Human rights trends from Western Europe
Birthplace of Arab Spring: censorship returns to Tunisia
The post-revolutionary Tunisian government has already been accused of clamping down on reporters. The ones recently charged include two artists whose crime is creating sculptures that the authorities consider harmful to public order and good morals. Nadia Jelassi's work is of a veiled woman surrounded by rocks, suggesting she is being stoned, while Mohamed Ben Slama's work is of a child with ants streaming from a schoolbag that spell out "God". 11 Sep 2012 »
Kazakhstan: Freedom of information situation deteriorates
A group of four men attacked the opposition journalist, Ularbek Baytalak, on the outskirts of Astana, where he was left to die. The journalist works for two opposition newspapers, Dat and Tortinshi bilik, and takes a critical stance towards the current government. The attack on Baytalak comes a few months after fellow opposition journalist Lukpan Akhmendyarov survived being shot and stabbed outside his apartment in April 2012. 05 Sep 2012 »
Uganda: Profits over people
In August 2001, the Ugandan army forcefully evicted more than 2000 people from their land in the Mubende district to make way for a vast coffee plantation operated by Kaweri Coffee Plantation Ltd., a subsidiary of the Hamburg-based Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. To this day, the evictees continue to suffer from the loss of their land. 29 Aug 2012 »
Court finds Israel to bear no responsibility for Rachel Corrie’s death
Israeli court has ruled in a civil case that the Israel army was not at fault in the bulldozer death of American pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie nearly 10 years ago. Corrie was 23 years old when she went to the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip as part of a group of activists of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). 29 Aug 2012 »
CEDAW: Indigenous rural women discriminated against in Mexico
With the release of its concluding observations addressed to Mexico, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expresses concern about harmful cultural practices and violence directed at indigenous rural women, as well as their lack of access to land, property and justice, and asks for better implementation of women's rights in the country. 22 Aug 2012 »
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