WASHINGTON – The Obama administration claimed a quiet diplomatic victory after a frantic but largely invisible campaign to keep Syria from winning a seat on the United Nations body charged with policing international human rights.Continue Reading
The Obama administration claimed a quiet diplomatic victory after a frantic but largely invisible campaign to keep Syria from winning a seat on the United Nations body charged with policing international human rights.Continue Reading
Kolkata, May 23 (PTI) A human rights body today urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to consider for general amnesty for political prisoners instead of a case by case review.”There should be a general amnesty for political prisoners and tha…Continue Reading
The United Nations’ human rights envoy to Myanmar said Monday that the country’s nascent civilian government has done little to address widespread abuses, including forced labor and extrajudicial killings, since replacing the ruling junta in March.Continue Reading
The United Nations’ human rights envoy to Myanmar said Monday that the country’s nascent civilian government has done little to address widespread abuses, including forced labor and extrajudicial killings, since replacing the ruling junta in March.Continue Reading
Iran is considering imposing sanctions on U.S. officials for “human rights violations,” attempting to turn the tables after years of sanctions imposed by the West.Continue Reading
The United Nations’ human rights envoy to Myanmar said Monday that the country’s nascent civilian government has done little to address widespread abuses, including forced labor and extrajudicial killings, since replacing the ruling junta in March.Continue Reading
Amnesty International on Monday urged Jamaica’s government to seriously investigate human rights abuses allegedly committed during last year’s bloody operation to catch a reputed underworld boss.Continue Reading
A human rights activist says Syrian security forces have killed two people when they opened fire at thousands of mourners attending a funeral procession for slain protesters.Continue Reading
United Nations, May 21 (IANS) The UN General Assembly has elected 15 countries, including India, to the Human Rights Council, filling the latest slate of rotating council candidates, Xinhua reported.Continue Reading
YANGON, Myanmar – A senior U.S. diplomat left Myanmar still concerned about the government’s human rights policies and its relations with North Korea, despite a recent change of leadership.Continue Reading
Thousands of Syrians flooded the streets across the country Friday, defying an unrelenting government crackdown that has failed to crush a two-month uprising against the country’s authoritarian regime. Human rights activists said security forces opened…Continue Reading
The U.N. General Assembly on Friday approved Kuwait as a replacement candidate for Syria on the Human Rights Council amid growing alarm over the Syrian security forces’ violent crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading
A U.S. human rights envoy will visit North Korea next week to assess the need for food aid, the State Department announced Friday, four months after the communist regime asked for help.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain argued it is time for all sides in Bahrain to come to the negotiating table.Continue Reading