Articles written by Juliette Terzieff
By Juliette Terzieff
20 Nov 2009 |
WPR Blog
Raúl Castro has failed to improve Cuba's respect for individual freedoms, Human Rights Watch charges in a new report.
By Juliette Terzieff
18 Nov 2009 |
WPR Blog
Rights advocates are expressing concern
about Iranian plans to create a cybercrimes division to investigate
illegal activity on the Internet, over fears that authorities will use
the unit to target the opposition and political activists.
By Juliette Terzieff
13 Nov 2009 |
WPR Blog
Terzieff: Press freedom advocates are condemning a decision by an Azerbaijani
court on Wednesday to convict two bloggers in a case widely viewed as political
retribution.
By Juliette Terzieff
10 Nov 2009 |
WPR Blog
Terzieff: Rights advocates are calling on the Bahraini government to do more to prevent
the widespread abuse of migrant workers, and to help workers access services when abuses do
occur.
By Juliette Terzieff
06 Nov 2009 |
WPR Blog
An Italian judge has convicted 23 Central Intelligence Agency
officers of participating in the kidnapping and rendition of an
Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.
By Juliette Terzieff
05 Nov 2009 |
WPR Blog
Vatican and Italian officials from across the political spectrum have
lined up to denounce a decision by the European Court of Human Rights
to penalize the government over the presence of crucifixes in Italian
classrooms.
By Juliette Terzieff
29 Oct 2009 |
WPR Blog
The Mexican city of Puebla has joined the women-only taxi revolution in a bid to protect women from harassment.
By Juliette Terzieff
26 Oct 2009 |
WPR Blog
As they have in previous years, European countries continue to dominate the Top 20 in the Reporters Without Borders 2009 Press Freedom Index, despite poor showings from countries like France, Italy, Romania and Slovakia.
By Juliette Terzieff
22 Oct 2009 |
WPR Blog
The European Parliament has awarded the annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Russian human rights group, Memorial, in the name of all Russian rights defenders.
By Juliette Terzieff
21 Oct 2009 |
WPR Blog
International efforts to certify diamonds as "conflict free" -- known
as the Kimberley Process -- are failing, raising the specter of a
return of "blood diamonds" to the international market, Partnership
Africa Canada warns in its latest annual review of the certification
scheme.
By Juliette Terzieff
30 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
The United Nations is set to declare caste systems a human rights
violation at the current meeting of its Human Rights Council in Geneva.
By Juliette Terzieff
25 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
Amnesty International has kicked off a campaign to raise awareness around Sierra Leone's appalling level of maternal mortality.
By Juliette Terzieff
22 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
Human Rights Watch has launched a campaign to push for the release of political prisoners ahead of Burma's elections next year.
By Juliette Terzieff
14 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
By participating in the Yadana gas pipeline project in Burma, Western
oil giants Total and Chevron are financing the country's brutal
military junta, a rights group charged in two new reports.
By Juliette Terzieff
08 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
The systematic assault and rape of children in war zones has emerged as
a central characteristic of conflict across the globe, the United
Nations says in a new report.
By Juliette Terzieff
04 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
Rights advocates applaud the largest single human rights-related prosecution effort in Chilean history.
By Juliette Terzieff
02 Sep 2009 |
WPR Blog
Last week during a concert stop in Bucharest, Romania, international
pop icon Madonna got a brief taste of what Roma advocates are up
against.
By Juliette Terzieff
28 Aug 2009 |
WPR Blog
Chinese authorities have launched a new voluntary system for organ donation in a bid to end the country's much-criticized dependence on body parts from executed prisoners.
By Juliette Terzieff
26 Aug 2009 |
WPR Blog
Earlier this month, Interpol publicized the results of a
first-of-its-kind operation in West Africa aimed at freeing children
trafficked to cocoa- and palm-plantation owners.
By Juliette Terzieff
20 Aug 2009 |
WPR Blog
Tunisian authorities continue to permit and encourage rights
abuses under the guise of fighting terrorism and promoting national
security, Amnesty International charges in a new report.
