AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: MDE 29/002/2011 Date: 15 April 2011 Morocco royal pardon an encouraging step Amnesty International has welcomed yesterday’s pardon of prisoner of conscience Chekib El-Khiari, jailed in June 2009 for speaking out against corruption. The organization has further welcomed yesterday’s bailing of three Sahrawi human rights activists, who had been [...]
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Moroccan prisoner of conscience Chekib El-Khiari released from prison
Posted in AI press release, Group 48, Morocco, tagged Chekib El-Khiari on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Group 48 adopts Moroccan prisoner of conscience
Posted in Morocco, tagged Chekib El-Khiari, online action on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For many years, Group 48 focuses its work in several regions of the world: Central America, Central Africa, China, Indonesia, and Sudan (Darfur). A few months ago, one of our group founders, Jane Kristof pointed out that we haven’t worked on a prisoner of conscience (POC) for a long time. Taking her words to heart, [...]
Women on the frontline for human rights
Posted in Africa, AI press release, Morocco, Tajikistan, Women's Rights, Zimbabwe on December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Amnesty International 10 December 2009 Women on the frontline for human rights Women often bear the brunt of poverty and human rights abuses; but as activists they use these roles to trigger positive social change. To mark World Human Rights Day, Amnesty International spoke to three women who put their lives on the line in [...]
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