UN human rights chief Navi Pillay warned Syria on Saturday that a violent crackdown on reformist protests risked plunging the country into a downward spiral of violence.Continue Reading
Jammu, March 26 (IANS) Long accused of committing excesses in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has embarked on spreading human rights awareness to the villagers living in remote areas.Continue Reading
A Syrian human rights activist says authorities have released 70 political prisoners.Continue Reading
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian minister for human rights has called for ‘rigorous punishment’ of the police officers caught on tape shoving around and shooting an unarmed 14-year-old boy.Continue Reading
Crusading Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon has asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on a case brought against him over his probe into Franco-era crimes, his legal team said Friday.Continue Reading
TEHRAN, Iran – Tehran lashed out on Friday at the decision by U.N.’s top human rights body to appoint a special investigator to look into allegations of human rights abuses in Iran, saying the newly created post is “politically motivated” and meant to …Continue Reading
Iran on Friday dismissed the UN human rights council’s appointment of an investigator to monitor abuses there for the first time since 2002, the state news agency IRNA reported.Continue Reading
NEW YORK, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC welcomed the UN Human Rights Council decision to appoint a special rapporteur to investigate human rights in Iran.Continue Reading
Crusading Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon has asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on a case brought against him over his probe into Franco-era crimes, his legal team said Friday.Continue Reading
The UN human rights council on Thursday voted to step up international scrutiny of Iran by appointing an investigator to monitor the country amid a crackdown on dissent and surge in executions there.Continue Reading
The U.N.’ top human rights body created a new special investigator’s job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council established a special investigator on Iran Thursday, a move spearheaded by Washington that will subject Tehran’s record to U.N. scrutiny for the first time in nearly a decade.Continue Reading
GENEVA – The United Nations’ top human rights body created a new special investigator’s job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
The United Nations’ top human rights body created a new special investigator’s job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council established a special investigator on Iran on Thursday, a move spearheaded by Washington that will subject Tehran’s record to U.N. scrutiny for the first time in nearly a decade.Continue Reading