Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada on Wednesday lost his bid to make a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against a British deportation order, effectively clearing the way for the U.K. to resume efforts to expel him to Jordan.Continue Reading
A UN human rights envoy on Wednesday expressed serious concerns about the plight of more than 100 families living in squalor in the Cambodian capital after a violent forced eviction at the hands of the police.Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were involved in the systematic prosecution of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) following the abortive 1…Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were involved in the systematic prosecution of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) following the abortive 1…Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were involved in the systematic prosecution of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) following the abortive 1…Continue Reading
PRETORIA, South Africa – A South African judge has ordered prosecutors to investigate whether Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government committed human rights abuses, saying it would benefit Zimbabweans tortured in their homeland and South Af…Continue Reading
Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended its human rights record and accused "jealous" forces of seeking to tarnish the country's image as it prepares to host the Eurovision song contest.Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Human rights violations have increased in the country by over 13,000 in the last three years, with most cases reported from Uttar Pradesh, Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha Tuesday.Continue Reading
PRETORIA, South Africa – A South African judge says his country should investigate charges that officials in neighbouring Zimbabwe are responsible for grave human rights abuses.Continue Reading
MOSCOW, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Two Arab Spring revolutionaries, Nabeel Rajab and Alaa Abd al-Fattah explain why the reform movements stalled in Bahrain and have destabilized in Egypt on the May 8th …Continue Reading
Farai Maguwu, the award-winning Zimbabwean human rights activist, will lead a special session at the Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Banyan Room, Mandalay Bay Hotel, during the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry S…Continue Reading
Farai Maguwu, the award-winning Zimbabwean human rights activist, will lead a special session at the Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Banyan Room, Mandalay Bay Hotel, during the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry S…Continue Reading
Germany coach Joachim Loew on Monday joined national captain Philipp Lahm in criticising Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine over their government's treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.Continue Reading
Germany coach Joachim Loew on Monday joined national captain Philipp Lahm in criticising Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine over their government's treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.Continue Reading
Manama, May 7 (ANI): Bahrain police officials have arrested several human rights activists following a crackdown on protests taking place across the country.Continue Reading