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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

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

Adela Mohseni: “Any people who are not aware of their rights will not live in peace”

Adela Mohseni is a jurist, and activist for human and women’s rights. She migrated to Iran in 1978 with her family, aged just six years old, where she grew up and obtained her BA degree in judicial law from Tabriz University.

Thursday 15 May 2014

The UN Security Council must refer Syria to the ICC

Source: FIDH Paris, 13 May 2014 – The UN Security Council is discussing a resolution proposed by France to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). A vote on the resolution […]

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Aziz Rafiee: “We have not yet diagnosed the pathology of the problems that infect Afghanistan”

Aziz Rafiee was born in Kabul and obtained his Master of Engineering degree from Kabul University. He switched from the technical field to social issues in the 1990s and began working with civil institutions, in particular human rights groups.

Wednesday 14 May 2014