KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — Human Rights Watch today urged the government to drop charges against Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders for taking part in the April 28 Bersih 3.0 rally, saying that there seems to be targeted political prosecution.Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The Indonesian government says it will deliver a frank assessment of the country's human rights record when it reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The Indonesian government says it will deliver a frank assessment of the country's human rights record when it reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The Indonesian government says it will deliver a frank assessment of the country's human rights record when it reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – Saying Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had failed to fulfill his promises, an international body on Monday called anew on him to relentlessly pursue military and police abusers of human rights so that th…Continue Reading
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – Saying Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had failed to fulfill his promises, an international body on Monday called anew on him to relentlessly pursue military and police abusers of human rights so that th…Continue Reading
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – Saying Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had failed to fulfill his promises, an international body on Monday called anew on him to relentlessly pursue military and police abusers of human rights so that th…Continue Reading
The United States has achieved a rare human rights breakthrough with China by negotiating the departure of dissident Chen Guangcheng, but few are ready to predict that the case will set a precedent.Continue Reading
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has failed to deliver on campaign pledges to prosecute members of the security forces implicated in killings and disappearances, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Continue Reading
When Jiang Tianyong, a well-known human rights lawyer, went to visit his friend Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal activist, soon after he had emerged from the US embassy, he got no farther than the hospital gates.Continue Reading
Aquino has said much, done little to end impunity, an international human rights group says.Continue Reading
HELSINKI, Finland — One of the top corporate social responsibility experts in the Nordic countries specialising in human rights issues, Parul Sharma, will join Stora Enso as Vice President, Global Responsibility, …Continue Reading
The United Nation's top human rights official on Sunday began a visit to Zimbabwe, where she will meet with President Robert Mugabe.Continue Reading
Taipei, May 21 — Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday called upon Beijing to improve its human rights record, treat dissidents fairly and open up to greater popular participation in the political process.Large scale weekend protests and plummeting …Continue Reading
The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has arrived in Zimbabwe for a weeklong visit at the invitation of the coalition government.Continue Reading