LONDON (Reuters) – From bizarre claims about the use of “mercenaries” to tongue-in-cheek travel advisories, countries long used to Western criticism of their own human rights records are relishing Britain’s embarrassment over the riots sweeping its cit…Continue Reading
GENEVA, Aug 10 (IPS) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should accept responsibility, on behalf of the world forum, for the famine spreading through eastern Africa, and should call for member countries’ cooperation to overcome the desperate food…Continue Reading
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Britain told Iran on Thursday it was happy to discuss its handling of street unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused its police of “savage” aggression against demonstrators.Continue Reading
The U.S., France and a human rights group have strongly criticized the conviction of a French-Vietnamese math professor who was sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese prison for belonging to a banned pro-democracy group and publishing an anti-Communi…Continue Reading
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission says it is concerned that one in ten workplace complaints of discrimination are related to pregnancy.Continue Reading
BOGOTA – Critics of free trade with Colombia who talk about human rights are really more concerned about protectionism, Stephen Harper claims.Continue Reading
KOTA BAHARU, Aug 10 (Bernama) — The Pengkalan Chepa Prison is carrying outan investigation on an allegation of human rights violation involving prisonersin its quarantine block. “I cannot comment at the moment because an internal investigation is bein…Continue Reading
A North Vancouver father has filed a human-rights complaint alleging that public schools discriminate against diabetic students when they refuse to administer insulin or check their blood-glucose levels.Continue Reading
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran urged Britain on Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record.Continue Reading
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran urged Britain Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record.Continue Reading
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran urged Britain on Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record.Continue Reading
The shocking violence and looting in England have been seen by people all over the world – even in Iran, where the scenes were being used as propaganda.Continue Reading
Canberra, Aug 9 (ANI): Human Rights organization Amnesty International has claimed that Australian government policies are driving the country’s Aborigines from the homelands where they stand the best chance of leading healthy, fulfilling lives.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States called on Monday for the immediate release of Ales Belyatsky, a leading Belarussian human rights activist detained last week on tax evasion charges his rights group denounced as political.Continue Reading
The United States urged Belarus authorities Monday to release a human rights group chief, saying it was “deeply concerned” about his arrest and detention.Continue Reading