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Appeals for Action

Russia Help Stop the Bloodshed in Syria

9 February 2012

On 04 February 2012 Russia and China vetoed a rather weak draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria despite wide spread backing of the resolution by the other UN Security Council members.

Shell: Own up, Pay up, Clean up

1 February 2012

Shell must accept its share of responsibility for oil pollution in the Niger Delta

End unfair trials in Egypt

22 January 2012

Egypt’s ruling army council must end military trials of civilians.

Faxjam the Attorney General of Guatemala on behalf of human rights defender Norma Cruz

17 January 2012

Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz, leader of the women’s rights organization Fundación Sobrevivientes, has received repeated death threats because of her work supporting victims of violence against women and calling for those responsible to be prosecuted.

Guarantee human rights in Tunisia’s new constitution

13 January 2012

A new Tunisian constitution to be drafted by the National Constituent Assembly must guarantee human rights.

Time for justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

19 December 2011

As the new Congolese government will take office shortly, you can use this opportunity to press for genuine reform of the justice system. Help persuade the President and the government to give victims of gross human rights violations justice, truth and reparations.

Don’t let them be silenced

16 November 2011

Despite a systematic campaign of harassment by the authorities, young Azerbaijani activists are determined to find a way to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and assembly. In the face of a government crackdown on dissent, the internet has become the last refuge for free expression in Azerbaijan. A small but determined group of young activists are video blogging, posting and tweeting their calls for democratic reforms and an end to pervasive government corruption.

Authorities must effectively investigate killing of human rights activist

14 July 2011

Human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was abducted by armed men from outside her home in Grozny, Chechnya on 15 July 2009. Her body was found later the same day in the neighbouring Republic of Ingushetia with gun shot wounds. Two years later, the Russian authorities have still not provided a full investigation into her murder and nobody has been brought to justice.