Four prisoners were executed in Qom (south of Tehran)
Four prisoners have been executed in the prison of Qom in the past few days, reported the Mehr news agency. The report which was quoting Mostafa Barzegar, the prosecutor of Qom, said: ” Four persons convicted of drug trafficking were executed in the prison of Qom during the pas days”. The report didn’t identify the [...]
Shabak tortures and ill-treats Palestinian detainees with impunity (VIDEO)
The Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) has released a paper on its efforts to hold the Israel Security Agency (ISA) – or Shabak – to account for its practices of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees. In Accountability Still Denied, PCATI reveals how Israel has evaded criminal investigations into all 701 complaints of [...]
Job Opportunities abroad has threats of women trafficking and slavery
HUMAN SLAVERY and TRAFFICKING has been an issue around the globe. Even worst for the developing and underdeveloped countries where they have been trying to find a viable solution. No matter how hard they try their weak economic crisis makes them vulnerable to such externalities. It has been a huge question of identity for the [...]
INDIA: Assam government failed to ensure the right to life
February 7, 2012 Mr. Justice S. Barman Roy Chairperson Assam Human Rights Commission STATFED H.O. Building, GMC Road Bhangagarh, Guwahati Pin – 781005, Assam INDIA Fax: +91 361 2529450, 2527076 Email: hrca@sancharnet.in Re: INDIA: Assam government failed to ensure the right to life with dignity of tea plantation workers leading to ten deaths Dear Chairperson, [...]
Human Rights Violations: I am afraid, I don’t understand what is happening: Norma Andrade
La Jornada: “I am very afraid. I do not understand what’s happening,” says activist Esther Norma Andrade after the attack she suffered last Friday at the door of her house in the Culhuacan neighborhood in the Borough of Coyoacán, which left her injured. In an interview with La Jornada, the founder of the organization Our Daughters Return [...]
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