News Release May 2015

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF PERU：The price of protest must not be death

  30 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF PERU / Topic:

• International Secretariat 'Mandela Rules' on prisoner treatment adopted in landmark revision of UN standards

  29 May 2015 / Region: / Topic:International human rights law

• International Secretariat KINGDOM OF THAILAND：Arrests on coup anniversary are a stark reminder of ongoing repression

  28 May 2015 / Region: KINGDOM OF THAILAND / Topic:

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF IRELAND：MAKES HISTORY AND SAYS YES TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY

  27 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND / Topic:Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity

  

• International Secretariat South East Asia: Necessary U-turn on refugee boats still leaves thousands at risk

  23 May 2015 / Region: / Topic:Refugees and Migrants

• International Secretariat PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA：Drop politically motivated charges against prominent human rights lawyer

  22 May 2015 / Region: PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:Individual at risk

• International Secretariat UNITED ARAB EMIRATES：Three sisters released after three months in secret detention for tweeting

  21 May 2015 / Region: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / Topic:Individual at risk

• International Secretariat ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT：Court recommends death sentences for Morsi, more than 100 others

  20 May 2015 / Region: ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat South East Asia: Immediately step up efforts to rescue thousands at grave risk at sea

  18 May 2015 / Region: / Topic:Refugees and Migrants

  

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN：Decade-long wait for justice for victims of Central Asia’s forgotten massacre

  16 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN / Topic:

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF KOREA：Authorities wrecking lives by jailing conscientious objectors

  15 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF KOREA / Topic:

  

• International Secretariat CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC：New Constitution should leave no space for impunity

  14 May 2015 / Region: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / Topic:

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE：Ebola regulations and other laws must not be used to curtail freedom of expression and assembly

  13 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE / Topic:

• International Secretariat UNITED STATES OF AMERICA：US court rules NSA mass surveillance illegal

  12 May 2015 / Region: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:Fight Against Terrorism and Human Rights

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY：Raped 10-year-old must be allowed an abortion

  8 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY / Topic:Women's Rights

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI：Brutal clampdown on human rights in run-up to the elections

  8 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI / Topic:

• International Secretariat ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN：One hundred people sent to the gallows since death penalty moratorium lifted

  2 May 2015 / Region: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN：sentences activist ahead of European Games

  1 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN / Topic:Individual at risk

• International Secretariat REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA： KwaThema and Khayelitsha to screen award-winning documentary exposing hate crimes against lesbian women

  1 May 2015 / Region: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA / Topic:Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity