Full Coverage: Human Rights

10/30/2004 Plusieurs entités du secteur des droits humains tant au niveau national qu'international condamnent des violations ou accrocs aux droits de la personne enregistrés dans le contexte de violence qui sévit à Port-Au-Prince depuis le 30 septembre dernier.

10/30/2004 La publicación la semana pasada en el diario Correo Brasiliense de fotos de presos políticos desnudos y humillados en calabozos durante la dictadura militar, entregadas por un ex espía del ejército, puso en carne viva un tema que Brasil intentó dar como enterrado: El derecho de la sociedad, negado durante 20 años, a conocer la verdad histórica de lo sucedido en esos años de represión.

10/30/2004 La Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), afirmó que en las maquilas instaladas en Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua y El Salvador violan los derechos laborales y consecuentemente los derechos humanos de los trabajadores.

10/29/2004 Although it hard to decipher the truth from the conflicting claims and counter-claims about the recent violent clashes between on one hand, the Haitian police, and on the other, what are variously described as '"local residents", "Lavalas supporters" and "armed bandits", it seems clear that the interim government is involved in serious human rights violations.

10/29/2004 La psicosis reinante en Argentina por la creciente inseguridad urbana llevó al gobierno de la central provincia de Córdoba a adoptar una medida cuya legalidad es cuestionada, como es someter a examen de ADN a unos 12.000 policías y guardiacárceles con el pretexto de dar con un violador serial.

10/29/2004 The practice of collective punishment set up by the British in the 19th century to control Pakistan's unruly Pashtunsin tribal belt comes under fire.

10/29/2004 Tens of thousands of women, girls, children and even babies raped and tortured in the Congo by warring factions have poor access to medical care, warns Amnesty.

10/29/2004 Pakistani parliament passes a proposal to introduce death penalty to deter people killing for `honour'.

10/29/2004 BANGKOK, Oct 28 (IPS) - The Thai government's credibility among the country's Muslim minority has taken a nosedive thanks to the cavalier approach Bangkok has adopted in explaining the deaths of 78 men and boys while in military custody following a protest early this week in the southern province of Narathiwat.

10/28/2004 All’indomani della rielezione per un quarto mandato con oltre il 94% dei voti, Amnesty International ha chiesto al presidente tunisino Ben Ali di porre fine alle violazioni dei diritti umani che hanno pervaso il paese per più di dieci anni. Negli ultimi tempi Amnesty ha ricevuto denunce di attacchi nei confronti di oppositori politici e persone che osano criticare il governo mentre Human Rights Watch denuncia la condizione dei detenuti politici: sevizie, detenzione in isolamento senza sosta, malnutrizione, violenze e torture.

10/28/2004 Junto con la policía haitiana, las Fuerzas Internacionales de Estabilización de las Naciones Unidas en Haití han incursionado en algunos barrios de la capital, Puerto Príncipe, donde se han producido violentos incidentes.

10/28/2004 Zëvendësambasadori i OSBE-së, Xhesi Modvig vizitoi sot shoqatën jo qeveritare të Njerëzve të Vegjël të Kosovës. Modvig u prit nga kryetari i Shoqatës Agim Vatovci i cili e njoftoi zëvendësambasadorin me të arriturat dhe nevojat e kësaj shoqate.

10/28/2004 La pobreza y la desigualdad no serán erradicadas sin cambios profundos y sin la solidaridad de quienes ocupan los estratos más altos de la sociedad, que necesitan mirar más allá de sus estrechos intereses, a favor de una visión de nación, señaló Tom Koenigs, jefe de la Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas para Guatemala (Minugua).

10/28/2004 The formal justice system in Pakistan is almost inaccessible to women and girls, who suffer many forms of gender violence both within the family and outside when they approach the police for help.

10/28/2004 The state human rights commission in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has advised state’s school education department to ensure that the children are not burdened with heavy school bags.

10/28/2004 Uiguuripakolainen Abdigani Imin on päätetty käännyttää Dublinin sopimuksen perusteella Saksaan, josta hänet voidaan palauttaa Kiinaan. Suomi on kuitenkin tunnustanut uiguurien oikeuden kansainväliseen suojeluun. Ihmisoikeusliiton mielestä asia tulisi ratkaista Suomessa ja perheelle tulisi turvata mahdollisuus yhteiseloon jossain heille turvallisessa maassa.

10/28/2004 Yhdysvaltain presidenttiehdokkaiden on sitouduttava lopettamaan vankien kidutus ja julma, epäinhimillinen tai alentava kohtelu. Lisäksi heidän on perustettava riippumaton komissio tutkimaan maansa kuulustelu- ja pidätyskäytäntöjä, ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty International vaatii raportissaan, joka käsittelee USA:n terrorismin vastaiseen sotaan osallistuvien joukkojen harjoittamaa kidutusta ja pahoinpitelyä.

10/27/2004 Amnesty is calling on the Thai government to investigate the death of demonstrators demanding the release of relatives detained under suspicion of handing arms to militants.

10/27/2004 Poverty, which has been tormenting villagers in Uttaranchal, in the northern part of India, who were forcefully evicted in 1993, has worsened since the state authorities have ignored the order given by the apex court in their favour.

10/27/2004 YK:n pakolaisjärjestö UNHCR varoittaa maiden hallituksia palauttamasta irakilaisia kotimaahansa. Tilanne Irakissa on yhä erittäin epävakaa, eikä mikään osa maasta ole tällä hetkellä täysin turvallinen, toteaa järjestö. UNHCR vetoaa valtiohin, ettei irakilaisia palauteta vastoin tahtoaan ja kehottaa niitä tutkimaan irakilaisten turvapaikkahakemukset huolella.