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Human rights commission of the United States Congress has urged Bangladesh to stay the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami terming the legal process through which the death penalty was handed down was ‘faulty’.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today a bipartisan group of 120 members of Congress, including 50 members of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, is calling on President Obama to re-prioritize peace, accountability and protection of civilians in Sudan during his final year in office. The letter is led by Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Co-Chairs of the Commission, and the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Sudan and South Sudan Issues Caucus: Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Capuano (D-MA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), and Barbara Lee (D-CA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 17 members of Congress, including the Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and ten other members of the Commission, strongly urged President Obama to meet with representatives of civil society and human rights advocates, including those who may be currently in prison or their families, during his trip to Saudi Arabia.
A Belfast-based group will brief the Commission on incorporating gender principles into post-conflict truth and reparations proposals in Ireland and Britain.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On February 25th, eight senators and twenty-six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the Co-Chairs and thirteen other members of the Human Rights Commission, wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relay their grave concerns about the increasing intolerance and violence experienced by members of that country's religious minority communities.