Human Rights

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• 50^th Birthday messages to Julian Assange from John Pilger, Andrew Feinstein and Chris Williamson
  13 July 2021, by siawi3

  “We have a duty to you Julian, because you are being persecuted for telling the truth.”

• À Islamabad, les pays musulmans tentent de répondre à la crise humanitaire afghane
  21 décembre 2021, par siawi3

  Les représentants de 57 pays musulmans se sont retrouvés dimanche à Islamabad, au Pakistan, pour une réunion extraordinaire consacrée à la crise humanitaire dans l’Afghanistan voisin. Ils se sont mis d’accord pour la création d’un fonds humanitaire pour aider l’Afghanistan, où des millions de personnes sont menacées de famine cet hiver.

• USA : Historique La maison de Del Martin et Phyllis Lyon reconnue monument honorant l’histoire des lesbiennes
  9 mai 2021, par siawi3
• Iran : Deux Français arrêtés en Iran : une représentante de Force Ouvrière parmi les deux otages ?
  15 mai 2022, par siawi3

  Force Ouvrière (FO) craint que l’une des deux personnes appréhendées par les autorités iraniennes soit Cécile Kohler, la représentante internationale du syndicat. Elle s’était rendue dans la République islamique, pour assister notamment à des manifestations liées au coût de la vie.

• African domestic workers in the Middle East: No amount of foreign currency can justify this
  4 July 2022, by siawi3

  Mbura, a human rights activist, had proposed that the government develop a framework that spells out the minimum entry-level salary, weekly and daily rest periods, and signs a special employment contract with Saudi Arabia to protect Kenyan workers. The framework, she said, would also provide Kenyans with paid leave, non-withholding of passports and work permits, free communication and humane treatment.

• Toolkit for Lawyers at Risk
  23 March 2020, by siawi3

  “The freedom of lawyers to practise their profession without undue hindrance is an essential component of a democratic society...”

• Julian Assange misses court extradition hearing due to ’respiratory problems’
  1 June 2020, by siawi3

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has not been seen in public for more than two months after he missed another call over hearing for health reasons in the UK.

• Nigeria: JOINT CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCING OF NIGERIAN SINGER YAHAYA SHARIF-AMINU
  28 August 2020, by siawi3

  We are deeply concerned that his conviction and subsequent sentencing are in violation of Nigeria’s regional and international obligations . The song is said to have “praised an imam from the Tijaniya Muslim brotherhood to the extent it elevated him above the Prophet Muhammad. It has been reported that while Mr. Sharif was legally represented during the trial, the proceedings were closed off to the public, which raises fair trial rights concerns. The case of Sharif is not in isolation as there have been several other artists in Nigeria who have been arrested and criminally charged in relation to their artistic works.

• USA: ’Just Babies at the Time’: ACLU Says It Can’t Find Parents of Over 500 Children Separated From Families by Trump
  25 October 2020, by siawi3

  “This isn’t an unintended consequence, this is the predictable outcome of an incompetent administration that thought ripping families apart would send a message.” —Rep. Gregory Meeks

• At African Commission, Cheikh Mkhaitir and Humanists International raise four cases of concern
  11 December 2020, by siawi3

  Persecution of human rights defenders in Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Nigeria.

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