MIL-OSI NGOs: Egypt: Parliament’s approval of constitutional amendments demonstrates their complete disregard for human rights
Source: Amnesty International – 16 April 2019, 16:55 UTC Responding to the news that the amendments to Egypt’s constitution have been approved by parliament, Magdalena Mughrabi, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The decision to put these amendments to the constitution to a public referendum, amid the worst crackdown […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Equatorial Guinea: Presidential announcement a welcome step towards abolishing the death penalty
Source: Amnesty International – Reacting to the news that Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will propose a draft law to abolish the death penalty, Marie-Evelyne Petrus Barry, Amnesty International West and Central Africa Director said: “This presidential announcement is a welcome move and, if the death penalty is abolished in Equatorial Guinea, the country […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: RSF’s Turkey representative defends himself in court
Source: Reporters Without Borders – As an international delegation from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) looked on, RSF Turkey representative Erol Önderoğlu spoke in his own defence before a crowded court in Istanbul yesterday, explaining his fight for press freedom and demanding his acquittal in a trial that has dragged on for more than two and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Bahrain: Mass trial revoking citizenship of 138 people ‘a mockery of justice’
Source: Amnesty International – 16 April 2019, 13:26 UTC Responding to the news that a court in Bahrain has today convicted 139 people of terrorism charges after an unfair mass trial, and revoked the citizenship of all but one, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, Lynn Maalouf said: “With these outrageous sentences, Bahrain’s authorities have […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Ukraine: A year after attack on Roma camp in Kyiv, no justice for victims
Source: Amnesty International – The Ukrainian authorities must provide justice to victims of the 21 April 2018 attack on a Roma camp in Kyiv’s Lysa Hora park by members of a far-right group that advocates hatred and discrimination, Amnesty International said ahead of the first anniversary of the attack. “We heard strong condemnatory statements from […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Pakistani investigative reporter accused of “cyber-terrorism”
Source: Reporters Without Borders – Shahzeb Jillani, an investigative reporter who has worked for the BBC and Deutsche Welle, and works regularly for the Urdu-language TV channel Dunya News, is accused of violating four articles in the 2016 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and two criminal code provisions. The charges include “defamatory remarks against the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: From emergency to recovery: Mozambique one month after Cyclone Idai As the storm that was to become Cyclone Idai gathered force over the ocean east of Mozambique , the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team in the port city of Beira began … Story : Apr 15, 2019
Source: Doctors Without Borders – As the storm that was to become Cyclone Idai gathered force over the ocean east of Mozambique, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team in the port city of Beira began preparing for the worst. Medications were stacked high on the shelves so they would not be destroyed by […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: US – #WeeklyAddress: April 8 – 14: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London on behalf of US
Source: Reporters Without Borders – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London on behalf of US Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested by police in London on April 11 on a US extradition warrant. Assange had been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since he took asylum there in 2012. Hours after being extradited […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: France: leaked documents showing weapons use in Yemen should prompt halt to sales
Source: Amnesty International – 15 Apr 2019, 05:39pm A replica Typhoon outside Parliament last month © Jon Cornejo/Amnesty International UK Responding to leaked French military documents published today by an investigative news site highlighting the widespread use of French weapons in the conflict in Yemen, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, said: “These […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Recording artist Dua Lipa visits Lebanon with UNICEF to meet refugee children and young people
Source: UNICEF – BEIRUT/NEW YORK, 15 APRIL 2019 – Grammy-winning recording artist and UNICEF supporter Dua Lipa travelled to Lebanon this week to meet children and young people supported by UNICEF, including many uprooted by the eight-year conflict in Syria. While in Lebanon, Lipa spoke to vulnerable children and young people about the obstacles they […]
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