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
WASHINGTON – 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
Syrian security forces opened fire on protests around the country Friday in the latest sign the conflict could be moving toward a long and bloody stalemate as President Bashar Assad shrugged off tighter sanctions and U.S. calls to step aside. Human rig…Continue Reading
Kuwait secured a seat Friday on the UN Human Rights Council after Syria’s withdrawal following international pressure over its crackdown on opposition protests.Continue Reading
A Syrian human rights group says Syrian security forces have killed at least 27 protesters during demonstrations across the country.Continue Reading
Egypt’s police, whose credibility was shattered for using excessive force against anti-government protesters who toppled President Hosni Mubarak from power, will give more focus to human rights, the government said on Friday.Continue Reading
A human rights activist says Syrian security forces have killed at least 17 protesters during demonstrations across the country.Continue Reading
LONDON – Four Nigerian women who claimed they were treated as slaves won damages in Britain’s High Court, where a judge ruled Friday that the police’s failure to investigate the complaints breached human rights law.Continue Reading
Only 10 of 17 candidates to the U.N. Human Rights Council are fully qualified, a United Nations watchdog group said Thursday.Continue Reading
President Alassane Ouattara has asked the International Criminal Court to probe allegations of serious human rights crimes during Ivory Coast violent post-election power struggle.Continue Reading
Egyptian authorities continue to restrict freedom of assembly, torture detainees and try civilians in military courts, highlighting the urgent need for reform, Amnesty International said Thursday.Continue Reading
Egyptian authorities continue to restrict freedom of assembly, torture detainees and try civilians in military courts, highlighting the urgent need for reform, Amnesty International said Thursday.Continue Reading
Formal Human Rights Policies Incorporating Increased Vigilance and Training Viewed as Essential to Guard Against Material and Reputational Risk.Continue Reading
A prominent Bahraini human rights activist said he had been threatened with rape while in custody after he refused to apologize to the king over his role in anti-government protests.Continue Reading
A prominent Bahraini human rights activist said he had been threatened with rape while in custody after he refused to apologize to the king over his role in anti-government protests.Continue Reading