Tag: Human rights
“It’s the echo that’s important”
A tribute was paid this Friday in front of the former premises of the satirical newspaper Charlie hebdo, where 11 people died on January 7, 2015 in an Islamist terrorist…
Saudi Arabia accused of deporting thousands of Tigrayans to Ethiopia
Thousands of Tigrayans expelled from Saudi Arabia were illegally imprisoned and ill-treated upon their return to Ethiopia, according to a report released Wednesday (January 5) by Human Rights Watch. The…
activist Ramy Shaath reportedly on the verge of release
In Egypt, a judicial source announces the imminent release of political activist Ramy Shaath, imprisoned for two and a half years without trial. According to our information, Ramy Shaath was…
“When I wrote, I did not see the walls”
In Turkey, writer Ahmet Altan, 72, spent five years behind bars. The government accuses him of having helped launch the attempted coup against him in 2016. Released last April, the…
expulsion of eight former dignitaries of the Rwandan Hutu regime
Niger asks eight former dignitaries of the Rwandan Hutu regime, responsible for the 1994 genocide, to leave the country. An expulsion order was issued on Monday, December 27. It bears…
the Supreme Court dissolves the Memorial NGO, pillar of civil society
The Russian Supreme Court ordered, this Tuesday, December 28, the dissolution of the NGO, pillar of the defense of freedoms in contemporary Russia and guardian of the memory of the…
“A 30-year throwback”
This Tuesday, December 28, the Russian Supreme Court announced the dissolution of the Memorial NGO for violations of a controversial law on ” foreign agents », A decision that the…
massacre in a Christian village after violent clashes with the junta
In Burma, a massacre in a village in Kayah state, on the Thai border, left more than 30 dead. In recent weeks, the region has been the subject of very…
controversial law expands police powers
President Vladimir Putin signed this law, which was passed, and which expands the powers of the police. In Russia, there is no longer a need for a warrant to search…
seven gendarmes arrested for racial hatred towards immigrant workers
The arrest of seven gendarmes accused of racial hatred against Asian workers in Portugal arouses commotion. Prime Minister Antonio Costa, himself of Indian origin, qualified the attitude of the agents…