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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 […]

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

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]