Tag: Human rights
new trial for rapper Saman Yasin
The Iranian Supreme Court on Saturday (December 24th) ordered a new trial for Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, sentenced to death. She also confirmed the death sentence against another young man,…
concerns around the commission of inquiry into the events of October 20
The authorities of Chad had accepted that an international fact-finding mission be deployed to shed light on the demonstrations of October 20 which left around fifty dead and 300 injured.…
the detention of trade unionist Jean-Rémy Yama is “political”, according to his lawyers
In Gabon, almost 10 months of preventive detention for Jean-Rémy Yama. The president of Dynamique unititaire, the largest trade union center for Gabonese civil servants, was arrested at the end…
report denounces brutal detention conditions of Ethiopians
Amnesty International denounces the fate of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia. According to the NGO, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been there ” arbitrarily detained ” In the…
Elon Musk says he will reinstate suspended journalists’ accounts
The new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, indicated on Friday evening, December 16, that he was going to restore the accounts of several American journalists on this social network after…
Belgian humanitarian Olivier Vandecasteele sentenced to 28 years in prison in Iran
A Belgian aid worker arrested earlier this year in Tehran has been sentenced to 28 years in prison, a spokesman for his family announced on Wednesday (December 14th). He is…
the army committed “targeted killings of children” according to Reuters
The Reuters agency published on Monday December 12 a new part of its investigation detailing the extreme violence that the Nigerian army has shown vis-à-vis civilians, collateral victims of its…
In Oslo, Nobel Peace Prize laureates show their determination against Putin
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this Saturday, December 10 to a trio made up of an imprisoned Belarusian activist and two entities, the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties (CCL)…
Chinese ‘police stations’ in Germany, federal government admits
China has two “police stations” in Germany, likely to monitor dissidents in particular, the German government said on Friday, December 9 in response to a written question from an AFD…
Congress passes law to sanctuary same-sex marriage
Congress definitively adopted Thursday, December 8 the law to protect marriage for all in the United States. After the Senate, the House of Representatives voted the text to protect marriage…