The 192 U.N. member nations suspended Libya on Tuesday from the U.N. Human Rights Council in the latest international effort to halt the Gadhafi regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading

NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC welcomed today’s suspension of Libya’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council. The UN General Assembly approved the resolution without a vote, demonstrating the widespread support for this unpre…Continue Reading

The United Nations on Tuesday suspended Libya from its main human rights body over Moamer Kadhafi’s crackdown on protests amid warnings of new Security Council action against the regime.Continue Reading

The 192 U.N. member nations suspended Libya on Tuesday from the U.N. Human Rights Council in the latest international effort to halt the Gadhafi regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading

The UN human rights chief said Tuesday that the detention of Zimbabweans meeting about Egypt protests was a serious step backwards and underlined a growing crackdown on civil society in the country.Continue Reading

The UN human rights chief on Tuesday warned Yemeni authorities against the violent repression of peaceful protests, saying that people have the right to express their grievances.Continue Reading

India will ask the United States to extradite an ex-army officer who is accused of kidnapping and killing a Kashmiri human rights lawyer 15 years ago and is now living in California, investigators said Tuesday.Continue Reading