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Editor Selection

For Afghan Lovers, Joy Is Brief, Ending in Arrest

Source: New York Times By JAWAD SUKHANYAR and ROD NORDLANDJUNE 7, 2014 KABUL, Afghanistan — His Juliet thinks she is pregnant with her Romeo’s child. So much for the good news. Neither is now taking […]

Tuesday 10 June 2014

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 72 year VI

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 72 year VI

Monday 9 June 2014

Emily MacKenzie: The Lawfulness of Detention by British Forces in Afghanistan – Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence

Source: UK Constitutional Law Association On 2nd May, the High Court held that the UK Government must pay Serdar Mohammed (SM) compensation because British troops detained him unlawfully in Afghanistan. The case raised a myriad of international law issues, […]

Thursday 5 June 2014

Execution of a Political Prisoner Constitutes a Violation of Iranian and International Law

Paris, 3 June 2014 – The execution of Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani in Rajaishahr prison on Sunday 1 June 2014 was strongly condemned by FIDH and its member organisation, the League for the Defence of Human […]

Tuesday 3 June 2014

Document – Iran: Silenced, expelled, imprisoned: Repression of students and academics in Iran

silenced, expelled, imprisoned Repression of students and academics in iran Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to […]

Monday 2 June 2014

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 71 year VI

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 71 year VI

Sunday 1 June 2014

Urgent: Iranian Political Prisoner at Imminent Danger of Execution

Saturday 31 May 2014

China-Russia disgraceful Veto in the Security Council blocks ICC Referral of the Syrian Situation

Source: FIDH In a disgraceful move, Russia and China vetoed no less than accountability in Syria today at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by rejecting an unprecedented resolution proposed by France and Lithuania referring […]

Monday 26 May 2014

Bahrain : Nabeel Rajab free, after more than 600 days of arbitrary detention

Source: FIDH Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Deputy Secretary General of FIDH was released from jail today after being detained for more than 600 days. On 11 December 2012, […]

Monday 26 May 2014

A Blessing or a Curse? Aid Rentierism and State-building in Afghanistan

Source: E-International Relations In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the United States, on October 1st 2001, announced its support for “a political transition and a UN-coordinated reconstruction […]

Sunday 25 May 2014