Serious human rights abuses have risen in the last six months in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, with a surge in deadly government-led attacks on populated areas, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged India to live up to its legal and moral commitments after becoming a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — A human rights group denounced today the gazetting of entire districts in Malacca as no-smoking zones, calling it a violation of a person’s “right to smoke”.Continue Reading
There are no human rights violations in Equatorial Guinea, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema insisted Sunday in a speech here to mark his 69th birthday.Continue Reading
A leading Iraqi human rights organizer who confronted the prime minister on national TV says he is trying to paint legitimate protesters as terrorists.Continue Reading
Chandigarh, June 5 (PTI) BJP”s Human Rights Cell today termed the police action against yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters as “murder of democracy” and accused the Congress of providing shelter to corruption.”It is murder of democracy…police r…Continue Reading
Australia said human rights would be a key element in its deal with Kuala Lumpur to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, as the UN welcomed its move to treat minors on a case-by-case basis.Continue Reading
On the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989, massive crowds held a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong amid concerns of the deteriorating human rights situation in China.Continue Reading
A lawmaker is proposing to bar entry into the United States of Chinese leaders who commit abuses, voicing concern over human rights on Saturday’s 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.Continue Reading
A Syrian human rights activist has raised Friday’s death toll among protesters to 63, most of them killed after troops opened fire on crowds in the central city of Hama.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka came under renewed pressure this week at the UN Human Rights Council over video footages detailing violations allegedly committed by soldiers during the country’s civil war.Continue Reading
Lawsuit alleging complicity in financing and arming Colombian paramilitary terrorist groups will continueContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Friday demanded that Facebook craft specific human rights safeguards before entering the Chinese market after an executive said recently that the social-networking site might allow “too much … free speech” for some governments t…Continue Reading
Syrian security forces opened fire during one of the largest anti-government protests so far in the 10-week revolt, killing at least 27 people, as tens of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets after the Friday prayers, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Australia came under fire from U.N. agencies and human rights advocates Friday over its plan to send unaccompanied child asylum seekers to Malaysia under a refugee swap being negotiated with the Southeast Asian nation.Continue Reading