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Last four years, firstly because of the national security law, also because of electoral reform. and in some ways this was predictable, because we knew that only patriots were able to stand in the election and therefore they would win the election, but what we have seen is of the 90 seats that have now been elected, only one person claims to be non— establishment. but to be non- establishment. but as ou to be non- establishment. but as you say. — to be non- establishment. but as you say. man...

Turkey: Ongoing Crackdown Poses Existential Threat to Independent Civil Society 06/05/2021 (Ankara, Brussels, Paris) 6 May 2021 – In the second of two reports on the crackdown against human rights defenders, civil society actors and independent voices in Turkey, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and one of FIDH’s member organisations in Turkey, the Human Rights Association (IHD), condemn repressive measures that inhibit freedom of association and creat...

(Ankara, Brussels, Paris) 6 May 2021 – In the second of two reports on the crackdown against human rights defenders, civil society actors and independent voices in Turkey, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and one of FIDH’s member organisations in Turkey, the Human Rights Association (IHD), condemn repressive measures that inhibit freedom of association and create an increasingly narrow space for civil society in the country. The report’s release to...

PNN/ Ramallah/ Today, 14 December 2020, Al-Haq Organization launches a new report “DEPRIVED A VOICE: An Investigation into Shrinking Space in Area C” which examines the daily harassment of human rights defenders by the Israeli Occupying Force (IOF) and Israeli settlers illegally transferred in to colonize the West Bank, in the area classified under the Oslo Accords as Area C. In doing so, the report examines how human rights defenders, including human rights field workers, journalists, medi...

A new report examines daily Israeli harassment of human right defenders in the occupied territories RAMALLAH, Monday, December 14, 2020 (WAFA) – A new report  by the Ramallah-based human rights organization, Al-Haq, launched today sheds light on the daily Israeli army harassment of human rights defenders in the occupied Palestinian territories. "DEPRIVED A VOICE: An Investigation into Shrinking Space in Area C" examines the daily harassment of human rights defenders by the Israeli occupying...

 E-Mail LMU researchers Nicole Bolleyer, Ralf Jungmann, Jan Lipfert, Martin Saxer, Philipp Stockhammer and Ronny Vollandt have been awarded Consolidator Grants in the latest evaluation of research proposals submitted to the ERC. Bolleyer, Jungmann, Saxer and Stockhammer have now received two ERC grants each. The awards are worth up to 2 million euros over the course of 5 years. The ERCs Consolidator Grants are intended to enable highly qualified academics to further extend their innovative res...

Particularly cleared things up. basically what he said was mueller handed it to us and we decided when we know earlier this week mueller explained he thought this was a matter for congress, that the doj rules prohibited hem from reaching a conclusion or at least from acting on an indictment. as laura said he thought it was unfair to move forward with a conclusion when they couldnt act on it. there is really a difference between the two of them. this is why people want mueller to testify to help ...

His eyes filled with tears. we fled from aleppo to get here, he tells us, whispering, choking on his words. there is no solution. there is just no solution. the boys were both studying for exams when the bombs shook the building, sucked the air out of the room and everything went pitch black. they were screaming, daddy, daddy, muhammed remembers. he couldnt find them right away. when the kids were younger, back during happier times. what childhood, he laments, what childhood? children have lost ...