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  • Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Threatened, Attacked
    May 24, 2012
    Uzbek authorities should ensure the security of the human rights activist Gulshan Karaeva, who was attacked and threatened after she publicly refused to become a government informant.
  • The Azerbaijanis Who Aren't Feeling the Eurovision Glow
    May 17, 2012
    We are only days away from our annual European dose of kitsch and glamour delivered wonderfully by the Eurovision song contest, coming this year to our living rooms from Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May.
  • Azerbaijan: Free Activists, Journalists Held on Bogus Charges
    May 17, 2012
    The Azerbaijani authorities should promptly follow the May 15, 2012 release of an opposition activist by releasing others held on politically motivated charges.
  • Bahrain: Drop Charges Against Rights Activists
    May 15, 2012
    Bahraini authorities should drop politically motivated criminal charges against Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist, and release him immediately. Rajab is scheduled to go on trial on May 16, 2012, for “offending an official institution” – namely, the Interior Ministry, which he criticized for allegedly ignoring attacks against boys and young protesters as well as Shia-owned businesses.
  • Uzbekistan: No Justice 7 Years after Andijan Massacre
    May 11, 2012
    The European Union and the United States should re-examine their relationships with the Uzbek government in light of its atrocious rights record.
  • Russia: Prominent Journalist Attacked
    Apr 6, 2012
    Russian authorities should carry out a prompt and effective investigation into the vicious beating by unknown assailants of Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist and human rights defender.
  • Statement at the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Yemen
    Mar 21, 2012

    Key challenges remain, including how to serve justice for crimes of the past. Yemen’s parliament in January 2012 granted complete amnesty to former President Saleh and near-complete amnesty to those who served with him.  This immunity violates Yemen’s international obligations to investigate serious human rights crimes.

  • Russia: New Wave of Detentions at Peaceful Protests
    Mar 20, 2012
    Russian authorities at the highest levels of government need to take immediate steps to protect the right to peaceful assembly, and investigate and hold accountable those responsible for any violations.
  • Statement at the Human Rights Council on the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review report of Venezuela
    Mar 15, 2012

    Venezuela still needs to take concrete steps to strengthen judicial independence, protect free speech, support the independent work of NGOs, and comply with the Inter-American Court’s binding rulings.

  • Israel: Revoke Rights Defender’s Travel Ban
    Mar 2, 2012

    Having decided to permit Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin to travel abroad from the West Bank for the first time in six years, Israel should now revoke his travel ban.

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