(Moscow) – A wave of inspections of nongovernmental organizations in Russia is intensifying pressure on civil society since the adoption of a series of restrictive laws in 2012, Amnesty International, Frontline Defenders, and Human Rights
Jordan is routinely and unlawfully rejecting Palestinian refugees, single males, and undocumented people seeking asylum at its border with Syria, said Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic (the Harvard Clinic) today.
(New York) – Indonesia’s first execution in four years heightens the urgency for the government to take steps toward abolishing the death penalty. Adami Wilson, a 48-year-old Malawian national, was executed by firing squad in Jakarta on March 15, 2013. He was convicted in 2004 of smuggling one kilogram of heroin into Indonesia.
(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council took a landmark step by establishing a commission of inquiry for North Korea. The commission will investigate crimes against humanity and other serious human rights abuses in North Korea, and make recommendations for accountability.
(Accra) – People with mental disabilities suffer severe abuses in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers in Ghana, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
A reported plan to transfer the United States targeted killing program from the Central Intelligence Agency to the Defense Department could improve transparency and accountability, though a number of other concerns with the program would remain.
(Yaoundé) – Le Cameroun poursuit des personnes en justice pour relations consenties entre personnes du même sexe avec plus d’ardeur que presque tout autre pays dans le monde, ont déclaré quatre organisations de défense des droits humains dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.
(Yaoundé) – Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released today.
Le rapport de 59 pages présente dix études de cas portant sur des arrestations et des poursuites menées en application de l’article 347 bis du code pénal camerounais, qui punit les « rapports sexuels avec une personne de son sexe » de peines de prison pouvant aller jusqu’à cinq ans.
