Libya: Blasphemy Charges Over Election Posters
(Tripoli) – Libyan judicial authorities should immediately drop all criminal charges that violate freedom of speech over election poster cartoons [...]
Governments Should Sign, Ratify Mercury Treaty
(New York)- Governments around the world should sign and ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury, and take immediate steps to [...]
US: Protect National Security Whistleblowers
(Washington, DC) – The United States should protect people who use classified or other sensitive government information to expose what [...]
Colombia: Military Justice Law a Blow to Human Rights
Colombia’s passage of a law to reform the military justice system is a major setback for human rights, Human Rights [...]
Kuwait: Immediately Halt Executions
Update: On June 18, 2013 Kuwaiti authorities hung two Egyptian men, one had been convicted of abduction and rape, and [...]
Ecuador: End Assault on Free Speech
(Washington, DC) – The Communications Law that the Ecuadorian National Assembly approved on June 14, 2013, seriously undermines free speech. [...]