Taliban violence and religious extremism grew in Pakistan in 2010, with the government doing little to improve the situation and often making things worse, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch is calling on the United States to return Vietnam to a list of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedom, accusing it of continuously harassing some groups trying to worship peacefully.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch is calling on the United States to keep Vietnam on a list of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedom, accusing it of continuously harassing some groups trying to worship peacefully.Continue Reading
The United Nations defended Secretary General Ban Ki-moon against accusations by a leading rights group that he has not been tough enough on human rights.Continue Reading
The Human Rights Commission has given the Government a pat on the back for “significant progress” on Treaty of Waitangi issues.Continue Reading
President Hugo Chavez is using Venezuela’s judiciary to persecute his political opponents, crack down on media critics and curtail the power of labor unions, a prominent human rights organization reported Monday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch singled out U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for especially harsh criticism Monday as it took world leaders to task for what it called their failure to be tougher on rights offenders.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch singled out U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for especially harsh criticism Monday as it took world leaders to task for what it called their failure to be tougher on rights offenders.Continue Reading
The United Nations defended Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday against charges he has failed to speak out on human rights, saying that Ban had achieved positive results around the world.Continue Reading
Syria’s authorities were among the worse violators of human rights last year, jailing lawyers, torturing opponents and using violence to repress ethnic Kurds, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch singled out U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for especially harsh criticism Monday as it took world leaders to task for what it called their failure to be tougher on rights offenders.Continue Reading
The UN and EU stand accused of “cowardice” for claiming to tackle human rights abuses in places like China through soft diplomacy, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report Monday.Continue Reading
Democracies around the world are ignoring abuses by repressive regimes and opting for improved relations rather than condemning rights violations and curtailing aid, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Continue Reading
Oil is sheltering major African states from international criticism on human rights with foreign nations reliant on crude reluctant to speak out, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.Continue Reading
Democracies around the world are ignoring abuses by repressive regimes and opting for improved relations rather than condemning rights violations and curtailing aid, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Continue Reading