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Montly Archive May 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

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 70 year VI

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 70 year VI

Friday، 23 May، 2014

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 69 year VI

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 69 year VI

Sunday، 18 May، 2014

FIDH commends its member Adilur Rahman Khan and the Mothers of Kharavan as recipients of 2014 Gwanju Prize

  Source: FIDH  FIDH would like to congratulate the Mothers of Kharavan (an Iranian movement for justice) and Adilur Rahman Khan (Secretary General of Odhikar, FIDH’s member organisation in Bangladesh) for being awarded the 2014 […]

Friday، 16 May، 2014

We can stop torture

Friday، 16 May، 2014

Iran must investigate ‘Black Thursday’ brutality at Evin Prison

Friday، 16 May، 2014

Amnesty International Report: Global crisis on torture exposed by new worldwide campaign

Source: Amnesty International Amnesty International has accused governments around the world of betraying their commitments to stamp out torture, three decades after the ground-breaking Convention Against Torture was adopted by the UN in 1984. “Governments […]

Thursday، 15 May، 2014