#repression

Collection of repression news, found 81 news.

Kontras asks ASEAN to pay attention to human rights

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has asked ASEAN leaders who will hold a summit ...

Illegal immigrant problem needs efficient tackling

The problem of illegal immigrants is an issue that needs to be tackled efficiently before it has far reaching ...

EU to impose arms embargo on Syria--EU diplomats

European Union member states reached preliminary agreement to Friday to impose an arms embargo on Syria and consider ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

Gulf intellectuals say UAE activist arrested

Another Emirati rights activist has been arrested, bringing to four the number jailed in the oil-rich Gulf state in ...

Berlin rally condemns crackdown

A political gathering in Berlin on Friday strongly condemned the Bahraini regime for its lethal crackdown against the ...

Iran helping Syria crack down on protests

The United States accused Iran Thursday of helping Syria in its efforts to crack down on pro-democracy ...

RI rated positively in Washington`s rights report

The government of the United States on Friday released its annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2010 in ...

Din Syamsuddin quits two Libya-based organizations in protest

Indonesian scholar and chairman of Muhammadiyah (second largest Muslim organization in the country) Din Syamsuddin ...

Evacuation of RI citizens from Libya not easy

Evacuating Indonesian citizens from Libya will not be as easy as the same exercise in Egypt recently, Foreign ...

OIC denounces Libyan violence against protesters

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday denounced the "excessive" use of force by Libyan ...

Yemen opposition agrees to resume talks wth govt

Yemen`s parliamentary opposition agreed on Sunday to resume talks suspended since October with the government of ...

US presses but Egypt rejects `hasty` reforms

The United States urged Egypt to immediately lift an emergency law and launch democratic reforms as protestors staged ...

Top leadership quits Egypt ruling party

The leadership of Egypt`s ruling National Democratic Party resigned on Saturday, including Gamal Mubarak, the son of ...

Berlin warns Mubarak of harsh reaction over pro-democracy repression

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle here Wednesday evening warned Egyptian government of harsh international ...