http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=30&L=en Human Rights Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:07 -0500 2012 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=125569&L=en New York - Exactly a year after his expected release date, Mr. Hada, a Southern (Inner) Mongolian prominent political prisoner, is still being held without charge in a secret prison in suburban Hohhot, the regional capital. Mr. Hada had completed his 15 year sentence on December 10, 2010 but was quickly placed under arbitrary detention on the very day his sentence ended. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=124590&L=en by Moriel Rothman Jerusalem - Recently, two frightening bills were approved for a first reading in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. The first, sponsored by members of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, proposes limiting donations from foreign governments to “political” Israeli NGOs to 20,000 shekels (approximately $5,000).  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=121399&L=en New York - On October 20, 2011, another Mongolian herder, Mr. Zorigt, was killed by a Chinese oil transport truck as he tried to protect his grazing lands in Huhtolgoi Gachaa of Uushin Banner, Ordos Municipality of Southern (Inner) Mongolia.  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=120011&L=en New York - The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) obtained a written communication and new photos dated from July 20 to July 30, 2011, showing that Ms.Huuchinhuu Govruud, a well-known Southern (Inner) Mongolian dissident writer who has gone missing since January 27, 2011 was frequently beaten by police from the Tongliao City Horchin District Public Security Bureau in eastern Southern Mongolia.  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=119908&L=en The sentencing of a Saudi Arabian woman to 10 lashes after she drove a car demonstrates the scale of discrimination against women in the Kingdom, Amnesty International said today. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=115196&L=en Palestinians from Jerusalem and those with Israeli citizenship once again urged the United Nations and UNESCO to take action to stop the destruction of the Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=113139&L=en Nearly a month after large-scale protests were carried out by herders and students in Southern (Inner) Mongolia, another protest erupted in eastern Southern Mongolia's Bairin Left Banner ("ba lin zuo qi" in Chinese) in Ulaanhad ("chi feng shi" in Chinese) Municipality. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=112453&L=en Many Mongolians have been arrested, detained and beaten during and after the large-scale region-wide protest sparked by the brutal killing of a Mongolian herder named Mergen in Southern (Inner) Mongolia’s Shiliin-gol League. Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111756&L=en In response to the week-long widespread protests by Mongolians in Southern (Inner) Mongolia, Chinese authorities declared martial law last week in major cities of the region including the capital Hohhot, eastern cities of Shiliin-hot, Ulaanhad and Tongliao, and western city of Dongsheng. Fearing that mass protests might spread across the region and possibly across China, Chinese authorities declared that the region is “in a war-like state” (see attached “Explanation of Reason of Sealing off Schools”). Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111545&L=en Despite the heavy presence of riot police and paramilitary forces in Hohhot, capital city of Southern (Inner) Mongolia, on May 31, 2011 (Tuesday) hundreds of Mongolian students and residents marched on streets near No.18 High School heading toward City Hall. The protesters were blocked by paramilitary forces and a standoff ensued for nearly two hours before the marchers were dispersed. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111461&L=en On the morning of May 30, 2011, around 11:00 AM, despite the Chinese authorities’ declaration of martial law and deployment of riot police and paramilitary forces in major cities of Southern (Inner) Mongolia, hundreds of Mongolians took to the streets of Hohhot, regional capital, to demand the rights of Mongolians and the release of detainees.   Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111377&L=en Around midnight of May 10, 2011, Mergen, a Mongolian herder, lost his young life under the wheels of a Chinese coal company’s long hauler truck on the grasslands of Southern Mongolia. The killing was both brutal and intentional. The Chinese drivers, at the time of carrying out their bloody act, reportedly shouted: “killing a Mongol at most will cost us 400,000 RMB and our boss has plenty of it”. Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111357&L=en In Shuluun Huh Banner, Shiliin-gol League: 1. More than 300 riot police were clashed with hundreds of Mongolian herders and students on May 27; many beaten up; 2. All Mongolian students of the Banner Middle School were confined in the classrooms of the school building top floor preventing them from joining any gathering...   Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111310&L=en by Aftab A. Malik Bristol, England - There are many reasons to be glum if you are a Muslim living in Britain today. For starters, a 2010 YouGov poll revealed that the overwhelming majority of respondents in Britain believe that Islam is synonymous with both extremism and the repression of women. And many Muslims believe that Britain is becoming increasingly Islamophobic. Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=111384&L=en Chinese authorities have declared martial law in major cities of the Mongolian region including Hohhot, Tongliao, Ulaanhad (Chifing in Chinese), and Dongsheng in the face of mass protests by students and herders. Tight Security has been imposed as the authorities attempt to quash any protest and unrest. Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=110151&L=en New York - Ms. Naraa, sister-in-law of the prominent Mongolian dissident Hada, told the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) in a telephone interview that Hada has been going on frequent and lengthy hunger strikes to protest the Chinese authorities’ illegal detention of himself and arbitrary arrests of his wife Xinna and son Uiles. Hada is being held in a two-story secret prison near the Baita International Airport in Hohhot, capital city of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=105032&L=en A carefully edited 1 minute 31 second long video clip of the prominent Mongolian political prisoner Hada and his family members was posted on YouTube on February 21, 2011, by “tianguodenver”, a name previously used by the Chinese State Security authorities to post several earlier video clips and pictures of the dissident. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98862&L=en by Laureen Harper and Heather Reisman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was initially accused and convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Now, she faces murder charges, which carries a death sentence by hanging, a fate that has marshalled women around the world to defend her rights and take up her cause. Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98181&L=en On September 4th, 77.000 people were demonstrating, in different cities of France, against the expulsion of Roma people from the French territory. A new policy was introduced in July giving the right to shut down 300 illegal camps around the country, and speeding up the deportation of Roma people. Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights Jasmina Munteanu http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97667&L=en Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son and lawyer, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian respectively, were arrested along with two German journalists in Tabriz on 10 October 2010 at 1900 hours local time. The security forces raided the lawyer’s office where an interview was taking place and arrested all four. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97131&L=en Tehran (Iran) — In an appeal addressed to the President and Members of the UN Human Rights Council, the dissident Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi has called on the United Nations and its relevant organs “to investigate the abuses taking place in Iran and the Middle East as a consequence of intervention of religion into politics thus paving the way for the passage of a resolution supporting the separation of state from religion.” Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96991&L=en My name is Sajad Ghaderzadeh. I am the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. I know that my mother’s name is by now familiar to you. I also know that you are aware that she has been sentenced to death by stoning by the Islamic Republic of Iran.   Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=72573&L=en The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Dr. Shamsul Bari, issued a strong warning on the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in the country, including Somaliland and Puntland. Dr. Bari described as "extremely serious" the situation in South and Central Somalia, where civilians continue to bear the brunt of the fighting between forces of the Transitional Federal Government forces (TFG) and Islamist armed groups.   Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=71854&L=en After the Chinese authorities unprecedentedly confirmed - then denied - that prominent Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has disappeared after years of imprisonment, torture and house arrest, Edward McMillan-Scott, a senior MEP and one of Gao's key supporters, called Thursday on the Beijing regime to produce Gao and to allow him to join his family in the United States.   Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=71663&L=en Governments responsible for serious human rights violations have over the past year intensified attacks against human rights defenders and organizations that document abuse, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2010.   Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Human Rights