Rape is widespread throughout Burundi, though many cases, remain unprosecuted. Women are often too afraid to even report the crime out of fear that their families and communities will reject them. Demand justice in the case of 13 year-old Kaneza.
Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in the 1930s before and after the Second World War. These women are still waiting for justice.
As France takes over the Presidency of the EU in July 2008, call on the French President to ensure that all EU governments cooperate to end rendition and secret detention.
A Latvian organization for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people is planning to hold a Gay
Pride event in the centre of Latvia’s capital, Riga on 31 May.
Reverend Bienvenido Samba Momesori, a Protestant pastor and member of
an ethnic group native to Bioko Island, has been detained since October
2003 without charge or trial.
The UN General Assembly will elect, in direct and individual elections
and by secret ballot, 15 new members of the Human Rights Council on 21
May 2008.
Housing rights activist Ye Guozhu is serving a four-year prison sentence after he applied for permission to hold a demonstration against forced evictions in Beijing.
