Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s party appealed Tuesday for talks with Western nations about possible changes to sanctions against Myanmar, but said progress on human rights was vital.Continue Reading
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Online coupon site Groupon Inc.’s first foray into Super Bowl advertising aimed for humour but instead struck a raw nerve with viewers and human-rights groups for mocking serious social issues.Continue Reading
Human rights groups vowed Monday to pursue George W. Bush wherever he travels, claiming that the former US president had cancelled a trip to Switzerland over fears that he could be probed for torture.Continue Reading
CAIRO – At least 297 people have been killed since Egypt’s anti-government uprising began two weeks ago, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch told The Associated Press on Monday.Continue Reading
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says at least 297 people have been killed since Egypt’s anti-government uprising began two weeks ago.Continue Reading
The trial of dissident Syrian author Ali al-Abdullah charged with “disseminating false information” began on Monday before a military tribunal human rights groups said.Continue Reading
The former president canceled a trip to Geneva amid threats by human rights groups that they’d pursue legal charges against him for sanctioning tortureContinue Reading
Shortly before I left my position as head of Amnesty International in 2006, I gave a lecture at Syracuse University on the state of human rights around the world. At a dinner beforehand, the university president asked faculty members whether human righ…Continue Reading
Human rights worker Daniel Williams tells of the terrifying time he spent in military detention in Cairo last week, having been arrested by Egyptian soldiers.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For years, U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses.Continue Reading
For years, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses.Continue Reading
With a former left-wing guerrilla and political prisoner as President, Brazil inches toward confronting decades-old charges of murder, torture and forced exileContinue Reading
Torture, imprisonment, repression of dissent, murder, disappearances—as the Egyptian regime teeters, dissidents and bloggers look back on three decades of abuses.Continue Reading
Srinagar, Feb 6 (PTI) In the wake of the killing of an innocent youth in North Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today pulled up the Army for violating the Standard operating Procedure and directed security agencies to completely avoid violation of…Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Often criticised for failing to tackle abuses in authoritarian countries, the U.N. human rights office has leapt into action recently to denounce leaders clinging to power in Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Egypt.Continue Reading