Persecution

Syria: Medicine Used As Weapon Of Persecution

9 Feb 2012

9 February 2012 – The Syrian regime is conducting a campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières said today.

Tymoshenko's daughter complains to Sikorski about worsening of persecution of her mother

8 Feb 2012

Yevheniya Tymoshenko, the daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has said at a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski that the persecution of her mother by the authorities is intensifying, the press service of the Batkivschyna Party has reported.

Maldives must avoid persecution of ousted government

7 Feb 2012

Headline Title:  Maldives must avoid persecution of ousted government 07 February 2012 The new authorities in the Maldives must avoid persecuting members of outgoing president Mohammed Nasheed’s political party, Amnesty International said today, after Mr Nasheed resigned following a police mutiny in the country. The former leader said in a televised statement on Tuesday that he was resigning “to ...