Dear President Sadyr Japarov,
On behalf of Human Rights Watch, please accept my regards. I am writing at the outset of your tenure as President to raise Human Rights Watch’s concerns regarding pressing human rights issues in Kyrgyzstan that we consider merit your attention.
As you may know, Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization working in over 90 countries worldwide. We have conducted research and carried out advocacy in Kyrgyzstan for over 20 years. Throughout we have consistently sought out a constructive dialogue with the authorities of Kyrgyzstan on a range of issues related to human rights and the rule of law, including, for example, freedom of expression, fair trial standards, the prevention of torture, and domestic violence.
Mother and Baby Homes: A Crime against Humanity. by
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“Ireland was a cold harsh environment for many, probably the majority, of its residents during the earlier half of the period under remit. It was especially cold and harsh for women”. (page 1)
The Irish government may have hoped in vain that the publication of The Report of the Mother and Homes Commission of Investigation would provide a moment of catharsis and suture to what Caelainn Hogan calls
The Republic of Shame for the people of Ireland.
It did not.
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Criticism of the work of the Commission; and of its Report and Recommendations has been fierce from victims/survivors.
February 15, 2021
Regarding the Interpretation Guidelines of the Amendments of the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act
We are writing in response to your call for comments regarding the Interpretation Guidelines for the Scope of Application of Article 24(1)3 of the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act.[1]
The Amendment to the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act (the “Act”) imposes strict limitations to some activities of North Korean escapee and civil society organizations that aim to send and receive information and ideas to people in North Korea. Most of these restricted activities are protected by the freedom of expression recognized in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which South Korea ratified in 1990.[2]
A Tamil family fighting deportation will be able to stay in Australia while their legal proceedings continue after a government appeal was rejected.
Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two young daughters are being detained in a demountable building on Christmas Island at a cost of $4,000 a day.
In April 2020 a court ruled their youngest girl s application for a protection visa was not assessed properly.
The government appealed but on Tuesday lost that case, meaning the family will temporarily remain on Christmas Island while their claim is assessed.
In a statement sent through their lawyers the family said: Thank you to everyone in Australia for the support and love that they have shown us. We are very grateful. It helps us stay strong. We just want to go back to Biloela. We need our little girls to be safe. Every day, they ask when can we go home?