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januari 24, 2014 · 4:55 am

[Human Rights Watch]/South Asia: Protect migrant workers to Gulf Countries

 

SOUTH ASIA: PROTECT MIGRANT WORKERS TO GULF COUNTRIES

 

Seek Reforms in Sponsorship System, Labor Rights Protections
DECEMBER 18, 2013
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The Gulf countries should recognize the crucial role foreign workers play in their economies and take measures to ensure that their rights are fully respected. South Asian governments should join forces to press for reforms to end the terrible abuses against migrant workers that have gone on for far too long.
Brad Adams, Asia director

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· 4:48 am

[Human Rights Watch]/UAE: Assaults on Dissident, Free Expression

 

UAE: ASSAULTS ON DISSIDENT, FREE EXPRESSION

 

Credible Allegations of Torture in Custody
JANUARY 23, 2014
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The UAE’s repressive laws and dysfunctional justice system belie the government’s efforts to present the country as moderate and progressive. The UAE might seem like a safe place to shop, do business, or take a winter holiday but it’s becoming a very dangerous place to express a political opinion.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director

(Dubai) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013 stifled free expression, and subjected dissidents to manifestly unfair trials marred by credible allegations of torture, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014.

A court sentenced 69 dissidents to prison terms of up to 10 years in July on charges of aiming to overthrow the government, though most of the evidence the court cited in the 243-page judgment suggested that they had only engaged in peaceful political activities. Many of those convicted, and another group of 30 dissidents facing similar charges, said they experienced mistreatment in pretrial detention that in some cases amounted to torture.

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· 4:39 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Papua New Guinea: Address Police Brutality

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ADDRESS POLICE BRUTALITY

 

Violence Against Women, Death Penalty Concerns
JANUARY 22, 2014

  • People inspect a photo of the torture of a woman, who was accused of sorcery by people from her village.

    © Vlad Sokhin/OHCHR
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Papua New Guineans face violence at every turn, including from the police, who should be protecting them. The government should call a halt to police abuse and bring any officers responsible for crimes to justice.
Brad Adams, Asia director

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· 4:33 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Ukraine: Police beatings, kidnappings in Kiev

 

 

UKRAINE: POLICE BEATINGS, KIDNAPPINGS IN KIEV

 

Thorough Investigation Needed Into Brutal Attacks, Death, Amid Uprising
JANUARY 24, 2014

  • Peaceful protest at Independence Square in Kiev in December 2013.

    @ Yulia Gorbunova Human Rights Watch
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Police in Kiev face serious challenges, but nothing can justify the vicious beatings we’ve documented. These are very serious crimes that need thorough investigation, and the people responsible should be held accountable.
Yulia Gorbunova, Ukraine researcher

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· 4:21 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Burma: Investigate new killings of Rohingya

 

 

BURMA: INVESTIGATE NEW KILLINGS OF ROHINGYA

 

Ensure Aid and Media Access, Prosecute Abusive Security Forces
JANUARY 23, 2014
“The Burmese authorities need to promptly and transparently investigate this deadly violence, prosecute those responsible, and ensure aid gets to those in need. Official discrimination against the Rohingya population and impunity for past abuses has created a fertile ground for new atrocities to take place.”
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director

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januari 13, 2014 · 4:47 am

[2006]Reflections on some aspects of the political-military career of the Israeli prime minister Sharon

REFLECTIONS ON SOME ASPECTS OF THE POLITICAL-MILITARY CAREER OF THE ISRAELI

PRIME MINISTER SHARON

 

 

Introduction:
Dear Readers,
Undoubtedly you are being informed of  the recenty started discussion by the Western media and polticians, about the real or alleged contribution of the Israeli prime-minister Sharon to peace in the Middle-East-conflict.
Immediate cause is the execution of the Gaza-disengagement-plan last year, by which the Gaza-settlements were evacuated, like four settlements on the Westbank.
In the underlying article I’ll try to emphasize on the fact, that according to my opinion, either the Gaza-disengagement-plan, or any other political and military measure of Sharon has contributed in any respect on a serious and just peace in the Middle East.
Further I’ll pay special attention to another very relevant aspect of the political-military carreer of Sharon, which is threatened to be greatly ignored in the discussion about his real or alleged peace-contribution, namely the human rights violations and war-crimes, for which he was responsible during his political and military career
I think it is of utmost importance, that those human rights violations and war-crimes, which testify of the lack of respect for the most elementary human rights, are not forgotten

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· 3:58 am

[Human Rights Watch]: Israel: Ariel Sharon’s troubling legacy

 

ISRAEL: ARIEL SHARON’S TROUBLING LEGACY

 

Evaded Prosecution Over Sabra and Shatilla Massacres
JANUARY 11, 2014

  • Relatives of the victims of the Sabra and Shatilla massacre carry candles on the 18th anniversay of the massacre, September 15, 2000.

    © 2000 Reuters
It’s a shame that Sharon has gone to his grave without facing justice for his role in Sabra and Shatilla and other abuses. . His passing is another grim reminder that years of virtual impunity for rights abuses have done nothing to bring Israeli-Palestinian peace any closer.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

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januari 10, 2014 · 7:13 am

Dutch police officer, who shot Rishi Chandrikasing, acquitted/Court gives police licence to kill

Bloemen voor doodgeschoten Rishi

Station Hollands Spoor drie dagen nadat Rishi C. van 17 werd doodgeschoten door een politieman.

The Hague Station ”Hollands Spoor”/Flowers for the 17 years old Rishi,

who was shot by a police officer

Foto ANP

PHOTO RISHI CHANDRIKASINGH
RISHI CHANDRIKASINGH/RIP
PHOTO RISHI CHANDRIKASING
AUF DER FLUCHT ERSCHOSSEN
Dear Readers,
Not only the acquittal of the Dutch policeofficer, who shot Rishi
Chandrikasing to death, is an absolute scandal, it’s also a great risk.
For when a cop, who caused the death of a defenseless, unarmed civilian, is going
to work again, he is a great danger to society.
It can happen again.
Now there are people, who allege. that Rishi himself was no peach either [or to put it otherwise:
had a criminal record] [1], doesn’t matter at all.
Fact is, that any human being, whether ”respected citizen” or not, has a right to life and protection
of his/hers life, and that thew police has no right to end that life, when tere is no obvious case of self
defence.
And there wasn’t, since Rishi was running for the police [2]

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januari 4, 2014 · 7:06 am

Letter to the members of the District Council of Amsterdam Zuid-Oost about their refusal to provide basic needs for the rejected refugees of the Vluchtgarage

LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL  OF AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
ABOUT THEIR REFUSAL TO PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS FOR THE REJECTED REFUGEES OF THE VLUCHTGARAGE
Dear Readers
A Happy, Healthy 2014 with a continuation of the struggle against injustice and human rights violations.
Hereby my translated letter to the members of the district council of Amsterdam Zuid-Oost [South-East], which
I wrote in december 2013 about their refusal to provide elementary
facilities to thegroup of rejected refugees, who is staying for now in the Vluchtgarage, Kralenbeek 100,
Amsterdam Zuid-Oost.
With great respect for those, who squatted  the ”Vlucht” locations for the refugees, everytime when they were evicted again.
And with  thanks to the Christen-Unie, which did the proposal in the District Council to provide
the refugees from basic needs.

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december 6, 2013 · 5:23 am

In honour of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela/Amandla!!!!!

 

IN HONOUR OF FREEDOM FIGHTER NELSON MANDELA
AMANDLA!!!!!!
Dear Readers,
Nelson Mandela, freedom fighter and champion of the Palestinian cause, has gone
to a better world.
Hereby my condolences to his family and the South-African people,
which I’ve sent to  the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
May he rest in Peace
AMANDLA!!!!
Kind greetings
Astrid Essed
Amsterdam

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