Kategorie: Humans

Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire must put an end to the persistent attacks against civil society activists and opposition members, Amnesty International said ahead of the country’s Independence Day on 7 August.

Following the release of Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Mkhaïtir, who was sentenced to death and held in arbitrary detention for more than five years after publishing a blog on caste discrimination, Amnesty International’s Campaigner Kiné Fatim Diop said:

As the world’s largest human rights organization, we want to send a clear message that continued investment in coal, oil and natural gas companies is at odds with human rights, because of the direct link between their activities and climate disaster.

The unnecessary and excessive use of force by Russian police and unfounded charges against protesters for “participation in mass disorder” is symptomatic of Kremlin’s deep contempt for human rights and its determination to crush peaceful protest, said Amnesty International today after more than 590 were arrested during police crackdown on an opposition rally.