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In the continuing aftermath of last year’s coup in Egypt, President al-Sisi has decreed that all “public and vital facilities” are under the jurisdiction of military criminal courts.  The extra-parliamentary decree allows for state prosecutors to refer any crime meeting that… Continue Reading →

Amnesty International has called on Qatar’s government to stop “dragging its feet” regarding a number of urgently needed reforms of its labour laws.   Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup and the subsequent construction boom has resulted in a substantial… Continue Reading →

People With Disability Australia has called upon the Australian government to investigate instances of involuntary sterilization of persons with disabilities and the coerced use of “sex normalizing” surgery on children born with intersex variations.  There is no federal law in Australia… Continue Reading →

Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed in Tehran on Saturday morning.  In 2009, she was sentenced to death for the 2007 murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a doctor and a former Intelligence Ministry employee.  Jabbari claimed that she acted in self-defence when… Continue Reading →

Amnesty International reports that the government of Pakistan has imposed a ban on a TV channel critical of the government.   The privately owned network, ARY TV, has been suspended for 15 days.  This decision by the Pakistan regulatory officials comes… Continue Reading →

Human Rights Watch is calling upon the Egyptian government to release over 100 university students whose arrests coincided with the start of a new school year.  “This mass arrest of students is a pre-emptive strike on free speech and free… Continue Reading →