Tag: Human rights
Prison overcrowding: “Reintegration is impossible today”
The general controller of places of deprivation of liberty in France is calling for a law against prison overcrowding, an endemic problem in French prisons. As of August 1, France…
In France, the weapon of law to fight the perpetrators of abuses in Iran
A year after the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, the diaspora and civil society are mobilizing in France to support the harshly repressed protest movement. The Iran Justice collective,…
Six young Portuguese take 33 countries to European justice for climate inaction
They are aged 11 to 24 and argue that the forest fires that Portugal has experienced every year since 2017 are the direct result of global warming. They claim that…
release of a trade union leader on the orders of the president of the transition
In Gabon, the leader of the coalition of civil servants’ unions, Dynamique unititaire (DU), Jean-Rémy Yama, was released yesterday, Tuesday, September 5, at the end of the morning, on the…
the debate on the penalization of clients of prostitution soon to be revived?
In France, the debate on the criminalization of clients of prostitution could be revived by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The latter considers admissible the request of nearly…
a comedian prosecuted for his sketches on the army and religion
In Lebanon, a comedian finds himself at the heart of a debate on freedom of expression. Since Friday, August 25, military justice and then civil justice have launched proceedings against…
[Série] The art of pleading: Maître Vincent Brengarth, specialist in the right to fundamental freedoms [3/5]
When the lawyer stands up before the assize court, reserved for serious crimes, he bears, for his client, the stakes of a life. There is obviously no recipe for a…
two NGOs file a complaint for the torture and death of a man in a gendarmerie station
According to these organisations, the deceased man had been arbitrarily detained in a gendarmerie station where he was allegedly tortured. A complaint has been filed and the NGOs are demanding…
Heat wave: the obligations of companies with regard to employees “adapt on a case-by-case basis”
France is facing a heat wave considered “exceptionally severe” by Météo-France. In some professions, such as workers on construction sites or delivery people, the body is put to the test,…
the NGO Human Rights Watch denounces the “repression” and “intimidation” suffered by the opposition
Since May 2023, authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have targeted leaders of opposition political parties, restricting their fundamental freedoms and arresting party officials, Human Rights Watch…