La CIJ et la FIDH condamnent l’instrumentalisation de la justice dans le procès de Me Abbou
La CIJ et la FIDH expriment leurs plus vives préoccupations suite à la condamnation par la justice tunisienne de l’avocat tunisien Maître Mohammed Abbou, le 28 avril 2005 à une lourde peine d’emprisonnement.
Unfair trial against Syrian human rights defender
The ICJ and other rights groups express their serious concern about the situation of human rights and human rights defenders in Syria.
Algeria: amnesty law risks legalizing impunity for crimes against humanity
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s proposal of a general amnesty for human rights abuses committed in the country’s brutal internal conflict may permanently deprive victims or their families of their right to truth, justice and reparation, rights groups warned today.
Algeria-amnesty law-press release-2005-eng (full text, PDF)
Men ‘behaving like women’ face flogging – sentences imposed for alleged homosexual conduct violate basic rights
In sentencing over 100 men to imprisonment and flogging after unfair trials for reputed homosexual conduct, Saudi Arabia has shown its contempt for the basic rights to privacy, fair trials and freedom from torture.
Swedish police tolerated ill-treatment of two Egyptians by US agents
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