INTERNATIONAL human rights group Amnesty International Philippines is urging the public to pressure the Senate to drop the possible re-imposition of the death penalty. Ritz Lee II, AIPH chairperson said in Cagayan de Oro, they have so far gathered signatures and some 500 letters from residents addressed to Kagay-anon Senate President Koko Pimentel to oppose death penalty.
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Report: Syrian government used chemical weapons in Aleppo
Syrian government forces carried out at least eight chemical attacks during the final weeks of the battle for Aleppo , killing nine people including four children, Human Rights Watch said Monday, according to AFP . The group said it interviewed witnesses, collected photos and reviewed video footage indicating that chlorine bombs were dropped from government helicopters during the offensive from November 17 to December 13. Around 200 people were injured by the toxic gases used on opposition-controlled areas of the northern city, it said.
Syrian government forces used chemical weapons in Aleppo: rights group
Handout photo provided to Reuters on February 13, 2017, by Human Rights Watch claiming to show remnant of a yellow gas cylinder found in Masaken Hanano, Aleppo, after a chlorine attack on November 18, 2016. Courtesy of Human Rights Watch/Handout via A still image from an undated video provided to Reuters on February 13, 2017, by Human Rights Watch claiming to show people treated in Aleppo, Syria, following a gas attack.
Amnesty International: Up to 13,000 hanged in Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’
Omar Alshogre, a 21-year-old Syrian former detainee now living in Stockholm, Sweden as seen in the left picture in January 2017. The right picture is from July 2015 in Antakya, Turkey, a month after he got out of Syria’s Saydnaya prison, near Damascus.
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Bill Gates and Federal Minister Gerd Muller to speak at TUM
Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gerd MuISller, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, will be featured in the “TUM Speakers Series”. The founder of Microsoft and the politician will meet on February 17, at 4:45 pm, in the Technical University of Munich Audimax to speak with student Nicki Weber about development policy.
Iran: Halt imminent executions of 12 alleged drug offenders
Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of drug offences, scheduled for 14 January in Karaj Central Prison, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The human rights organizations expressed concern that, despite repeated government promises, Iran has not made any tangible progress in reducing its alarming execution rate.
Iran: Halt Imminent Executions
Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of drug offenses, scheduled for January 14, 2017, in Karaj Central Prison, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The human rights organizations expressed concern that, despite repeated government promises, Iran has not made any tangible progress in reducing its alarming execution rate.
Iran: Halt Imminent Executions
Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of drug offenses, scheduled for January 14, 2017, in Karaj Central Prison, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The human rights organizations expressed concern that, despite repeated government promises, Iran has not made any tangible progress in reducing its alarming execution rate.
Singapore teen critic held in US while appealing for asylum
In this Tuesday, May, 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to reporters while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail in Singapore. Yee whose video posts and blogs mocking his government and its late founder landed him in jail twice has been detained in the U.S. where he is seeking asylum.
Military deploys across Congo’s capital as Kabila stays on
Military and police deployed across Congo’s capital on Monday amid fears of unrest on the last official day of President Joseph Kabila’s mandate. He intends to stay on after the midnight deadline, said a presidential adviser, who also advised there is “no possibility” of elections in 2017.
Military deploys across Congo’s capital as Kabila stays on
Military and police deployed across Congo’s capital on Monday amid fears of unrest on the last official day of President Joseph Kabila’s mandate. He intends to stay on after the midnight deadline, said a presidential adviser, who also advised there is “no possibility” of elections in 2017.
Amnesty: Myanmar may be guilty of crimes against humanity
Amnesty International said Myanmar may be guilty of crimes against humanity in a report published Monday documenting a brutal “scorched earth” campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority. “The Myanmar military has targeted Rohingya civilians in a callous and systematic campaign of violence,” Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International’s director for South-east Asia and the Pacific, said in a statement.
Amnesty warns Myanmar over treatment of Rohingya
Amnesty International has warned Myanmar that the actions of its military may constitute crimes against humanity, based on accounts of violence against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar has come under heavy criticism for its army’s forceful treatment of the Rohingya.