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Human Rights Commissioner on the health of Iranian human rights defenders

On Arash Sadeghi, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, Mohammad Reza Nekounam and Morteza Moradpour 28.12.2016 Source: © 1995-2016 Federal Foreign Office (Germany) Following current reports about the critical condition of several incarcerated Iranian human rights defenders on hunger strike, Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, issued …

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Jeremy Corbyn pledges to ratify international Istanbul Convention on preventing domestic violence

Jon Stone, Joe Watts Political Correspondent The Labour leader says women will be considered at the heart of every policy Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is pledging to fully sign the UK up to an international convention a guaranteeing standards of care and support for domestic abuse victims. In a speech he will say a future …

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Women in Black, Belgrade: State blessing for violence against human rights defenders

Pocuca Case Verdict On December 14th 2016 Court in Belgrade acquits Radomir Pocuca for threats and endangering safety of Women in Black activists. Radomir Pocuca in March 2014th urged hooligans to attack activists of Women in Black during their street action. At that time Pocuca was a high official of Anti-Terrorist Unit of Serbian Police. …

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