CARACAS, Venezuela – Human rights activists find themselves under increasing attack by unidentified assailants and persecuted by state authorities in a growing climate of hostility against rights groups and non-governmental organizations, the Inter-Ame…Continue Reading
Human rights activists find themselves under increasing attack by unidentified assailants and persecuted by state authorities in a growing climate of hostility against rights groups and non-governmental organizations, the Inter-American Commission on H…Continue Reading
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should formally brand Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and 25 other current and former Iranian officials as human rights abusers, senators urged Friday.Continue Reading
The U.N.’s human rights chief called Friday for an independent probe into the deaths of at least 34 people during last week’s Iraqi military raid on a camp housing Iranian exiles, some of whom she said appeared to have been crushed to death.Continue Reading
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Jean-Claude Duvalier may not have directly participated in torture and killings but there is still enough evidence to prosecute him for abuses dating back more than 25 years, a Human Rights Watch lawyer said Thursday.Continue Reading
The Human Rights Commission says there does need to be an independent investigation into how police responded to last month’s violent riots on Christmas Island.Continue Reading
Europe’s human rights watchdog has criticized governments’ policies on North African migrants.Continue Reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A daughter of a prominent Bahraini human rights activist went on hunger strike on Tuesday to protest the arrest of several family members — including her father and her husband — for their connection to anti-government…Continue Reading
Geneva, April 13 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights office has demanded a fair trial for all perpetrators of violence on both sides of the conflict in Cote d’Ivoire.Continue Reading
The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on 32 Iranian officials for human rights abuses.Continue Reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A daughter of a prominent Bahraini human rights activist went on hunger strike on Tuesday to protest the arrest of several family members — including her father and her husband — for their connection to anti-government…Continue Reading
The United Nations on Tuesday named the experts who will investigate allegations of human rights abuses in Ivory Coast a day after the capture of Laurent Gbagbo whose refusal to quit as president triggered conflict.Continue Reading
In the wake of Judge Richard Goldstone’s landmark op-ed in The Washington Post, Stuart Robinowitz says Human Rights Watch should issue a mea culpa for its allegations that Israel committed war crimes in the deaths of civilians in Gaza—and return to…Continue Reading
In a letter to The Daily Beast, Human Rights Watch responds to Stuart Robinowitz’s allegations that the organization is hostile to Israel and falsely accused the country of committing war crimes in the deaths of civilians in Gaza. HRW’s Iain Levine…Continue Reading
Peru found itself on Monday facing the very scenario many Peruvians dreaded: The two presidential candidates whose democratic credentials are most questioned — the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori and leftist military man Ollanta …Continue Reading