News Release April 2015

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA：“Reprehensible” executions show complete disregard for human rights safeguards

  30 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Landmark domestic violence verdict overshadowed by persecution of women’s rights activists

  29 Apr 2015 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:Women's Rights

• International Secretariat UNITED STATES OF AMERICA：More than three quarters of surveyed U.S. companies fail to meet requirements of landmark conflict minerals law

  28 Apr 2015 / Region: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:Business and Human Rights

• International Secretariat ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT：Verdict for ousted president points to sham trial

  28 Apr 2015 / Region: ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT / Topic:

• International Secretariat EL SALVADOR：No amnesty for human rights violations

  28 Apr 2015 / Region: EL SALVADOR / Topic:

• International Secretariat CZECH REPUBLIC：Systematic discrimination against Romani children in schools

  25 Apr 2015 / Region: CZECH REPUBLIC / Topic:Rights of the Child

• International Secretariat UNITED MEXICAN STATES：Three police officers charged with torture in landmark case – an opportunity for justice

  24 Apr 2015 / Region: UNITED MEXICAN STATES / Topic:

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Deplorable prison sentence against prominent journalist an attack on press freedom

  24 Apr 2015 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA：Urgently take steps to combat impunity for xenophobic violence

  23 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA / Topic:Refugees and Migrants

• International Secretariat Rising death toll prompts Europe to act

  21 Apr 2015 / Region: / Topic:Refugees and Migrants

  

• International Secretariat Hundreds Feared Dead in Latest Mediterranean Tragedy

  21 Apr 2015 / Region: / Topic:Refugees and Migrants

  

• International Secretariat KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA：executes Indonesian woman with suspected mental illness

  20 Apr 2015 / Region: KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat KINGDOM OF NORWAY：High hopes for a watershed moment on transgender rights

  18 Apr 2015 / Region: KINGDOM OF NORWAY / Topic:Reproductive Rights

• International Secretariat MALAYSIA：New anti-terrorism law a shocking onslaught against human rights

  16 Apr 2015 / Region: MALAYSIA / Topic:Fight Against Terrorism and Human Rights

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA：Two women convicted under internet law for social media posts

  15 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA / Topic:

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Release on bail of five women’s rights activists an incomplete step

  14 Apr 2015 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:Women's Rights

  

• International Secretariat UKRAINE：New evidence of summary killings of captured soldiers must spark urgent investigations

  14 Apr 2015 / Region: UKRAINE / Topic:Regional conflict

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF INDIA：Suspected unlawful killings by Andhra Pradesh police must be investigated

  11 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF INDIA / Topic:

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, INCLUDING KOSOVO：Forcibly evicted Roma still awaiting resettlement despite EU millions

  10 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, INCLUDING KOSOVO / Topic:Forced Eviction

• International Secretariat Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei to receive top Award from Amnesty International

  10 Apr 2015 / Region: / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat KINGDOM OF THAILAND：Preposterous 25-year prison sentence for criticizing royal family

  8 Apr 2015 / Region: KINGDOM OF THAILAND / Topic:

• International Secretariat ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN：Government and international community turning their back on women human rights defenders

  7 Apr 2015 / Region: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN / Topic:Women's Rights

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF KENYA：University attack highlights security failures

  7 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF KENYA / Topic:Regional conflict

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE：Sierra Leone: Let pregnant girls take exams

  7 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE / Topic:Reproductive Rights

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF YEMEN：At least six civilians burn to death in further airstrikes overnight

  3 Apr 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF YEMEN / Topic:Regional conflict

  

• International Secretariat KINGDOM OF SPAIN：Two-pronged assault targets rights and freedoms of Spanish citizens, migrants and refugees

  2 Apr 2015 / Region: KINGDOM OF SPAIN / Topic:

• International Secretariat FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY：blanket prohibition for teachers to wear religious and cultural symbols or dress is unconstitutional

  1 Apr 2015 / Region: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY / Topic: