bangkok Post, 4/11/2015) Rohingya ’excluded’ from Myanmar election contest (The Phnom Penh Post, 25/01/2016) Groups urge Kerry to demand gov’t reforms (Irish Times, 28/01/2016)‘New chapter’ as France and Iran reach trade agreements (Media Part, 20/01/2016) Iran : la bombe à retardement des violations des droits de l’Homme (The Malaysian Insider, 10/2/2016) Shame on Putrajaya for keeping Anwar behind bars, say human rights bodies (Bangkok Post, 27/02/2016) New report spurs call for reform of lese majeste law (New York Times, 26/02/2016) Rights Group Decries Abuse of Thai Lese Majeste Law (Euractiv, 03/03/2016) O’Reilly slams Commission for failure on Vietnam human rights prior to trade deal (Voice of America, 23/03/2016) Vietnamese Blogger Sentenced for Allegedly Anti-Government Posts (Bangkok Post, 06/04/2016) Rights groups slam military arrest powers (New Age, 08/04/2016) Police wounding journalist in Bhola concerns rights bodies (EUobserver, 14/04/2016) EU visit to Iran designed to reassure banks (Bangkok Post, 01/05/2016) Somyot’s lengthy detention takes a toll on his family (Euractiv, 20/05/2016) EU to Thailand : ‘Free and fair elections’ or face consequences [Euractiv, 03/04/2016] O’Reilly slams Commission for failure on Vietnam human rights prior to trade deal (Latin American Herald Tribune, 29/07/2016) NGO Urges Indonesia to Halt Execution of 14 Drug Traffickers (New York Times, 04/08/2016) Thailand Junta Seeks to Extend Its Power With Constitutional Referendum (TheOnlineCitizen, 23/02/2017) FIDH condemns conviction of three peaceful protestors (Euractiv, 21/02/2017) With Hungarian support, Poland defies EU over rule of law (Business Standard, 21/02/2017) Poland rejects EU criticism of court changes (Reuters, 23/02/2017) Thai court reduces magazine royal insult sentence
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Europe & Central Asia
(The Local, 3/12/15) States of emergency may have no time limits On The Media (27/11/2015) France’s (Latest) Patriot Act DW - Daily News Egypt (11/01/2016) France’s civil libertarians alarmed by emergency powers PRI (30/11/2015) France bans marches, but climate activists make their voices heard Free Speach Radio News (20/11/2015) Despite ban on rallies, thousands demonstrate in Paris ahead of global climate change forum (AFP, 27/01/2016) Danish anti-immigrant party expects further migrant curbs (Irish Times, 28/01/2016)‘New chapter’ as France and Iran reach trade agreements (The Verge, 29/01/2016) France’s anti-terrorism laws leave Muslims in a state of fear (Euractiv, 4/02/2016) Belarus opposition leader: Lukashenko is fooling the West, like Ceausescu (The Guardian, 12/10/2016) Belarus resumes executions after EU sanctions dropped (Reuters, 27/10/2016) French judge to investigate disappearance of Franco-Syrians in Syria (New York Times, 04/11/2016) Rights Group: EU Must Act, Hungarian Govt Harms Rule of Law (World Bulletin, 18/02/2017) EU must punish Poland over court crisis: rights groups (RFI, 18/02/2017) Kirghizistan: prison à vie confirmée pour le défenseur Azimjan Askarov
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North Africa & Middle East
(The Guardian, 29/10/2015) Raif Badawi wins EU’s Sakharov human rights prize (Thomson Reuters Foundation, 4/11/2015) Syria: No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts (Al-Monitor, 9/2/2016) Mystery surrounds killing of Italian scholar in Egypt (Reuters, 27/10/2016) French judge to investigate disappearance of Franco-Syrians in Syria
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Human Rights Defenders
Suppressing NGO Dissent (Huffington Post Live, USA) Belarusian activist wins Václav Havel Award (The Prague Post, Czech Republic) Freed Iranian rights lawyer: ’I’ve a bad feeling about the women I left behind’ (The Guardian, United Kingdom) Iran: Human Rights Caught Between Diplomatic Progress and Political Deadlock by Karim Lahidji (Huffington Post, USA) Anwar defiant as Malaysia top court hears sodomy appeal (Yahoo News! New Zealand) The Fate of Two Human Rights Lawyers Missing in Syria (Newsweek, USA) A Human Rights Group Says It’s Not Safe to Be Gay In Cameroon (Vice News, USA) (The Guardian, 29/10/2015) Raif Badawi wins EU’s Sakharov human rights prize (International Business Times, 26/01/2016) Attacks against human rights defenders symbolic of ’eve of new war’, warns FIDH (New Age, 08/04/2016) Police wounding journalist in Bhola concerns rights bodies (Bangkok Post, 01/05/2016) Somyot’s lengthy detention takes a toll on his family (TeleSur 17/01/2107 - Eighth Person Arrested in Caceres Murder Sent to Prison) (Malaysiakini, 6/11/17) "Malaysia must release Anwar "
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International Justice
French ex-cop accused of Rwanda genocide complicity (France 24, World) Human rights groups want fair hearing for William Ruto, Joshua Sang (Standards, Kenya) France Convicts Rwandan Ex-Officer of Genocide (New York Times, USA) Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity and jailed for life (The Guardian, UK) Mexican Rights Groups File Suit for ‘Systematic and Widespread’ Abuse by Army and Police (New York Times, USA) (New York Times, 30/09/2015) Global Court Takes Up Case of Cultural Crimes in Mali RFI (14/01/2016) Gbagbo-Blé-Goudé trial ’will generate huge interest in divided Cote d’Ivoire’ (SABC, 28/01/2016) Laurent Gbagbo pleads not guilty (The Japan Times, 28/02/2016) U.N. war crimes court gets Timbuktu monuments case (New York Times, 21/08/2016) Timbuktu Mausoleum Destruction Suspect Set to Plead Guilty (New York Times, 27/09/2016) Prison Sentence Over Smashing of Shrines in Timbuktu: 9 Years (RFI, 15/10/2016) Burundi seeking to hide crimes from the world: rights groups (News4Europe, 3/11/17) "HRW calls for immediate release of political prisoners in Vietnam" (Los Angeles Sentinel, 23/11/17), International Court to Seek Reparations for Thousands of African War Victims
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Death Penalty
Open letter to govt : End to death penalty demand (Daily Times, Pakistan) Just and modern societies cannot be founded on killing: abolish the death penalty! (Dawn, Pakistan) Iran: Human Rights Caught Between Diplomatic Progress and Political Deadlock by Karim Lahidji (Huffington Post, USA) (Media Part, 20/01/2016) Iran : la bombe à retardement des violations des droits de l’Homme (The Guardian, 12/10/2016) Belarus resumes executions after EU sanctions dropped
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Women’s Rights
Some Syrian women in Jordan fled sexual violence back home (The Jordan Times) Successive Egypt governments failed to stop sexual violence: Report (Ahram Online, Egypt) ’Rights Abuse Rife in TN Garment Sector’ (The New Indian Express, India) Freed Iranian rights lawyer: ’I’ve a bad feeling about the women I left behind’ (The Guardian, United Kingdom)
- Business, Human Rights & Environment
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Migrants’ Rights
Migrant boat tragedy: UK crew may have seen doomed vessel (The Guardian, UK) African migrants ’left to die’ in dinghy sue Spanish and French military (Guardian, United Kingdom) Survivors of 2011 migrant tragedy sue Belgian army (RFI, World) (AFP, 27/01/2016) Danish anti-immigrant party expects further migrant curbs (India, 26/11/17) "Rights groups urge Pakistan not to deport Turkish nationals" (France24, 1/11/17) "Civil rights in the Trump era: Has the White House abandoned American values?" (The New Yorker, 8/12/2017) Europe’s plan to end Its migrant crisis is failing
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Freedom of expression
- LGBTQI+ rights
- Litigation
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Terrorism, surveillance and human rights
French firm Amesys probed over ‘complicity in torture’ (France24, France) French prosecutor investigates U.S. Prism spying scheme (Reuters, World) Will France embrace a Patriot Act of its own? (MSNBC, USA) (The Local, 3/12/15) States of emergency may have no time limits On The Media (27/11/2015) France’s (Latest) Patriot Act DW - Daily News Egypt (11/01/2016) France’s civil libertarians alarmed by emergency powers PRI (30/11/2015) France bans marches, but climate activists make their voices heard Free Speach Radio News (20/11/2015) Despite ban on rallies, thousands demonstrate in Paris ahead of global climate change forum (The Verge, 29/01/2016) France’s anti-terrorism laws leave Muslims in a state of fear (DW, 13/11/17) Two years after Bataclan terrorist attacks France ’must forget’ (Access Now, 24/11/17), European Parliament adopts strong position on surveillance export controls to protect human rights