Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years for actions deemed “detrimental to national security,” the activist’s lawyer said Monday.Continue Reading
China’s deputy premier was in London Monday for trade talks with Prime Minister David Cameron, but one top British official indicated that the thorny subject of China’s human rights record might also be on the table.Continue Reading
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer who defended opposition activists has been convicted of security offenses and sentenced to 11 years in prison, her husband said Monday.Continue Reading
The husband of a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer says she has been convicted of security offenses and sentenced to 11 years in prison.Continue Reading
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
US diplomats are warning hundreds of human rights activists, journalists, and foreign government officials they are in danger after the massive WikiLeaks dump, the State Department said Friday.Continue Reading
A Saudi human rights group has asked King Abdullah to fire the kingdom’s powerful interior minister, Prince Nayef, and prosecute him for what it says are systematic human rights violations in the country.Continue Reading
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA–(Marketwire – 01/06/11) – Misconception: There will be only 2 galleries in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), one on the Holocaust and the other on Aboriginal peoples. Fact: There are 12 permanent zones (galleries) in the …Continue Reading
A British human rights organisation claimed Thursday that a small company based in the office of a London driving instructor had supplied drugs to carry out executions in the United States.Continue Reading
The U.S. government has strongly protested to Vietnam over the treatment of an American diplomat, the ambassador said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading
The U.S. government has strongly protested to Vietnam over the treatment of an American diplomat, the ambassador said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading
The U.S. government has strongly protested to Vietnam over the treatment of an American diplomat, the ambassador said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading