A UN report released on Monday said the human rights situation in Iraq is still “fragile,” citing issues including economic and political stagnation, continued violence and attacks on minorities.Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Nation/ANN) – The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), created in 2009, has largely failed to promote and protect human rights in the region in any meaningful way, many delegates to a civil society workshop in Jakart…Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Nation/ANN) – The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), created in 2009, has largely failed to promote and protect human rights in the region in any meaningful way, many delegates to a civil society workshop in Jakart…Continue Reading
The UK’s human rights watchdog should be scrapped, a think-tank has said.Continue Reading
BEIRUT – Syrian forces intensified their crackdown on an eastern city Sunday as they try to keep the anti-government uprising from escalating during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The assault and similar operations in at least two other towns killed…Continue Reading
Syrian forces intensified their crackdown on an eastern city Sunday as they try to keep the anti-government uprising from escalating during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The assault and similar operations in at least two other towns killed at least…Continue Reading
Two Syrian rights groups say government forces have killed at least 52 people in the latest phase of their crackdown on dissent and the toll for the day could rise to 69.Continue Reading
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The United Nations Security Council issued a presidential statement that condemned Syrian authorities for “widespread violations of human rights, use of force against civilians” on Aug. 3. The statement, which is considered weaker than a resolution but…Continue Reading
Jean-Claude Bajeux, a former culture minister, scholar and steadfast human rights activist who targeted both Haiti’s long-ruling family dictatorship and the governments that followed, died Friday, a relative said. He was 79.Continue Reading
A longtime Haitian human rights activist, scholar and former culture minister has died.Continue Reading
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Officials from the UN and EU on Friday joined calls to Belarus to release the head of a human rights group, who was arrested and charged with crimes punishable by seven years in jail.Continue Reading
Officials from the UN and EU on Friday joined calls to Belarus to release the head of a human rights group, who was arrested and charged with crimes punishable by seven years in jail.Continue Reading
Officials from the UN and EU on Friday joined calls to Belarus to release the head of a human rights group, who was arrested and charged with crimes punishable by seven years in jail.Continue Reading