Schlagwort: human rights

Countdown to justice in Turkey
On 3 April 2020 – more than two years after they were first detained – 11 human rights activists will hear a court’s verdict on charges which could result in jail terms of up to 15 years. We explain why they should be acquitted.

Time and again, Nicolás Maduro’s government has sought to evade international scrutiny and hide the grave human rights violations and crimes under international law being committed by the authorities under his command in Venezuela. By denying entry to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Maduro government has once again demonstrated its disdain for justice and the human rights of the Venezuelan people

Peru is betraying its tradition of solidarity with Venezuelans seeking protection and is now deliberately rejecting people at the border, Amnesty International revealed today in a new report, In search of safety: Peru turns its back on people fleeing Venezuela.

Lawsuits, protests and other actions are planned in several European ports to oppose this week’s return of the Bahri Yanbu, a Saudi Arabian state-owned cargo ship that has previously ferried tens of millions of dollars’ worth of arms to fuel the war in Yemen.