South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda — itself criticized for threatening the rights of gays — has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay column he wrote before his appointment, the South African Human Rights Commission said Tuesday.Continue Reading
SYDNEY, May 31, 2011 (AFP) – – The Australian government’s human rights body on Tuesday recommended that a Chinese double murderer should be released from an immigration detention centre and awarded Aus$500,000 in compensation.Continue Reading
Yemeni forces have killed over 50 people at an anti-government protest in the city of Taiz since Sunday, according to the UN human rights office.Continue Reading
South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda — itself criticized for threatening the rights of gays — has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay column he wrote before his appointment, the South African Human Rights Commission said Tuesday.Continue Reading
The South African Human Rights Commission has won a hate speech case involving an anti-gay column the country’s ambassador to Uganda wrote before his appointment.Continue Reading
The U.N.’s human rights office says it has received reports from Yemen that more than 50 people have been killed since Sunday by pro-government forces.Continue Reading
CAIRO – A prominent Egyptian activist was summoned Monday for questioning by the country’s military rulers over comments criticizing their human rights record.Continue Reading
A prominent Egyptian activist was summoned Monday for questioning by the country’s military rulers over comments criticizing their human rights record.Continue Reading
GENEVA – A U.N. human rights expert says gruesome new footage from the final days of Sri Lanka’s civil war is authentic and proves war crimes took place there, challenging the government’s claim that videos showing the army executing captured rebels in…Continue Reading
A U.N. human rights expert says gruesome new footage from the final days of Sri Lanka’s civil war is authentic and proves war crimes took place there, challenging the government’s claim that videos showing the army executing captured rebels in May 2009…Continue Reading
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official says the brutality and magnitude of repression in Syria and Libya against anti-government groups is “shocking.”Continue Reading
A U.N. human rights expert says gruesome new footage from the final days of Sri Lanka’s civil war is authentic and proves war crimes took place there, challenging the government’s claim that videos showing the army executing captured rebels in May 2009…Continue Reading
A U.N. human rights expert says new footage from the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 is authentic and proves war crimes took place.Continue Reading
Human rights groups have welcomed Egypt’s decision to open its border crossing with Gaza permanently but say it still does not go far enough.Continue Reading
At least two people have died and scores of others have been wounded after Syrian government forces entered two central towns with tanks, according to activists and a human rights group.Continue Reading