MINSK, Belarus – A former Belarusian presidential candidate says he has fled the country to escape its secret police, as Human Rights Watch strongly condemned Belarus’ post-election crackdown.Continue Reading
Drastic funding cuts to human rights groups will have a long-term effect on equality for Ireland’s most vulnerable people it has been claimed.Continue Reading
Global watchdog Human Rights Watch urged Nigerian authorities Sunday to set up a special panel to investigate and prosecute election-related abuses and violence.Continue Reading
JERUSALEM – Human Rights Watch is urging the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers to investigate claims that security officials detained and tortured a blogger and activist.Continue Reading
A human rights group says an Internet activist has been charged with subversion for spreading calls on the Internet for Middle Eastern-style anti-government protests in China.Continue Reading
GENEVA – Bahrain said on Friday it will investigate who posted photos of three human rights activists on social media sites, alongside calls for them to be “killed and liquidated.”Continue Reading
Geneva, March 11 (DPA) The UN Human Rights Council named Friday the members of a special commission that will investigate abuses during the ongoing political unrest in Libya.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday named a three-member panel of experts to investigate human rights violations in Libya.Continue Reading
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans are increasingly resorting to hunger strikes as a form of protest or a way to press grievances against President Hugo Chavez’s government, the representative of a human rights group said Thursday.Continue Reading
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday implored Russians to pursue democratic reforms and vowed that Washington will continue to call Moscow to account on human rights abuses and other shortcomings.Continue Reading
GROZNY, Russia – The cars pull up in broad daylight. Security forces point guns at terrified women and shoot. It turns out they’re paintball pellets, but still harsh punishment in Chechnya for leaving home without a headscarf.Continue Reading
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday that abuse suffered by three BBC journalists after they were detained by Libyan soldiers and secret police could amount to torture.Continue Reading
Angola has been cracking down on activists planning protests against its leader of 32 years to prevent a revolt similar to those that toppled the long-standing leaders of Egypt and Tunisia, a Human Rights Watch report said.Continue Reading
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told a group of Russian human rights activists, journalists and religious leaders on Thursday that Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization could hinge on its commitment to protect human rights.Continue Reading
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has told a group of Russian human rights activists, journalists and religious leaders that Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organzation could hinge on its commitment to protect human rights.Continue Reading