News Release July 2012

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF IRAQ：Iraq urged to halt executions after 196 death sentences upheld

  31 Jul 2012 / Region: REPUBLIC OF IRAQ / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

  

• International Secretariat Hopes raised for strong Arms Trade Treaty

  27 Jul 2012 / Region: / Topic:

• International Secretariat Arms Trade Treaty: USA holds key to closing loopholes in final days of crucial negotiations

  26 Jul 2012 / Region: / Topic:Arms Trade Treaty

  

• International Secretariat ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN：Urgent need for justice after killing of female official

  26 Jul 2012 / Region: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN / Topic:Women's Rights

• International Secretariat ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY：Executions flout legal process

  25 Jul 2012 / Region: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF IRAQ：Amnesty International condemns killings of civilians and calls for investigation

  25 Jul 2012 / Region: REPUBLIC OF IRAQ / Topic:

• International Secretariat DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO：UN urged to protect civilians in North Kivu

  22 Jul 2012 / Region: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / Topic:International human rights law

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE：Proposed change a welcome step Government needs to do more to abolish mandatory death penalty for all crimes

  20 Jul 2012 / Region: REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat UNITED STATES OF AMERICA：Arms trade: Obama urged to reject ‘human rights escape clause’

  19 Jul 2012 / Region: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:Arms Trade Treaty

  

• DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO：First Sentence: Lubanga Dyilo Sentenced to 14 years at the ICC

  19 Jul 2012 / Region: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / Topic:Child Soldier

  

• PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Dozens still subject to enforced disappearance three years after crackdown on unrest in Urumqi

  19 Jul 2012 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:Indigenous people Minority group

• UN chief backs strong Arms Trade Treaty

  19 Jul 2012 / Region: / Topic:Arms Trade Treaty

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF BENIN：ratifies key UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

  13 Jul 2012 / Region: REPUBLIC OF BENIN / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC：Friends of Syria must use their influence to stop cycle of repression and violence

  12 Jul 2012 / Region: SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / Topic:Year of Rebellion Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa

  

• International Secretariat ITALIAN REPUBLIC：Halt closure of authorized camp for Roma families in Rome

  12 Jul 2012 / Region: ITALIAN REPUBLIC / Topic:Forced Eviction

  

• International Secretariat ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY：Deliver justice for victims of Ramallah police violence

  9 Jul 2012 / Region: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY / Topic:Year of Rebellion Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa

  

• International Secretariat ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN：Tokyo Donors Conference must be ‘turning point’ for Afghanistan human rights

  6 Jul 2012 / Region: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN / Topic:International human rights law

• International Secretariat ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN：Sarabjit Singh release defies inhumanity of death penalty

  4 Jul 2012 / Region: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat Artists write to UN leader Ban Ki-moon on “a matter of life and death”

  3 Jul 2012 / Region: / Topic:Arms Trade Treaty

  

• International Secretariat KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA：One year on, Saudi Arabian women still driving their way to greater freedom

  2 Jul 2012 / Region: KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA / Topic:Year of Rebellion Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa

  

• International Secretariat SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC：Detained medics tortured and killed amid Aleppo crackdown

  2 Jul 2012 / Region: SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / Topic:Year of Rebellion Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa