Shiite Muslims in Malaysia have made a rare public plea for authorities to let them legally worship amid fears of a clampdown on outlawed religious groups, a human rights official said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Shiite Muslims in Malaysia have made a rare public plea for authorities to let them legally worship amid fears of a clampdown on outlawed religious groups, a human rights official said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Scottish funnyman Frankie Boyle’s woes are worsening – he is facing a possible probe by a human rights watchdog over his jibes about model-turned-reality TV star Katie Price’s disabled son.Continue Reading
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The government of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo on Sunday rejected U.N. allegations of widespread human rights violations by its security forces.Continue Reading
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The government of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo on Sunday rejected U.N. allegations of widespread human rights violations by its security forces.Continue Reading
The government of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo Sunday rejected U.N. allegations of widespread human rights violations by its security forces.Continue Reading
Angolan human rights activists imprisoned after a separatist attack have been freed in time for Christmas, a colleague said Saturday.Continue Reading
An Indian court has convicted a human rights activist of aiding communist rebels in eastern India and sentenced him to life in prison, his attorney said Saturday.Continue Reading
An Indian court has convicted a human rights activist of aiding communist rebels in eastern India and sentenced him to life in prison, his attorney said Saturday.Continue Reading
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s most prominent human rights advocates, who was charged in June for subversion, has been denied access to his lawyers, a move that rights activists say sets the stage for a hasty and covert trial.Continue Reading
One of China’s most prominent human rights advocates who was charged in June for subversion has been denied access to his lawyers a move that rights activists say sets the stage for a hasty and covert trial.Continue Reading
Indonesia’s National Human Rights Commission says the military should reopen a stalled investigation into the torture of two Papuan men.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Led by African states, the U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday unanimously condemned deadly political violence in Ivory Coast and called for reconciliation to avoid renewed civil war.Continue Reading
Led by African states the U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday unanimously condemned deadly political violence in Ivory Coast and called for reconciliation to avoid renewed civil war.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Led by African states, the U.N. Human Rights Council was poised on Thursday to condemn deadly political violence in Ivory Coast and call for reconciliation to avoid renewed civil war.Continue Reading