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Former Argentine dictator Videla dead at 87Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship and was unrepentant about… 17/05/2013
No French slavery payouts “What has been, has been”, the words of French President François Hollande as he ruled out payment of reparations for the role of the state-owned CDC bank in… 11/05/2013
Women harrassed as they pray at Western Wall in Jerusalem The Western Wall in Jerusalem has a new historical footnote, as Jewish feminists prayed legally for the first time at one of Judaism’s holiest sites. Under… 10/05/2013
Syria on chemical hair trigger “Has Syria overstepped the red line? Have chemical weapons been used against rebels? And does this require an armed intervention by the US?” asks Damien in… 10/05/2013
Greeks against racist beatings Every year, thousands of asylum seekers arrive in Greece in a bid to build new lives but the reality that greets them is often as stark as the one they have… 06/05/2013
Europe Weekly: May Day protests ring alarm bells over austerity The European Commission unveils another gloomy economic outlook for 2013; May Day protests voiced workers’ anger against austerity; and the European Court of… 03/05/2013
Supporters call for pardon after ruling on jailing Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Politically-motivated and a violation of her rights. That is the verdict from the European Court of Human Rights on the jailing of former prime minister of… 30/04/2013
Amnesty International condemns Russian human rights record Two leading human rights groups have produced scathing reports on the situation in Russia. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both describe a… 25/04/2013
Street clashes follow gay marriage vote in Paris Protesters opposing the passage of France’s same-sex marriage bill clashed with police in Paris and other major cities late on Tuesday night. Many of… 24/04/2013
China: Wife of jailed Nobel laureate says brothers trial is harassment The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has appeared in public to attend the trial of her brother accused of fraud. Liu Xia has been… 23/04/2013
France set to legalise gay marriage in parliament vote The final vote on a bill supporting marriage for all couples regardless of gender or sexual orientation is due in the French parliament later today. It will… 23/04/2013
Rights group blames Myanmar authorities for Muslim killings Authorities in Myanmar aided the killing of Rohingya Muslims last year, according to Human Rights Watch. In a new report into the unrest, the organisation… 22/04/2013
New Zealand 13th country to adopt gay marriage, France may be 14th New Zealand has said ‘Yes’ to legalising gay marriage, making it the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. The parliament voted 77-44 in favour… 17/04/2013
USA : Supreme Court rules for Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria rights caseThe US Supreme Court has decided that the country’s federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear lawsuits against foreign corporations accused of aiding in… 17/04/2013
Russian protester faces trial after defying Putin The trial of a prominent Russian protest leader is set to begin in the city of Kirov. Alexei Navalny could face up to ten years in jail if he is… 17/04/2013
US names 18 on Magnitsky list accused of human rights abuse in Russia The United States has published a list of 18 people it has banned from the country, 16 of whom are linked to the case of Russian whistleblower Sergei… 13/04/2013
French Senate approves same-sex marriage bill The French Senate has said ‘I do’ to gay marriage, but the battle rumbles on. The bill was voted through with only minor amendments. By law it must now… 12/04/2013
Europe’s response to Human Trafficking In this edition of U-talk our question comes from Martha in Paris: “What is the European Union doing in the fight against human trafficking?” Michele… 12/04/2013
More killing: Amnesty tracks executions A study by Amnesty International has found that 682 people were executed last year. The rights group said that was two more than the number of death… 10/04/2013
Moscow rally in support of jailed political prisoners Hundreds of people gathered in a Moscow park demanding the release of people arrested at political protests. The prisoners include 25 activists charged… 06/04/2013
Man to be paralysed in Saudi ‘eye-for-an-eye’ punishmentSaudi Arabia has sentenced a man to paralysis for a crime he committed when he was 14. Ali al-Khawahir, now 24, has already served 10 years in prison after… 05/04/2013
March is deadliest month yet in Syrian conflict March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria’s conflict, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. They estimate that over 6000 were… 02/04/2013
Reflecting on 12 years of gay marriage in the NetherlandsWhile many countries hotly debate the issue of same-sex marriage, it has been 12 years since its legalisation in the Netherlands. Twelve countries* have… 01/04/2013
Russian search for ‘foreign agents’ widens as NGOs raided The wave of police raids against NGOs, foreign cultural organisations and human rights groups continues in Russia, with the latest targets the Helsinki group… 28/03/2013
Angelina Jolie against sexual violence in Congo – nocomment Angelina Jolie has been meeting with women and girls in eastern Congo, as a special envoy for the UN refugee agency, to raise awareness of the issue of sexual… 27/03/2013
Moscow Amnesty International headquarters raided Officials from the prosecutors office and tax police have raided the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International. It is one of a number of raids carried… 25/03/2013
Ukraine: so near and yet so far Olga will not be able to go and see her husband who lives in France. Both of them are Ukrainian. She used to go and visit him regularly, but since they got… 25/03/2013
Massive anti-gay marriage protest turns ugly in Paris Riot police in Paris clashed violently with anti-gay marriage protesters on Sunday, March 24. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over France gathered… 25/03/2013
Funding dissent In this edition of The Network, we look at the question of cutting funding to the EU’s far-right groups accused of failing to observe fundamental … 22/03/2013
UN warns of widespread human rights abuses in occupied Palestinian territory The United Nations has warned that human rights violations are widespread in occupied Palestinian territory. Speaking at a meeting of the UN Human Rights… 18/03/2013
Tehran’s top human rights official says some Iranian laws need reforming Iran has continued to make headlines in recent weeks partly because of yet another round of futile international negotiations over its nuclear programme, and… 15/03/2013
Anti-Sarkozy insult was ‘satirical’ – European Court finds France guilty of human rights violationA man who was fined for displaying an ‘abusive’ sign to former president Nicolas Sarkozy was today cleared of his conviction as the European Court of Human… 14/03/2013
Animated doc on North Korea wins human rights award The main prize for best creative documentary at the Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights in Geneva went to a German production, which mixed documentary… 11/03/2013
World celebrates International Women’s Day International Women’s Day was celebrated around the world on Friday with each country sharing its own message. In India where several high profile cases… 08/03/2013
Tunisian women fight to keep Jasmin Revolution alive It has been some 60 years since Tunisia granted women some of the most far-reaching rights in the Arab world, becoming a pioneer in the region. Where is the… 08/03/2013
Cuban blogger visits Brazil Cuba’s best-known blogger Yoani Sanchez says her country can only move forward if it embraces modern democracy. The 37-year-old is in Brazil as part of an… 19/02/2013
Migrant workers abused at Sochi Winter Olympic sites As the Russian resort town of Sochi prepares to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, Human Rights Watch has released a damming report on the routine abuse of tens… 06/02/2013
Human Rights in the spotlight with your questions Jan Egeland of Human Rights Watch and director of its European operation has been answering your questions on I talk. Alex Taylor: “Who defines your… 31/01/2013
Human chain for peace in India – nocomment With the aim of promoting peace and social harmony, more than 40,000 people formed a human chain in Mumbai, covering 45 kilometres. 20/01/2013
Putin slams EU criticism of Russia’s rights record Russian President Vladmir Putin on Friday hit out at EU criticism of Moscow’s human rights record, suggesting there are worse violations inside the 27-member… 21/12/2012
Ebadi speaks for Sotoudeh: support Iran’s dissidents in every way possible On behalf of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian lawyer currently in prison, Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has accepted this year’s Sakharov Prize for freedom… 13/12/2012
Detained Iranians receive Sakharov Prize Iranian dissidents Nasrin Sotoudeh and Filmmaker Jafar Panahi have been presented with the Sakharov Prize in absentia at the European Parliament in… 12/12/2012
Kapoor goes Gangnam for Ai Weiwei The reknowned sculptor Anish Kapoor has made a “Gangnam Style” video in support of the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. The moves in “Gangnam for… 23/11/2012
Europe’s dream of peace and prosperity Europe was destroyed by World War Two. To rebuild and sow new stability – in the hope that peace would prevail – former enemies would work together. The… 12/10/2012
Russian band Pussy Riot shortlisted for Sakharov Russian punk band Pussy Riot are among the three finalists shortlisted for this year’s Sakharov prize for freedom of thought. Three members of the group… 09/10/2012
Putin shouldn’t celebrate – critics Friends of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya – murdered six years ago – continue to demand that the authorities uncover the truth in the unsolved case… 08/10/2012
Fighting the war’s inheritance in Cambodia This month, Women and War is in Cambodia to meet Meth, Davy, and Somaly. In a country where the proverb is: women are like cotton, they still fight with an… 01/10/2012
Report reveals scale of UK human trafficking problem More than 10 percent of child victims rescued after being trafficked into the UK for forced prostitution or other forms of criminal exploitation later go… 11/09/2012
EU’s new human-rights envoy Lambrinidis starts The EU’s new human rights chief has told MEP’s in Brussels his hopes and plans as the bloc’s special representative. Speaking before the European Parliament… 03/09/2012
Prominent Bahraini Opposition Activist Sentenced to Three Years in PrisonProminent Bahraini opposition activist, Nabeel Rajab, has been sentenced to three years in prison for leading anti-government protests. Rajab is the… 16/08/2012
Suu Kyi’s last day of European tour – nocomment On the last day of her European tour, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits the Louvre museum in Paris. 30/06/2012
Refugees taking a risk on Europe Escaping unimaginable horror leaving families and loved ones behind in a desperate search for safety…There are an estimated 15 million refugees in the world… 27/06/2012
Female army officer wants peace In Souleimaniya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, Nahida is the CO of the Women’s Unit in the Peshmerga Army in her region. Nahida’s dream started when she was only… 20/06/2012
I talk discusses free trade agreements Which countries should Europe be trading with? Free trade agreements create jobs and offer new markets, but is it always positive? Your questions are answered… 14/06/2012
EU Parliament calls on Peru and Columbia to improve human rights recordMEPs have demanded Peru and Columbia do more to protect human and labour rights before the EU seals a free trade deal with the two countries later this year… 13/06/2012
Widows struggle for survival In Najaf, the Holy city of Shi’ite muslims, war has killed thousands of people and left many widowed. At the front of Najaf’s cemetery there is a special… 13/06/2012
What’s all the fuss over people who get arrested?The reaction of some people when they hear that the European Commission is pushing for new EU-wide rules on suspects’ rights goes something like this: but … 11/06/2012
Spotlight on suspects’ rights The rights of people arrested on suspicion of committing a crime are under the spotlight in Europe. Action is being taken to make sure that the rules are the… 11/06/2012
Iraqi women fight for their rights “We are in Iraq this month to meet women in Baghdad, Najaf, and Iraqi Kurdistan, who are fighting their own kind of war. A human rights activist, two war… 01/06/2012
Tymoshenko case: should the EU boycott Euro2012? In this edition of Utalk, Lesya from Paris asks: “Do you think the possibility of EU countries boycotting Euro 2012 in Ukraine will help Yulia Tymoshenko’s… 25/05/2012
Amnesty cites UN hypocrisy, EU scapegoating euronews London correspondent Ali Sheikholeslami spoke to Amnesty International’s secretary-general Salil Shetty about groundshifts taking place in Muslim… 24/05/2012
Central American migrants’ demo – nocomment About 200 migrants and human rights activists marched in Mexico State to protest against the killing and disappearance of immigrant workers. 19/05/2012
Pressure mounts on ECHR to reform The European Court of Human rights is breaking under its heavy workload and needs urgent reform critics say. A recent UK initiative, which was endorsed by the… 25/04/2012
Bahrain opposition predicts further Grand Prix protests Pro-democracy protesters have promised three days of rage across Bahrain as the world of Formula One descends on the Gulf state this weekend. Last year’s… 21/04/2012
President Emomali Rahmon: There is no short-cut to democracy Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic, is one of the poorest countries in Central Asia. On Norouz, the first day of the Persian New Year, Emomali Rahmon the… 30/03/2012
Syrian opposition activist blasts own leaders Fadwa Suleiman has been portrayed by the international media as a hero of the Syrian uprising. The Aleppo-born activist is of the same Alawite minority sect… 27/03/2012
Sri Lanka: Religous leaders march ahead of UN vote – nocomment Religious leaders led by thousands of Buddhist priests marched in procession as Sri Lanka faces a major set-back in its effort to defeat a resolution at the… 20/03/2012
Human rights in Europe is getting worse says Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg Chris Burns: “The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, wraps up his six year term at the end of this month and he’s going out… 14/03/2012
Larijani on Iran’s new democracy A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has told euronews that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency has effectively come to an end with more than a year to go… 13/03/2012
Afghanistan’s Women and War – Sima’s tale From the Soviet invasion in 1979, to the conflict between NATO forces and the Taliban, Afghanistan has lived in a state of war for over 30 years. In 2011… 05/03/2012
Afghanistan’s Women and War – Frozan’s tale It is just another day at the Pajhwok press agency in Kabul, where reporting scenes of demonstrations and suicide bombs are common place. It is also the place… 05/03/2012
Women and War – Farzana and Nafiza’s tale Over the years, Farzana has become a familiar figure at the Ali Abad orthopaedic centre in Kabul. She works as Head of the prosthetics department. She… 05/03/2012
The lack of women at the top Gender equality is now a major goal in most European countries. And there is no doubt there is more public awareness and signs of progress. But as… 05/03/2012
EU’s highest court to rule on anti-piracy treaty After major opposition, Brussels has referred its anti-piracy treaty to the European Court of Justice to rule if it complies with the EU’s fundamental rights… 22/02/2012
India: fake violence for real rights – nocomment Protesters from the Tibetan Peoples’ Solidarity Movement in Delhi enacted a play to portray the clashes between Tibetans and Chinese soldiers. 09/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War In our first edition of Women and War, we go to Brazil to meet Sonia, Sheyla, and Antonia. Week by week, we will travel from the capital Brasilia, to the… 02/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War – Sonia’s tale In Brazil, more than 1,500 people have been killed in a war over the use of the land. Despite the mountain of murders, there have been scarcely 100 trials… 01/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War – Sheyla’s tale In the heart of London, in front of BNDES, the Brazilian Development Bank, Sheyla Yakarepi Juruna leads a vocal protest. “We’re here at the BNDES to demand… 01/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War – Antonia’s tale Antonia Melo de Silva is leading a battle against plans to build the world’s third biggest dam in the Amazonian rainforest. She told euronews: “They try to… 01/02/2012
Leading human rights campaigner backs right to protest Alex Taylor says, “Even if the economic model is perhaps not widely held up as an example around the world at the moment Europe has always prided itself on… 01/12/2011
Activist slams Russian ‘cover-up’ of lawyer’s deathLyudmila Alexeyeva, human rights activist and a founder of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, gestures during a news conference in Moscow on Monday after the… 28/11/2011
Amnesty Int’l slams the “broken promises” of Egypt’s revolutionThe claims of many protesters in Cairo that the promises made after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak have not been honoured have been backed by a… 22/11/2011
Human rights activists riot in ChileHuman rights groups have been protesting in the Chilean capital, Santiago, at the launch of a controversial new book they say celebrates the career of retired… 22/11/2011
Debate rages about forced marriages in Europe There is growing debate in Europe about forced marriages. It has been the focus of a conference at the European Parliament this week, just months after… 10/11/2011
CoE condemns failures to protect media freedom Five years after Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered, the picture is far from complete. It is understood that she was killed for her… 07/10/2011
UK: travellers to be evicted at the Dale FarmThe daughter of a traveller carries cases at the Dale Farm traveller site, near Billericay in southern England. Bailiffs were expected to begin clearing the… 19/09/2011
Yeoh plays Aung San Suu Kyi in ‘The Lady’ There was a warm welcome at the Toronto International Film Festival for Michelle Yeoh, who portrays democracy campaigner and Myanmar political leader Aung San… 15/09/2011
Workers rights must be defended, ILO chief says While deficit reduction and growth may be the current priority of most governments, workers rights must also not be forgotten. That was the clear message from… 14/09/2011
Reding faces the public’s questions in I talk Welcome to I talk from the European Parliament in Brussels, your chance to put your questions to our continent’s leading decision makers. Our guest today is… 12/09/2011
Film rejected by studios becomes box office hit Based on the best selling novel of the same name, written by Kathryn Stockett, ‘The Help’ is a box office hit that nearly did not make it as a film, after a… 31/08/2011
Christopher Street Day in Berlin – nocomment The Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lifestyles and denounces discrimination and… 25/06/2011
Is Europe moving toward gender equality? “Hello my name is Emilie is the European Union working towards harmonising equality between men and women is anything being done at European level?” Cécile… 24/06/2011
Human Rights award goes to Russian group The Russian organisation, The Committee against Torture, has won the 2011 Human Rights Prize. It was awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council… 23/06/2011
EU, Russia in ‘protectionist’ spat A Europe-Russia summit this Thursday and Friday is likely to be dominated by a dispute over Moscow’s ban on EU vegetable imports. Europe’s E.coli outbreak is… 08/06/2011
CoE backs anti-death penalty site Calling for a Europe where no one is executed, the Council of Europe has passed a resolution urging Belarus to end the practice once and for all. Observer… 14/04/2011
Women driving in Saudi Arabia In saudi arabia, it is forbidden for women to drive but many of them drive in secret. (filmed by Myriam de Chanrond) 14/04/2011
Council of Europe encouraging religious dialogue The representatives of five religions have been taking part in debate at the Council of Europe, surrounding a freshly adopted report in the human rights… 12/04/2011
Gaddafi plays hardball with his people As the violence spreads across Libya, strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s has vowed that he will not bow to pressure from the street to step down Read our… 21/02/2011
Tunisian who sparked rare protests diesA young fruit-seller who set himself on fire and sparked a rare wave of violent anti-government demonstrations in Tunisia has died of his… 05/01/2011
Shirin Ebadi on human rights in Iran Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel peace prize winner. She recently accepted, on behalf of Abdulreza Tajik, an Iranian… 17/12/2010
