An independent Zimbabwean human rights group says police arrested 13 of its members who staged a protest outside a court where allegations of police assaults and torture were to be raised.Continue Reading
While at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2006-2009, Tyler Moselle first worked as a research associate and then assumed the role of Acting Executive Director. He was educated at Harvard and BYU in philosophy, po…Continue Reading
While at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2006-2009, Tyler Moselle first worked as a research associate and then assumed the role of Acting Executive Director. He was educated at Harvard and BYU in philosophy, po…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Uganda to stop using military courts to prosecute civilians.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Agency for International Development will continue its series of weekly seminars at the National Press Club. Tomorrow, USAID will hold its fourth seminar, entitled “Business & Human Rights: …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch called for an investigation into numerous murders in Burundi during the end of 2010. The organization indicated that political motivations may have inspired the string of deaths in Bujumbura Rural province.Continue Reading
Foley Hoag LLP will expand its Corporate Social Responsibility Practice with the addition of John G. Ruggie, the recent U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights and current Harvard professor, who will join the fir…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, ADHRB, is leading a delegation of Bahraini Americans to Washington DC to meet members of Congress and staffers on the hill to discuss the deterior…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan.Continue Reading
Kuala Lumpur, July 26, 2011 (AFP) – – Human Rights Watch has urged the United Nations (UN) not to endorse the Malaysia-Australia refugee swap, warning it could erode protection for asylum seekers across the Asia-Pacific region.Continue Reading
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) not to endorse the refugee swap agreement between Australia and Malaysia.Continue Reading
July 25 (OneWorld.net) – A UN human rights mission to Madagascar has alleged that European and Asian exploitation of the island’s fishing grounds is comparable to the pillage of African resources by 19th century imperialists.Continue Reading
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged Monday to continue speaking out on China’s human rights record, Hong Kong lawmakers who met with her said.Continue Reading
The Federal Government’s asylum seeker deal with Malaysia has failed to win support from human rights advocates.Continue Reading
Militants violently disrupted a hearing by a parliamentary panel receiving submissions on proposed human rights laws for Zimbabwe’s new constitution, rights groups said Saturday.Continue Reading