#arbitrary arrests

(that's because they receive Israeli paramilitary training)

Desperate Search for Loved Ones at Sednaya Prison Crowds gathered at Sednaya Prison, located on the outskirts of Damascus, the capital of Syria, on Monday. Families were desperate to uncover the fate of their friends and relatives, who had been detained in a facility notorious for its associations with terror and brutality under President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. As news spread over the weekend…

Cameroon Government Denies Alleged Human Rights Violations By Military. #AfricanNewsNetwork

Cameroonian government has denied a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the country`s military of gross human rights violations in the fight against separatists in Cameroon’s English-speaking north west and south west regions.

The HRW report says the Cameroon security forces “have committed extrajudicial executions, burned property, carried out arbitrary arrests, and tortured detainees.

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GENEVA | UN rights chief urges halt to Rohingya repatriation plan

GENEVA  — The U.N. human rights chief says Bangladesh’s government should halt plans to repatriate more than 2,200 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, saying such a move would endanger their lives.

Michelle Bachelet’s comments are among the strongest yet from a top U.N. official about the planned repatriation this week of some Rohingya to Myanmar. More than 700,000 fled Myanmar amid a security crackdown…

MEXICO CITY | Mexican students massacred by army in 1968, by gangs today

MEXICO CITY— When soldiers massacred as many as 300 people at a student protest in Mexico City’s Tlatelolco plaza on Oct. 2, 1968, the killers wore uniforms. Today, students in Mexico say they are still under attack, but now from thugs, drug cartels, paramilitaries or rapists.

Today’s student activists — and even the graying veterans of the 1968 democracy movement — acknowledgethey now have free…

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RABAT, Morocco | Moroccan feminist activist arrested amid abortion campaign

RABAT, Morocco — A prominent Moroccan feminist activist has been arrested for alleged public drinking and disturbance of order, in what her association called an attempt to quash its campaigning for abortion access and LGBT rights.

An online campaign was launched soon after Ibtissam Lachgar’s arrest Friday in Rabat, demanding her release.

Lachgar’s group Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, or MALI, said in a statement that “we strongly condemn these arbitrary arrests and intimidation of members of the movement.”

Hours earlier, MALI criticized the Health Ministry in a press release for banning sales of a drug used to induce abortion. The group also created an online platform to provide women with abortion pills.

Women who intentionally attempt or undergo abortion in Morocco face up to two years in prison and a $50 fine.

Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua

Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua as government cracks down on unrest https://ift.tt/2nsaPgx