Tag archieven: Human Rights

augustus 14, 2013 · 3:21 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Xenios Zeus and the True Meaning of Greek Hospitality

XENIOS ZEUS AND THE TRUE MEANING OF GREEK HOSPITALITY

July 9, 2013

 

Author(s):

Eva Cossé

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Open Democracy

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The Greek authorities should revise Greece’s general stop and search powers, including for Operation Xenios Zeus, and adopt legal and policy reforms to ensure that all measures to identify irregular migrants fully comply with national and international law prohibiting discrimination.

“Police officers came to the door and said ‘All blacks out, all blacks out,’” Tupac told me as he recalled how police officers forced him and other black and Asian passengers out of a bus in central Athens for an identity check in early February. After pulling him off the bus, the police held Tupac, a Guinean registered asylum seeker, for approximately 10 hours to check his legal status in Greece.

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augustus 11, 2013 · 3:16 am

[Speech of Joke Kaviaar, held at the demonstration at 10th august, which concluded the No Border Camp Rotterdam 2013]/Faces of deportation: Accuse the profiteers

FACES OF DEPORTATION: ACCUSE THE PROFITEERS

SPEECH OF JOKE KAVIAAR AT 10TH AUGUST 2013

HELD AT THE DEMONSTRATION THAT CONCLUDED THE NO BORDER CAMP ROTTERDAM 2013

 

Opinie, gepost door: Joke Kaviaar op 11/08/2013 08:12:55

The article below is the text of a speech held during the demonstration to conclude the No Border Camp in Rotterdam August 2 -10. This demonstration was held on Saturday August 10 (Report with video’s here.).

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augustus 10, 2013 · 4:51 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Reject Discriminatory Bill

RUSSIA: REJECT DISCRIMINATORY BILL

 

Wave of International Criticism of Anti-LGBT Draft Law
JUNE 24, 2013
Russia has made much of its leadership on “traditional values” at the United Nations, but this bill shows what “traditional values” actually means in Russia. This bill makes clear that in Russia, “traditional values” means the state decides what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to personal identity. That is something that anyone – gay or straight – concedes at their peril.
Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT Rights Program

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· 4:47 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Mass Detention of Migrants

RUSSIA: MASS DETENTION OF MIGRANTS

 

Racial Profiling, Arbitrary Detention, Harsh Detention Conditions
AUGUST 9, 2013
OUR REPORT:
Everything about this massive sweep violates Russia’s obligations under international law. Prolonged detention without counsel, ethnic profiling, inhuman conditions – it should stop now.
Tanya Lokshina, Russia program director

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· 4:44 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Silencing Activists, Journalists ahead of Sochi Games

RUSSIA: SILENCING ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS AHEAD OF SOCHI GAMES

 

Six Months Before Olympics Launch, Fresh Concerns about Intimidation
AUGUST 7, 2013

  • The iridescent blue Iceberg Skating Palace and the Central Olympic Stadium (Fisht Stadium) will host world-class events during the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

    © 2012 Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images for Human Rights Watch
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Preparations for the Sochi Games have been plagued with serious human rights abuses and other problems, many of which have only been brought to light through the efforts of activists and journalists. If the IOC is committed to these issues, it should ask the Russian authorities to immediately stop harassing activists, organizations, and journalists and investigate allegations of abuse.
Jane Buchanan, associate Europe and Central Asia director

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augustus 1, 2013 · 2:24 am

[No Border]/Article Joke Kaviaar/Faces of deportation: Face the consequences

FACES OF DEPORTATION: FACE THE CONSEQUENCES

JOKE KAVIAAR

Imagine.. You went through a lot of trouble getting here. Here.. in Europe. Imagine.. you had to buy a false passport and then you had to throw it away. Imagine, you lost not only your home, your family and friends, and all the documents to prove that you were being prosecuted, tortured, threatened, beaten up, bombed, almost killed. You even lost the papers to prove who you are, where you were born and raised, from which part of the planet you came. Imagine that. You are lost. Verder lezen →

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juli 19, 2013 · 11:22 pm

[Human Rights Watch]/Cameroon/LGBTI rights activist found dead, tortured

CAMEROON/LGBTI RIGHTS ACTIVIST FOUND DEAD, TORTURED

 

Authorities Should Investigate Death, Condemn Violence
JULY 16, 2013

  • Eric Ohena Lembembe

    © 2012 Erasing 76 Crimes
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Eric was an inspiring activist whose work was deeply appreciated by human rights activists in Cameroon and around the world. Advocating for equal rights in Cameroon, where LGBTI people face severe discrimination and violence, takes tremendous courage. Eric’s activism paved the way for a society based on equality and nondiscrimination.
Neela Ghoshal, senior LGBT rights researcher

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juli 9, 2013 · 6:30 am

[Human Rights Watch]/ Egypt: Halt arbitrary Action against Brotherhood, Media

EGYPT: HALT ARBITRARY ACTION AGAINST BROTHERHOOD, MEDIA

 

Investigate Criminal Violence; Detain Only Based on law
JULY 8, 2013

  • Protesters take part in a protest demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy resign at Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 1, 2013.

    © 2013 Reuters
Both General al-Sisi and interim President Adli Mansour promised that the political transition process would be inclusive , but these violations of basic political rights will mean the Muslim Brotherhood and others will be shut out of political life.
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director

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juli 6, 2013 · 1:43 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Egypt: Judge Government on Respect for People’s Rights

 

EGYPT: JUDGE GOVERNMENT ON RESPECT FOR PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

 

Protect Political Rights of Muslim Brotherhood
JULY 4, 2013

  • Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

    © 2013 Reuters

  • Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

    © 2013 Reuters
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(New York) –Egypt’s new government should break decisively from a pattern of serious abuses that has prevailed since the January 2011 uprising, and make a commitment to respect the rights to free expression and peaceful assembly.Authorities should protect and promote the rights of all Egyptians, and halt arbitrary arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated Freedom and Justice Party.

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juni 30, 2013 · 2:57 am

2007/A tsunami of racism/The political views of Mr Wilders

 

A TSUNAMI OF RACISM/THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF MR WILDERS

 

The political views of Mr G. Wilders, the newly elected Dutch MP, who came into power with 9 seats after the Dutch parliamentary elections dd 2006, are not only being characterized by populism, racism and Islamophobia, also they contain elements, which hold a plea for the foundation of a police-state.
The political views of Mr Wilders [Dutch MP and chairman of the ”Party for the Freedom”]
A tsunami of racismIntroduction:Germany, 1933

”Therefore, urgent changes are necessary!
Germany has to become a strong and vital country again!
A country with a lasting and strong economy!
A country, which declares war to Jewish villains!
A country, which gives a strong solution on the problems of civilians!
Long live a better and stronger Germany!”

After the speech, the hysterical crowd shouted loudly ”Heil Hitler!”

A speech, walked away from history, with a heinous dimension, especially seen against the light of the horrible events in nazi-Germany, with as absolute abyss, Auschwitz.

Whoever is assuming, that, seeing against the light of the racist, populistic and hatespeech-character, this speech has been held by Adolf Hitler or one of his nazi-partners, is mistaken

I was referring to a somewhat shortened passage from the election-pamphlet of Mr Wilders, dated dd august 25th of 2006, by which, of course, ”Germany” should be replaced by ”The Netherlands” and ”Jewish villains” [a term, loved by the nazi-ideologists] by ”islamic” terrorism [see for the passage of the election-pamphlet, under ”Sources]

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