The US special envoy on human rights in North Korea is to visit South Korea this week to meet with senior Seoul diplomats and defectors from the reclusive North, according to the foreign ministry in Seoul.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture, has cancelled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading
Former U.S. President George W. Bush under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture has cancelled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading
Former U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture, has canceled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading
MIAMI – The United States should stop deporting Haitians who are seriously ill or who have family members in America, a human rights group said Friday.Continue Reading
MIAMI – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is urging the United States to stop deporting Haitians who are seriously ill or who have family members in this country.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Friday called for the Syrian authorities to “respect” the right of its people to protest, amid online calls for large demonstrations.Continue Reading
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories, including Gaza, starting on Sunday where she will meet leaders from both sides, her office announced.Continue Reading
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories, including Gaza, starting on Sunday where she will meet leaders from both sides, her office announced.Continue Reading
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday that Egypt would experience the kind of change that has swept Tunisia in the wake of a popular revolt that toppled that country’s president last month.Continue Reading
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official has denounced attacks on activists and journalists and backs the idea of a special session of the U.N.’s Human Rights Council to address the violence in Egypt.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has not fulfilled his promise to stop abuses against terrorism suspects, a charge his government denies. A guide to the accusationsContinue Reading
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Human Rights rulings have made Britain a ‘safe haven’ for foreign terrorists, the independent reviewer of anti-terror laws has warned.Continue Reading
CAIRO – Menacing gangs backing President Hosni Mubarak attacked journalists and human rights activists Thursday in an ugly turn in Egypt’s crisis as government opponents pushed supporters out of Cairo’s main square in a second day of street battles. Or…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Syrian authorities failed to intervene as 15 people who tried to hold a candle vigil in support of the Egyptian revolution were beaten in Old Damascus.Continue Reading