Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) Friday condemned the arrest of social activist Anna Hazare and others before they launched their agitation for an effective Lokpal bill as ‘ultra vires’ of the Indian constitution.Continue Reading
The 38-page report, jointly prepared by Human Rights Alert, Manipur, London-based rights group Redress and Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission, urged the Centre to repeal the act immediately and investigate and prosecute rights violators. The…Continue Reading
GENEVA – Government forces in Syria may have committed crimes against humanity by conducting summary executions, torturing prisoners and targeting children in their crackdown against opposition protesters, a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thurs…Continue Reading
Government forces in Syria may have committed crimes against humanity by conducting summary executions, torturing prisoners and targeting children in their crackdown against opposition protesters, a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian forces have fired on peaceful protesters across the country, often at short range and without warning, killing at least 1,900 civilians in what could amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. human rights investigators said on T…Continue Reading
The U.N. human rights chief is asking the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court for investigation of alleged atrocities against protesters during the five-month uprising.Continue Reading
The Nation — Asmaa Mahfouz is one of Egypt’s most prominent activists. The 26-year-old helped co-found the influential April 6 Youth Movement in 2008 that helped pave the way for the revolution through years of grassroots organizing and street protest…Continue Reading
The U.S. and its European allies called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign Thursday as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Assad’s crackdown on dissent “may amount to crimes against humanity.”Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian forces have fired on peaceful protesters across the country, often at short range and without warning, killing at least 1,900 civilians in what could amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. human rights investigators said on T…Continue Reading
BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad told the United Nations chief that military operations in his country have ended, even as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday the crackdown “may amount…Continue Reading
Syrian President Bashar Assad told the United Nations chief that military operations in his country have ended, even as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday the crackdown “may amount to crime…Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading
London, Aug 18 (ANI): The United Nations human rights chief is likely to tell the Security Council that the International war crimes court should investigate Syria’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, diplomatic sources have revealed.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading