Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Egypt’s government to investigate accusations that the army tortured and abused women arrested in anti-government protests earlier this month.Continue Reading
A Quebec Human Rights Tribunal will decide if 15 Chinese workers deserve financial compensation after their Montreal employer allegedly called them pigs.Continue Reading
A Quebec Human Rights Tribunal will decide if 15 Chinese workers deserve financial compensation after their Montreal employer allegedly called them pigs.Continue Reading
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Tuesday that he’ll accept President Barack Obama’s invitation to formally request classified U.S. intelligence documents that may identify Chilean agents responsible for more than 1,200 human rights violations du…Continue Reading
Participants in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights have gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the two-day Annual Plenary Meeting. ÂContinue Reading
PARIS – Europe’s human rights court opened a hearing Tuesday into a Gypsy woman’s allegation that she was wrongly and forcibly sterilized at a state-run hospital in her native Slovakia because of her ethnicity.Continue Reading
Activists and medical staff have been arrested or harassed in Bahrain where up to 100 people have been reported missing since a crackdown last week the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
The Equality and Human Rights Commission faces “radical reforms” and will have to prove it is using taxpayers’ money wisely the government has announced.Continue Reading
Gandhinagar, Mar 22 (PTI) Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi today said the US need not preach India on human rights in the wake of its concerns on this issue in his state as reflected in leaked diplomatic cables from an American Consul.Modi at the s…Continue Reading
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) The central government-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will study rights watchdog Amnesty International’s report alleging human rights abuses in the state under the Public Safety Act, informed sources said.Continue Reading
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) The central government-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will study rights watchdog Amnesty International’s report alleging human rights abuses in the state under the Public Safety Act, informed sources said.Continue Reading
SANTIAGO, Chile – President Barack Obama said he’s ready to help Chile solve human rights crimes committed during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, but avoided agreeing Monday to a U.S. apology for meddling in the country’s affairs.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will introduce its first statement calling for the United Nations’ top human rights body to combat discrimination against gays and lesbians around the world, completing a U.S. reversal from years of ambiguity on th…Continue Reading
The Obama administration will introduce its first statement calling for the United Nations’ top human rights body to combat discrimination against gays and lesbians around the world, completing a U.S. reversal from years of ambiguity on the subject dur…Continue Reading
MIAMI, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On April 7th, 2011 at 11:30 am, St. Thomas University will unveil the inaugural sculpture show “Passages to a Better World” a unique art exhibit that brings human rights to the front burner. In addition,…Continue Reading