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Ireland: Religion doesn’t need protection
The Irish government’s plan to introduce blasphemy legislation may seem a retrograde step, but it is part of a broader global trend, writes Padraig Reidy
Police brutality witnessed against 14-year old Kurdish child
In Hakkari, where people are protesting against operations against the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), one child has died, and a police officer violently beat another child with his rifle butt.
Mexico: ARTICLE 19 Expresses Serious Concerns over Assault
A prominent political cartoonist, Mario Robles, of the newspaper Noticias Voz e
Imagen de Oaxaca in western Mexico was violently assaulted and subjected to
death threats by members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) on 19
April.
Lesbian assault incident in Nairobi
The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Republic of Kenya in solidarity with Minority Women In Action are profoundly concerned about the increasing violence, discrimination and violation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, trans gendered, intersexes and queer (LGBTIQ) individuals rights in the country. We particularly vehemently condemn the unjust and unconstitutional acts occasioned against Ms. Faith Onyimbo on the early morning of Saturday, April 18th, 2009 at Florida 1000, on Koinange Street.
Anti-gay activists say homosexuality is a threat to Ugandans
Activists against homosexuality in the Republic of Uganda stormed parliament on Tuesday protesting against the practice and demanded a probe into the practice in the country. The activists who were holding banners denouncing the activity were led by the Family Life Network in conjunction with religious leaders.
“Наша Вясна” ізноў без рэгістрацыі
Вярхоўны суд Рэспублікі Беларусь пакінуў без задавальнення скаргу заснавальнікаў ГПА “Наша Вясна” на рашэнне Міністэрства юстыцыі аб адмове ў рэгістрацыі. “Калі дзяржава не гатовая, не хоча ці не можа рэгістраваць праваабарончыя арганізацыі, то гэта застаецца праблемай самой дзяржавы,” – каментуе праваабаронца Валянцін Стэфановіч.
Supreme Court turns down claim by “Nasha Viasna”
“If the state is not ready, does not want or cannot register human rights NGOs, it will be a problem for the state itself,” – commented a well-known Belarusian human rights defender Valiantsin Stefanovich.
Thailand: Government moves to suppress media
Following the anti-government protests, the Thai government has begun to crack down on the opposition media. Sinfah Tunsarawuth asks if the heavy-handed tactics will incite further chaos.
Annual Meeting of Human Rights House Network
More than 40 Human Rights House Network members and observers from 18 countries will gather to the annual meeting in Oslo.
Journalist recalls disturbing prison ordeal in the DRC
-Hell. That’s how journalist Ngoy Kikungula wa Maloba sums up the hunger, fear and misery he experienced during his six months in a Congolese prison. Released a month ago, Kikungula, editor of the Lubumbashi newspaper Le Lushois, was arrested after publishing an article about Rwandan rebels advancing on the Katangan capital.
HR defenders from across Africa issue statement on Darfur
In a statement accepted by consensus on the ‘Joburg + 10′ all African HR defenders conference today, the grave humanitarian and human rights situtation in Darfur is addressed with concern, especially in the light of Sudanese authorities’ recent decision to shut down three of the leading independent national human rights organisations in the country. Read the full statement below.