A bill requiring judges to sentence youth convicted of homicide to at least 50 years in prison has put the Florida Senate on a collision course with the courts — unless Florida gets it right.
(نيويورك) – قالت 19 منظمة إقليمية ودولية معنية بحقوق الإنسان اليوم إن على المجتمع الدولي أن يدعو السلطات السورية إلى الإفراج الفوري دون شروط مع إسقاط جميع الاتهامات عن ناشط يُعنى بحرية التعبير ومعه اثنين من زملائه.
En una manifestación cerca del Parlamento español el 18 de abril, un defensor del derecho a la vivienda bromeó con la idea de que los manifestantes debían dividirse por terroristas en un lado y nazis en el otro. Todos se echaron a reír, pero este comentario sarcástico tiene un lado oscuro.
At a demonstration near the Spanish parliament on April 18, a housing rights activist joked that the crowd should divide up with terrorists on one side and Nazis on the other. Everyone laughed, but there is a dark side to his sarcasm.
The 50th-anniversary celebration of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), at the biannual heads-of-state summit next week is an important milestone. But, while they are celebrating, Africa's leaders should also do some serious reflection on why they haven't made sufficient progress on human rights.
(New York) - The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against a freedom of expression activist and two of his colleagues, 19 regional and international human rights organizations said today.
(New York) – Government security branches in Raqqa city hold documents and potential physical evidence indicating that detainees were arbitrarily detained and tortured there while the city was under government control.
(New York) – The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights program at Human Rights Watch today named its candidates to its annual “Hall of Shame” to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
(Yaoundé) – Les autorités camerounaises devraient abandonner les poursuites contre deux jeunes transgenres, plutôt que de renvoyer leur dossier devant la Cour Suprême, ont déclaré aujourd’hui cinq organisations de défense des droits humains. Jonas K. et Franky D.
