Supporters from some 40 human rights groups gathered for a vigil in New York Thursday in memory of murdered Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato, and called for his killer to be brought to justice.Continue Reading
Egyptian authorities have detained three officials from Western human rights groups and taken them to an unknown location, the groups said Thursday.Continue Reading
Libyan authorities freed 12 political prisoners on Thursday after mediation by a human rights group which has had links to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch urged the European Union and United States on Thursday to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority after security forces broke up up a pro-Egypt rally on the West Bank.Continue Reading
European rules on human rights that prevent some foreign terrorism suspects from being deported to their homelands are creating a “safe haven” for extremists in Britain, Britain’s anti-terrorism watchdog said Thursday.Continue Reading
GENEVA – The United Nation’s top human rights official says Iran has executed at least 66 people this year, based on Iranian press reports her office has reviewed.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI – An international rights group Wednesday accused Indian security forces of a range of human rights violations and urged reform of the justice system to prevent abuses during counterterrorism efforts.Continue Reading
BAGHDAD – Elite Iraqi troops controlled by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office are holding prisoners at a secret jail and torturing inmates at another facility, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Security forces linked to Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki are operating a “secret detention site” and elite teams are torturing detainees at a separate facility, Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday.Continue Reading
The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it had offered Haiti assistance to prosecute crimes including killings and torture committed under Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) along with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Tuesday launched an online training programme to sensitise police personnel on human rights.Continue Reading
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official on Tuesday praised the protest movement in Egypt and called on authorities to change a system that encourages abuses of the country’s people, in an unusually frank call from a U.N. official.Continue Reading
The ACT Human Rights Commissioner says a review into Canberra’s youth justice system will improve services at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch called on Middle East governments on Monday to learn the lessons of the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings and improve the freedom of their people.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Monday criticised the Palestinian Authority for breaking up a rally in support of the Egyptian protests and said those who organised it were harassed.Continue Reading