Ex-Suhakam commissioners condemn EO used in Bersih crackdown
2011-07-03
The Association for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) condemned the use of Emergency Ordinance (EO) without going through other legal channels.Continue Reading
Government to review family immigration rules
2011-07-03
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The government is to review the application of EU human rights rules that allow immigrants to bring their families into the country, the Home Office said Sunday.Continue Reading
Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
U.N. rights boss raps China for not arresting Bashir
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official chided China on Thursday for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for alleged war crimes when he visited Beijing this week.Continue Reading
UN rights chief trusts Bahrain probe to meet standards
2011-06-30
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The UN’s human rights chief welcomed Thursday Bahrain’s move to launch an independent probe of recent unrest and said she was confident it would meet international standards.Continue Reading
U.N. rights boss raps China for not arresting Bashir
2011-06-30
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official chided China on Thursday for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for alleged war crimes when he visited Beijing this week.Continue Reading
China cracking down on rights lawyers: Amnesty
2011-06-30
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Beijing has unleashed an “uncompromising” assault on China’s legal profession, targeting human rights lawyers in an effort to head off social unrest, Amnesty International said Thursday.Continue Reading
Security agencies involved in Balochistan killings: Pak Human Rights Commission
2011-06-30
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Islamabad, June 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said credible evidence exists about the involvement of state agencies, especially the Frontier Corps (FC), in the killing and enforced disappearance of Pakistani citizens in B…Continue Reading
China cracking down on rights lawyers: Amnesty
2011-06-30
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Beijing has unleashed an “uncompromising” assault on China’s legal profession, targeting human rights lawyers in an effort to head off social unrest, Amnesty International said Thursday.Continue Reading
Rights lawyers in China harassed, tortured: Amnesty
2011-06-30
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International called on Thursday for China to stop the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of human rights lawyers, part of what it said was an “uncompromising” series of steps to rein in activists.Continue Reading
Remove Malaysia from Human Rights Council, DAP tells UN
2011-06-29
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The United Nations (UN) should remove Malaysia as a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in light of the government’s crackdown on Bersih supporters, the DAP said.Continue Reading