Five ways you can help Raif Badawi. Raif Badawi. Credit: Private We urgently need Saudi Arabia to stop the flogging of Raif Badawi and release him immediately. Here’s how you can help. In May 2014, the Saudi Arabia government sentenced Raif Badawi to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes. He was convicted of insulting Islam through his writings and on his website, which was set up to encourage public debate. On Friday 9 January 2015, Raif received the first 50 of 1,000 painful lashes. Saudi Arabia condemned the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris as ‘cowardly’. Here are five ways you can help. It would be great if you could include #FreeRaif and @AmnestyOnline on any tweets you send. 1. Ministry of Justice: @MojKsa National Society for Human Rights: @NSHRSA Ministry of Foreign Affairs: @KSAMOFA Crown Prince and Minister of defence, Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud: @HRHPSalman 2. UK: @UKinSaudiArabia Netherlands: @NLinSaudiArabia Sweden: @SwedeninKSA USA: @USEmbassyRiyadh Germany: @GermanyinKSA EU: @EUintheGCC 3. 4. 5.
WAR CRIMES. International War Crimes Tribunal. Convention on the Rights of the Child - Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law, Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Article 1.
Article 2. Article 3. Press Conference by Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Blasphemy laws should be repealed worldwide to ensure the rights of converts, said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief at a Headquarters news conference today. “In my daily work as Special Rapporteur, I come across grave violations of freedom of religion or belief affecting many people in the field of conversions,” Heiner Bielefeldt said, outlining the main points of his report, which, following the press conference, was to be presented to the General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).
(See Press Release GA/SHC/4048.) Those violations could be observed in different parts of the world and were perpetrated by States and non-State actors for different motives, such as religious hegemony and truth claims, he said. In some countries, converts could be perceived as subversive forces. Under the human rights norm, he continued, people had the right to convert, as well as the right not to be forced to convert or reconvert. Mr. None. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.