Showing posts with label Amnesty International. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amnesty International. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Peine de mort : Amnesty International dénonce une hausse record d'exécutions depuis 2017

May 16, 2023 | Au moins 883 personnes ont été exécutées en 2022, selon le dernier rapport annuel d'Amnesty International sur la peine de mort. C'est une hausse de 53 % par rapport à l'année dernière, et un chiffre record depuis 2017.

Saturday, March 07, 2015

Iran Condemned for 'Unspeakably Cruel' Blinding of Prisoner


THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Iran punishment of man for acid attack by gouging out his eye condemned as "unspeakably cruel" by Amnesty

Iran has been condemned for "unspeakable cruelty" after a man was forcibly blinded in his left eye this week on the grounds of legal retribution for an acid attack he had carried out in 2009.

International rights group Amnesty International today condemned the "grotesque" punishment overseen by Iranian authorities on Tuesday under the principle of "qisas" – an eye for an eye – at a prison in Karaj, west of Tehran.

The man had been convicted of throwing acid in another man's face in 2009, leading to a 10-year prison sentence, an order to pay blood money to the victim and the act of retribution.

Medics gouged out his left eye after he was rendered unconscious in Rajai-Shahr prison, the Guardian reported.

"Punishing someone by deliberately blinding them is an unspeakably cruel and shocking act," said Raha Bahreini, Amnesty's Iran researcher, in a statement.

"This punishment exposes the utter barbarity of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity." » | Andrew Marszal, and agencies | Friday, March 06, 2015

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Amnesty International: 'West Deeply Hypocritical Over Saudi'


BBC AMERICA: The funeral of King Abdullah is taking place in Saudi Arabia after his death overnight at the age of 90. His 79-year-old half-brother, Salman, has been confirmed as his successor.

The state of human rights and women's rights and the turbulent state of the region make the king's death and the succession particularly sensitive.

Salil Shetty, Amnesty International's secretary general, said "Saudi has got away with much more than any other state" in term of human rights abuses.

He said that the West was hypocritical to support such a state. (+BBC video) » | Friday, January 23, 2015

Monday, February 17, 2014

Kim Jong Un Warned He Could Face Prosecution for 'Crimes Against Humanity'

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The United Nations has warned Kim Jong Un that he could end up in an international criminal court for his regime's human rights abuses

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has been warned that he could face prosecution for crimes against humanity after a United Nations inquiry accused him of some of the worst human rights abuses since World War II.

In some of the harshest criticism ever unleashed by the international community against the Pyongyang regime, a UN panel branded it "a shock to the conscience of humanity".

Michael Kirby, a retired Australian judge who has spent nearly a year taking testimony from victims of the regime, said its behaviour was akin to some of the atrocities carried by the Nazi regime and of Pol Pot's in Cambodia.

In a bid to put pressure on Kim Jong Un, he has now written to the North Korean leader to warn him that he could face prosecution for the activities of his henchmen, whom the inquiry accused of killing, imprisoning and torturing with impunity. » | Colin Freeman | Monday, February 17, 2014


Sunday, July 29, 2012

Tortured Freedom: Libya’s New Rulers Resort to Old Tactics

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Diskriminierung: Und wer setzt sich für die Nudisten ein?

WELT ONLINE: Amnesty International beklagt, Muslime würden europaweit diskriminiert. Allerdings spricht der Augenschein gegen diese Beobachtung. Insofern sollte man sich auch um andere Benachteiligte kümmern.

Wenn man einem soeben bekannt gewordenen Bericht von Amnesty International glauben darf, steht es schlecht um die Religionsfreiheit in Europa, vor allem Muslime würden diskriminiert. Die Benachteiligungen, sagt Amnesty, reichen vom Bildungssystem bis hinein in das Arbeitsleben, wo muslimische Frauen wegen ihrer Kleidung abgewiesen würden.

Nun spricht der Augenschein eher gegen als für diese Beobachtung. Nicht nur in türkischen Supermärkten, auch in Behörden, Geschäften und anderen Dienstleistungsorten sieht man immer öfter Mitarbeiterinnen mit Kopftuch, über deren Präsenz sich niemand aufregt oder beschwert. » | Von Henryk M. Broder | Mittwoch, 25. April 2012

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Muslims in Europe Dogged by Bias, Amnesty Says

CNN: Muslims in Europe face discrimination in education, employment and religious freedom, an Amnesty International report said Tuesday.

"Muslim women are being denied jobs and girls prevented from attending regular classes just because they wear traditional forms of dress, such as the headscarf. Men can be dismissed for wearing beards associated with Islam," said Marco Perolini, Amnesty International's expert on discrimination. "Rather than countering these prejudices, political parties and public officials are all too often pandering to them in their quest for votes."

The report, titled "Choice and Prejudice: Discrimination Against Muslims in Europe," details the problem, with a focus on Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.

Amnesty International raised the issue, as it has done before, of restrictions "on the establishment of places of worship and prohibitions on full-face veils."

The report said employers have been permitted "to discriminate on the grounds that religious or cultural symbols will jar with clients or colleagues or that a clash exists with a company's corporate image or its 'neutrality.'

"Wearing religious and cultural symbols and dress is part of the right of freedom of expression. It is part of the right to freedom of religion or belief -- and these rights must be enjoyed by all faiths equally." Perolini said. » | CNN Wire Staff | Tuesday, April 24, 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Muslims discriminated against for demonstrating their faith » | Monday, April 23, 2012

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Amnesty dénonce les discriminations envers les musulmans

lePARISIEN.fr: En pleine campagne de l'entre deux tours, où Nicolas Sarkozy dispute à Marine Le Pen certains de ses thèmes favoris sur l'immigration et l'islam, le rapport annuel d'Amnesty International vient dénoncer les discriminations pratiquées par plusieurs gouvernements européens. Se concentrant dans ce bilan sur la France, la Belgique, les Pays-Bas, l'Espagne et la Suisse, Amnesty International appelle leurs gouvernements «à faire plus pour s'en prendre aux stéréotypes négatifs (...) contre les musulmans, qui attisent les discriminations, essentiellement dans l'éducation et le monde du travail».

«Plutôt que de riposter à ces préjugés, les partis politiques» les «encouragent bassement dans leur quête de voix électorales», estime Marco Perolini, pour Amnesty. «Des femmes musulmanes se voient refuser des emplois et des jeunes filles sont empêchées d'aller en classe simplement parce qu'elles portent des vêtements traditionnels comme le foulard", a-t-il relevé. "Des hommes peuvent être licenciés pour porter des barbes associées à l'islam.» » | LeParisien.fr | mardi 24 avril 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Arab Spring Leads to Wave of Middle East State Executions

THE GUARDIAN: Arab uprisings lead to rise in capital punishment in Middle East but Amnesty finds some comfort in world figures – even in China

Middle Eastern countries have stepped up their use of capital punishment, executing hundreds of people as rulers across the region seek to deter the wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab countries.

Despite a significant reduction in the number of countries that used the death penalty worldwide last year, there was a sharp rise in executions in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen, according to Amnesty International's annual capital punishment survey, released on Tuesday.

China remained at the top of the list of the countries with the worst record of executions last year. Authorities in China maintained their policy of refusing to release precise figures on the death penalty in the country, which they consider a state secret. » | Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Ed Pilkington in New York | Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Immer mehr Hinrichtungen in Iran

Amnesty berichtet von «regelrechter Verhaftungswelle»

NZZ ONLINE: In Iran soll es laut einem Bericht von Amnesty International vier mal mehr öffentliche Hinrichtungen geben als noch vor einem Jahr. Auch sollen regimekritische Personen systematisch verfolgt werden, heisst es in dem Papier weiter.

Amnesty International hat in einem Bericht auf die systematische Verfolgung von regimekritischen Personen in Iran hingewiesen. Proteste wie nach der Präsidentenwahl 2009 sollten offensichtlich mit allen Mitteln verhindert werden. «In den vergangenen Monaten mussten wir im Iran eine regelrechte Verhaftungswelle beobachten», sagte Iran-Experte Dieter Karg. » | hoh./(sda/afp) | Dienstag, 28. Februar 2012

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Amnesty International exhorte le Canada à arrêter George W. Bush

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: COUP D'ÉCLAT | L’accusant de "crimes", incluant la "torture", l'ONG Amnesty international appelle mercredi le Canada à arrêter l'ex-président américain Gerge W. Bush lors de sa visite du 20 octobre prochain.

Amnesty International a demandé mercredi aux autorités canadiennes d’arrêter et de poursuivre en justice l’ancien président américain George W. Bush, lors de sa visite au Canada prévue le 20 octobre, l’accusant de "crimes", notamment de "torture".

Cette demande est contenue dans un memorandum remis par l’organisation humanitaire internationale aux autorités canadiennes le 21 septembre, a indiqué Amnesty dans un communiqué.

"Le Canada est tenu par ses obligations internationales d’arrêter et de poursuivre en justice l’ancien président Bush, compte tenu de sa responsabilité dans des crimes contre le droit international, dont la torture", a déclaré Susan Lee, directeur d’Amnesty pour les Amériques. » | AFP | Mercredi 12 Octobre 2011

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Amnesty wirft Gaddafi-Gegnern Folter und Mord vor

DIE PRESSE: Die Organisation fordert den libyschen Übergangsrat auf, Menschenrechts-verletzungen der Kämpfer zu stoppen.

Amnesty International hat die neue libysche Führung aufgerufen, Menschenrechtsverletzungen ihrer Anhänger im Kampf gegen den langjährigen Diktator Muammar al-Gaddafi zu stoppen. In einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Bericht zur Lage in Libyen erhebt die Menschenrechtsorganisation schwere Vorwürfe: Kämpfer und Anhänger des Nationalen Übergangsrats hätten frühere Gaddafi-Kämpfer, vermeintliche Verbündete sowie Ausländer, die sie fälschlicherweise für Söldner hielten, "entführt, willkürlich gefangen gehalten, gefoltert und getötet". » | Ag. | Dienstag 13. September 2011

Friday, May 27, 2011

Amnesty Slams Syria's 'Shoot to Kill Policy'

Amnesty International has said the Syrian government should be put to trial over its alleged "shoot to kill policy" towards anti-government demonstrators.

The human rights group has pointed to citizen-captured video that apparently show security forces killing and beating civilians.

More than 1,000 civilians have been killed across Syria since protests first erupted in mid-March, according to numerous human rights groups

Syria has banned international journalists from the country, making it almost impossible to independently verify the veracity of the videos.

Monica Villamizar reports.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Bahrain Fends Off Charge of Pressing Crackdown

AHRAM ONLINE: Bahraini authorities justify crackdown on Salmaniya hospital by claims it was used as a regrouping center for protesters, slammed rights groups for interfering

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Bahrain of pressing on with a crackdown against Shiite activists and doctors, as Manama tried to fend off charges of foreign meddling in its affairs.

"A crackdown on Shiite opposition activists and doctors continues in Bahrain, with six more people detained in the past few days," said the London-based rights watchdog.

"Amnesty International believes that they have been detained solely for their criticism of and involvement in the protests and that therefore they are prisoners of conscience," Amnesty said in a statement.

But the Sunni-ruled kingdom responded by slamming what it said was foreign interference and charged that outside forces had hijacked the pro-reform demands of demonstrators.

"Bahrain condemns external interference in its domestic matters," said a government spokeswoman, Maysoon Sakba. » | AFP | Thursday, March 24, 2011

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Amnesty International fordert Anklage von George W. Bush: Einsatz von Waterboarding gegen einen Terrorverdächtigen erlaubt

NZZ ONLINE: Amnesty International hat die Anklage des früheren US-Präsidenten George W. Bush wegen seiner Anordnung zum Einsatz von Waterboarding gegen einen Terrorverdächtigen verlangt.

Die Regierung von Präsident Obama sei verpflichtet, strafrechtliche Schritte gegen Bush zu unternehmen, nachdem dieser sich in seinem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Memoiren zu dem Einsatz der umstrittenen Verhörmethode bekannte, sagte der Vertreter von Amnesty International, Rob Freer, am Dienstag. >>> sda/afp | Mittwoch, 10. November 2010

Matthew Norman: How did this wastrel ever find his way to the White House? : It takes a certain minimal intelligence for the truly dim to have a notion of their own dimness, but this is denied George Bush. He has the self-awareness of a bison >>> | Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Group Urges Authorities to Flog Crime Suspect Instead of Imposing Spinal Cord Punishment

LOS ANGELES TIMES – Babylon & Beyond: You know a country's human rights situation is bad when even Amnesty International is urging that a guy be methodically whipped or caned on his back as a compromise to avoid an even harsher sentence.

Human rights monitors have grown alarmed over the case of a Saudi man who might have his spinal cord severed as punishment for badly injuring another guy during a fight a few years ago.

Amnesty International has urged Saudi Arabian authorities not to deliberately paralyze the man as a form of retribution for injuries he allegedly caused with a cleaver during a fight.

"We urge the Saudi Arabian authorities not to carry out such a punishment, which amounts to nothing less than torture," Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, acting director of Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa Program, said in a statement. "While those guilty of a crime should be held accountable, intentionally paralyzing a man in this way would constitute torture, and be a breach of its international human rights obligations." >>> Los Angeles Times | Saturday, August 21, 2010