Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights groups issued a joint statement on Friday demanding that Gaza militants end “inhumane” treatment of an Israeli soldier they hold captive.Continue Reading
Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights groups issued a joint statement on Friday demanding that Gaza militants end “inhumane” treatment of an Israeli soldier they hold captive.Continue Reading
London, Jun 24 (ANI): Amnesty International has questioned claims that Libya’s ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ordered rape as weapon of war, as no solid evidence of the abuse claims levelled against Gaddafi’s supporters has been found.Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – A comedian who was fined by the BC Human Rights Tribunal after a confrontation with a lesbian couple at a Vancouver restaurant is appealing the decision, arguing the province’s human rights legislation shouldn’t apply to stand-up comics.Continue Reading
TORONTO – A TV sportscaster fired after tweeting his opposition to same-sex marriage plans to file a human rights complaint.Continue Reading
Human rights groups and Western officials welcomed the release on bail of outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei but voiced dismay about the conditions and urged Beijing to free other activists.Continue Reading
Myanmar’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday urged US lawmakers to push for a UN-backed probe into human rights in her country as she warned of a long and difficult road to democracy.Continue Reading
Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, speaking Wednesday to the US Congress for the first time in a video message, urged support for a UN-led inquiry into human rights in her country.Continue Reading
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced Wednesday she had complained to the European Court of Human Rights ahead of her trial this week for alleged abuse of power.Continue Reading
Burdwan(WB), June 22 (PTI) Senior CPI(M) leader Suryakanta Mishra today said that they would lodge a complain with the Human Rights Commission against yesterday”s police lathicharge on demonstrators at Hansdigha in which party MLA Gouranga Chattopadha…Continue Reading
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 06/21/11) – The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) is asking the Quebec Soccer Federation to review its decision to restrict players in community leagues from wearing the hijab and other religious headgear including …Continue Reading
A group of 14 North Korean defectors on Tuesday filed a petition with South Korea’s human rights watchdog over abuses they allegedly suffered in two North Korean prisons, a spokesman said.Continue Reading
Iran has freed human rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi after he served a year-long jail term on charges of spreading “propaganda against the regime,” Arman daily reported Tuesday, quoting his lawyer.Continue Reading
Iran has freed human rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi after he served a year-long jail term on charges of spreading “propaganda against the regime,” Arman daily reported Tuesday, quoting his lawyer.Continue Reading
Lucknow, June 21 (ANI): With the sudden spurt in crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh shocking the nation, the State Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Mayawati Government and different district officials, and sought a reply from them b…Continue Reading