Montly Archive September 2016

NEW ISSUE Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER No.175

With just four months left for President Obama to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, as he promised when he first took office in January 2009, we confess that we do not share the optimism of those we know who think the president will finally fulfill his long-unfulfilled promise, as Congress is still almost fanatically opposed to his plans, and it will be difficult to close the prison and move the men to another facility or facilities on the mainland without lawmakers’ support.

When poor countries started producing oil, they thought that was the key to economic growth and prosperity. Since then, the impact of resource wealth on producing countries has been the subject of endless debate.

Special Armanshahr issue on videos publishing no. 174 (Year VIII)

Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER No.173 (Year VIII)

The 39th FIDH Congress, meeting in Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa) from 25 to 27 August 2016, wishes to express its solidarity and its support with human rights defenders who, across the planet, are subjected to harassment, attacks, repression and criminalization for promoting human rights [1].

The 39th Congress of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) elected Guissou Jahangiri as one of the new vice-presidents of the FIDH.