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22.08.2012 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Jordan, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey

Report on convictions based on the violation of blasphemy laws (mob violence as consequence of blasphemy laws; violation of freedom of belief; blasphemy laws as means to settle private disputes) [ID 226015]

05.2012 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Kenya, Uganda

Report on LGBTI refugees in Uganda and Kenya (violence; access to safe shelter; resettlement; access to protection) [ID 217906]

05.2011 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Afghanistan

Report on US detentions in Afghanistan; at least 1700 prisoners are being held without charge or trial at the Bagram US air base [ID 160982]

11.2009 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Afghanistan

Report on correctional system, prison conditions and detention of Afghan citizens at Bagram military jail (information on detention reforms) [ID 128825]

11.2009 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Afghanistan

Report on detention and trials of detainees at Bagram military prison (detention operations; detainee accounts of capture and detention; trials of Bagram detainees at Afghan courts) [ID 128826]

02.2009 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Colombia

Report on prosecutions of human rights defenders (problems with witness testimony, false intelligence reports, prosecutorial bias, arbitrary detention) [ID 117319]

24.09.2008 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Russian Federation

Report on hate crime (violent attacks on individuals, attacks on places of worship and cemeteries, government response) [ID 107246]

24.09.2008 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Ukraine

Report on hate crime (violent attacks on individuals, attacks on places of worship and cemeteries, government response) [ID 107247]

04.2008 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Afghanistan, United States of America

Report on the handover of Afghan detainees from Guantánamo Bay and Bagram Airfield by the USA to the Afghan government; according to the report, the USA fails to provide sufficient evidence necessary for a fair trail (Guantánamo and Bagram detentions, Block D, Pul-i-Charkhi, prosecution of detainees, trials) [ID 95046]

13.03.2008 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Sudan

Report on China's role in Sudan: export of oil to China, arms trade and military cooperation, Chinese politics in Sudan [ID 93450]

02.2008 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Pakistan

Report on impact of martial law in Pakistan: Emerging judicial independence before and situation after proclamation of martial law; media restrictions; lasting damage to rule of law; need of independent judiciary; recommendations [ID 92903]

16.01.2008 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Afghanistan, Iraq

Report on private security contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq; failures in controlling private security firms (legal framework, case studies) [ID 91771]

23.01.2007 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Colombia

Report on women human rights defenders (persecution, gender-specific attacks, killings, adequat investigation) [ID 66766]

18.10.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Russian Federation

Threats and accusations against leading human rights defenders; court verdict ordering the closure of one of the few remaining organisations monitoring human rights violations in Chechnya [ID 60220]

08.09.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Indonesia

Kejari Jayapura prosecutor`s office filed complaint with Papua provincial police against 8 defenders charged with criminal defamation [ID 60215]

13.07.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Russian Federation

Briefing of the Congressional Human Rights Centre on democracy and human rights (NGO law; counter-extremism amendment) [ID 55953]

13.07.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Sudan

Nagib Nagm Eldine from the Amel Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture arrested and interrogated about the SOAT; he was released on bail 9 hours later and is investigated for offenses like defamation; Khartoum: Government is using new legislation and other forms of harassment to prevent human rights defenders from doing their work [ID 55956]

29.06.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Egypt

2 prostestors were detained on May 25; one of them was tortured, both are still unjustly imprisoned for criticizing lack of democratic freedom [ID 52160]

22.06.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Russian Federation

Report on the situation of human rights defenders with case examples and follow-up to the report on "The New Dissidents: Human rights defenders and counterterrorism in Russia" (defamation of human rights defenders; political influence on the judicial system; Trepashkin case; Dmitrievsky case; Badalov case) [ID 55952]

21.06.2006 - Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

Russian Federation

Ineffectual government response to rising racist violence; independence of the judiciary is undermined, NGOs restricted, human rights defenders prosecuted [ID 52159]