News Release November 2014

• International Secretariat UN vote boosts support for a global moratorium on the death penalty

  29 Nov 2014 / Region: / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

  

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Internet freedom faces new attack as China seeks to shape global web rules

  28 Nov 2014 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF INDIA：Victory for Bhopal gas leak survivors as government promises additional compensation

  27 Nov 2014 / Region: REPUBLIC OF INDIA / Topic:Business and Human Rights

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES：Five years on, justice for Maguindanao massacre can’t wait

  26 Nov 2014 / Region: REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat UNITED STATES OF AMERICA：Respect the right to peaceful demonstration in wake of Ferguson decision

  26 Nov 2014 / Region: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat JAPAN：Lack of truth, justice and reparations tarnishes Japan’s image

  25 Nov 2014 / Region: JAPAN / Topic:Women's Rights

• International Secretariat ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY：Killing of worshippers at synagogue an ‘abhorrent attack’

  22 Nov 2014 / Region: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY / Topic:Regional conflict

  

• International Secretariat SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC：Syrian refugees shot at border with hundreds of thousands destitute

  20 Nov 2014 / Region: SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / Topic:Refugees and Migrants

  

• International Secretariat DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA：UN vote a crucial step to ensure perpetrators of crimes against humanity face justice

  20 Nov 2014 / Region: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA：Mauritania must end clamp down on anti-slavery activists

  20 Nov 2014 / Region: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA / Topic:

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Activist faces ‘subversion’ charge for supporting Hong Kong protests

  20 Nov 2014 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat UNITED STATES OF AMERICA：USA should use UN hearing to address ‘shocking accountability gap’ on torture

  17 Nov 2014 / Region: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:Fight Against Terrorism and Human Rights

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES：Five years later, no convictions under landmark anti-torture law

  14 Nov 2014 / Region: REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF INDIA：Hollywood takes on corporate giants over Bhopal gas disaster

  13 Nov 2014 / Region: REPUBLIC OF INDIA / Topic:Business and Human Rights

  

• International Secretariat HELLENIC REPUBLIC：Convictions following racist attack against Roma ‘first step to justice’

  12 Nov 2014 / Region: HELLENIC REPUBLIC / Topic:Indigenous people Minority group

  

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：APEC leaders should urge China to release supporters of Hong Kong protests

  11 Nov 2014 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat UKRAINE：Shelling deaths of children playing football in Donetsk must be investigated

  6 Nov 2014 / Region: UKRAINE / Topic:Regional conflict

  

• International Secretariat DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO：Civilian death toll rises as rebels embark on campaign of sporadic slaughter

  6 Nov 2014 / Region: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / Topic:Regional conflict

  

• International Secretariat ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY：Israeli forces displayed ‘callous indifference’ in deadly attacks on family homes in Gaza

  6 Nov 2014 / Region: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES／PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY / Topic:Regional conflict