This Week in Human Rights

PHOTO CREDIT The burial of Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle, who was killed in Mogadishu on 8 June 2009.

22 July 2010

Hard News: Journalists’ lives in danger in Somalia

Amnesty calls on Somali authorities and armed opposition groups to respect freedom of expression amid a crackdown on independent journalism.

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A cell where detainees were held by the National Intelligence and Security Service in Nyala, Sudan.

PHOTO CREDIT A cell where detainees were held by the National Intelligence and Security Service in Nyala, Sudan.

19 July 2010

Sudan: Security service carries out brutal campaign against opponents

New report documents arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detentions, ill-treatment, unlawful killings and enforced disappearances.

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PHOTO CREDIT Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtianti (c)Private

9 July 2010

Iran must not execute woman spared stoning death by any means

Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities not to execute by any method a 43-year-old woman convicted of adultery, following an official statement that she will not be executed by stoning.

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Only 24 percent of households in Nairobi's slums have access to home toilet facilities.

PHOTO CREDIT Women & girls often fear using community facilities due to threat of sexual violence. © Amnesty International

7 July 2010

Kenya: Fear of attack leaves women prisoners in their homes

Lack of government attention to services and other planning leaves women and girls especially vulnerable to sexual violence in Nairobi's slums.

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Police officers detain National Post photographer at G20 protests.

PHOTO CREDIT Police officers detain National Post photographer at G8/G20 protests. © Scott Olson/Getty Images

30 June 2010

Independent review of G20 security measures urgently needed: An appeal to the Government of Canada

Write to Stephen Harper and express your concern about the security measures used before and during the G20 Summit in Toronto.

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PHOTO CREDIT The burial of Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle, who was killed in Mogadishu on 8 June 2009.

22 July 2010

Hard News: Journalists’ lives in danger in Somalia

Amnesty calls on Somali authorities and armed opposition groups to respect freedom of expression amid a crackdown on independent journalism.

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Hard News: Journalists’ lives in danger in Somalia

Sudan: Security service carries out brutal campaign against opponents

Iran must not execute woman spared stoning death by any means

Kenya: Fear of attack leaves women prisoners in their homes

Independent review of G20 security measures urgently needed: An appeal to the Government of Canada

Hard News: Journalists’ lives in danger in Somalia

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