Montly Archive May 2014
Urgent: Iranian Political Prisoner at Imminent Danger of Execution
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، 2014Bahrain : 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، 2014A 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، 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 70 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 70 year VI
Friday، 23 May، 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 69 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 69 year VI
Sunday، 18 May، 2014FIDH 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، 2014We can stop torture
Iran must investigate ‘Black Thursday’ brutality at Evin Prison
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