US agrees to improve human rights record
2011-03-18
The United States says it will do more to respect human rights, as the U.N. adopted its first-ever report on how Washington can improve.Continue Reading
Benghazi at risk of atrocities if retaken – HRW
2011-03-17
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Human Rights Watch warned of the risk of “atrocities” and a terrible retribution on residents of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi if the rebel stronghold is recaptured by Muammar Gaddafi’s troops.Continue Reading
Amnesty condemns Syrian crackdown on protest
2011-03-17
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International condemned a violent crackdown by Syrian security forces against a peaceful protest held in Damascus by people calling for the release of political prisoners.Continue Reading
Amnesty condemns Syrian crackdown on protest
2011-03-17
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Human rights group Amnesty International condemned a violent crackdown by Syrian security forces against a peaceful protest held in Damascus by people calling for the release of political prisoners.Continue Reading
Brazil activists laud probe of abuses by military
2011-03-16
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Anti-torture activists praised Brazil’s justice minister Wednesday for supporting creation of a commission to investigate human rights abuses during the military dictatorship, although they consider the proposal “timid.”Continue Reading
Egypt dissolves hated state security agency
2011-03-15
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Egypt’s interior minister on Tuesday dissolved the country’s widely hated state security agency, which was accused of torture and other human rights abuses in the suppression of dissent against ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule.Continue Reading
Egypt dissolves hated state security agency
2011-03-15
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Egypt’s interior minister on Tuesday dissolved the country’s widely hated state security agency, which was accused of torture and other human rights abuses in the suppression of dissent against ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule.Continue Reading
UK ‘should renegotiate human rights convention’
2011-03-15
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A constitutional expert has said the UK should consider withdrawing from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights.Continue Reading
Uzbekistan shuts down Human Rights Watch’s office amid mounting harassment of activists
2011-03-15
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that it has been forced to close its office in Uzbekistan after facing years of harassment by the Central Asian nation’s authorities.Continue Reading
Indonesia urged to axe minister for discrimination
2011-03-15
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Human rights activists urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to sack his religious affairs minister and to lift a ban on a minority Islamic group practising in public.Continue Reading
Rights body closes Uzbek office after government pressure
2011-03-15
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ALMATY (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has forced Human Rights Watch to shut down its local office, the group said on Tuesday, calling for tougher U.S. and European Union policies towards the authoritarian Central Asian state.Continue Reading
Rights body closes Uzbek office after government pressure
2011-03-15
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ALMATY (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has forced Human Rights Watch to shut down its local office, the group said on Tuesday, calling for tougher U.S. and European Union policies towards the authoritarian Central Asian state.Continue Reading
Rights body closes Uzbek office after government pressure
2011-03-15
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Uzbekistan has forced Human Rights Watch to shut down its local office the group said on Tuesday calling for tougher U.S. and European Union policies towards the authoritarian Central Asian state.Continue Reading
Malaysia broke human rights pledges, says watchdog report
2011-03-14
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Malaysia failed to live up to the human rights standards it had committed to in 2006 in its pre-election pledge to the United Nations Human Rights Council (Council), a Commonwealth human rights watchdog said yesterday.Continue Reading
UN-appointed human rights official warns Abyei violence may derail Sudan talks
2011-03-14
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KHARTOUM, Sudan – Violence in a contested area of Sudan may derail the country’s peace efforts, a U.N.-appointed human rights expert warned Monday.Continue Reading