Hundreds From Darfur Held Incommunicado Since May Rebel Attack
The Sudanese government should immediately account for the hundreds of men, women, and children arrested in Khartoum since a rebel attack on the capital in May 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The government should also bring to justice those responsible for [...]

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Nine women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested in Tehran on Thursday. The women -Aida Saadat, Nahid Mirhaj, Nafiseh Azad, Nasrin Sotoodeh, Jelve Javaheri, Jila Baniyagoub, Sarah Loghmani Farideh Ghaeb and Aliyeh Matlabzadeh – were arrested and taken to a detention [...]

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Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Irene Khan, is leading a
mission to Spain to meet with government officials, human rights
organizations, survivors of human rights violations and professional
organizations. The visit will conclude with the launch of a human rights
agenda to the Spanish Government for the 2008-2011 legislature period.
During a visit to Tenerife, Irene Khan made the following statement [...]

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Murat Kurnaz was arrested in Pakistan in November 2001, and then held in US custody in Afghanistan and Guantánamo.
He was detained without charge or trial for nearly five years.
Released in August 2006, he is now back home in Bremen, Germany.
Link to amnesty.org

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Information Blackout Belies Return to Normality
The Chinese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) risk tarnishing the Olympic movement by holding the torch relay in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Human Rights Watch said today. Lhasa, where the torch is due to arrive on June 21, has remained off-limits to foreign media and independent observers [...]

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Immediate Moratorium Should Precede Abolition
The newly elected government in Pakistan should abolish the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani.
Link to hrw.org

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Tells Khartoum to Cooperate With International Criminal Court
(New York, June 16, 2008) – The UN Security Council’s presidential statement criticizing Sudan’s failure to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) signals international impatience with impunity for Darfur war crimes suspects, Human Rights Watch said today. The presidential statement, issued this morning, is the first time [...]

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A federal prisoner and health activist is the recipient of the 2008 Canadian Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch announced today. The award, which recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that protect the rights and dignity of people living with or affected by HIV and [...]

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EU Ministers Should Follow Through With Action at July Meeting
Brussels, June 16, 2008) – The European Union should follow through with its pledge to impose sanctions on Sudanese officials who continue to defy the International Criminal Court (ICC), Human Rights Watch said today.
“Today, the EU ministers renewed their pledge to the victims of Darfur to [...]

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The Egyptian authorities are preparing to forcibly return up to 1,200 asylum-seekers to Eritrea. This follows the deportation of 200 people on Thursday evening and 200 others on Wednesday 11 June. Amnesty International has said that the organization fears 180 more might be deported today, late in the evening.
Asylum-seekers returned to Eritrea are at risk [...]

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