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Article: The Hague is Bahrami’s last hope
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Article: 'Donkeys' to demonstrate at Azeri embassies
In the coming weeks 20 'donkeys' will be demonstrating outside Azeri embassies in Europe in protest against the country's dictatorship. Political refugees are campaigning to highlight President Ilham Aliyev's abuse of power and demand the...
Article: Jailed Eritrean journalist receives press freedom prize
Dawit Isaak has won the Golden Pen of Press Freedom Award 2011. Mr Isaak, a journalist held in prison in Eritrea, has received the prize from the World Association of Newspapers because he is “a source of inspiration for media...
Article: Philippine disappearances remain a mystery
Concepcion Empeno and Raymond Manalo are on a brief visit to the Netherlands. The two human rights activists are travelling across Europe at the invitation of Amnesty International. They are here to talk about human rights violations in...
Article: Prize for imprisoned Syrian lawyer
The Amsterdam Bar Council has awarded Syrian lawyer Muhannad al-Hassani a prize for his human rights work. Mr al-Hassani is in Syria's Adra prison serving a sentence for defending human rights and political prisoners.
Article: Europe’s Sakharov Prize goes to a Cuban dissident again
The European parliament has awarded the 2010 Sakharov Prize to Cuban journalist and dissident Guillermo Fariñas. “I look upon every mark of recognition given to me as recognition of the peaceful opposition and of all the...
Article: Chinese reaction to Nobel Prize Laureate: 'Liu who?'
According to China expert Frank Pieke from the University of Leiden, awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo will bring little improvement in the position of other dissidents.
Article: Referendum threatens power of Turkey's generals
Turkey’s powerful generals have reason to be concerned. According to opinion polls, Turks will vote for constitutional reforms which will curb the power of the army. An army which has staged three coup d’états in 150...
Article: Arrested for a song: Lapiro de Mbanga
Free Lapiro de Mbanga: that's the aim. Two international organisations championing freedom of speech are manning the barricades for a singer from Cameroon. International PEN works on behalf of writers and Freemuse for musicians. "You'...
Article: Uighur political prisoners have a hard time
A Chinese court sentenced Uighur journalist Gheyret Niyaz to 15 years in prison last week, because he spoke to foreign journalists during the last year’s unrest. The harsh sentence is indicative of the poor human rights situation and...
Article: A lawyer is a formality in Syria
When Ali al-Abdallah completed his jail sentence recently, what was waiting for him outside the gates of the prison in Damascus was not freedom but agents of the political security service. The Syrian journalist was immediately taken...
