Rights groups say militants violently disrupted a hearing by a parliamentary panel receiving submissions on human rights for possible inclusion in Zimbabwe’s new constitution.Continue Reading
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Human rights groups have denounced a climate of fear in Gambia claiming disappearances, killings and torture go unpunished, as President Yayha Jammeh marks 17 years in power on Friday.Continue Reading
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Ivory Coast’s president is setting up an independent commission to investigate human rights abuses committed during Ivory Coast’s postelection crisis earlier this year.Continue Reading
Ivory Coast’s president is setting up an independent commission to investigate human rights abuses committed during Ivory Coast’s postelection crisis earlier this year.Continue Reading
The Government today released details on how its controversial “Skynet” file sharing law will be implemented but failed to make changes necessary to protect human rights, the Green Party says.Continue Reading
The Government today released details on how its controversial “Skynet” file sharing law will be implemented but failed to make changes necessary to protect human rights, the Green Party says.Continue Reading
The Human Rights Commission has accepted The National Foundation for the Deaf combined cases submission that the ACC 6 percent injury threshold and age deduction scale are discriminatory on the grounds of age and disability.Continue Reading
The Human Rights Commission has accepted The National Foundation for the Deaf combined cases submission that the ACC 6 percent injury threshold and age deduction scale are discriminatory on the grounds of age and disability.Continue Reading
Banning the burqa and niqab in public places threatens to exclude women, not liberate them, a top European human rights official said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should use her visit to Indonesia to press it for genuine military reform.Continue Reading
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a complaint by a University of Windsor law graduate who alleged she was discriminated against by a law firm that asked to see her complete transcripts showing she had failed her first year.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch has urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to raise military accountability for abuses in Indonesia during her visit to the country this week.Continue Reading
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has failed to curb extra-judicial killings and other human rights abuses by the military during his first year in office, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is in China to mend strained ties and promote trade, even as he broaches the sensitive issue of human rights.Continue Reading