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
The United Nations human rights office said on Thursday it had substantiated allegations that at least 173 people were killed and hundreds arrested in Ivory Coast’s political violence in the past week.Continue Reading
United Nations human rights officials said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed in Ivory Coast in the past week, during the fragile West African state’s post-election crisis.Continue Reading
UN staff have substantiated allegations of 173 killings and 90 cases of torture or ill treatment in Ivory Coast after December 16, UN deputy human rights chief Kyung-wha Kang said on Thursday.Continue Reading
The British government has confirmed that it trains a Bangladeshi police unit labelled a “death squad” by human rights groups, but stressed the programme was to improve ethical standards.Continue Reading
The government has confirmed that it trains a Bangladeshi police unit labelled a “death squad” by human rights groups, but stressed the programme was to improve ethical standards.Continue Reading
Britain confirmed Thursday it trains a Bangladeshi police unit that human rights groups have labelled a government “death squad” but stressed the programme was to improve ethical standards.Continue Reading
The Chief Human Rights Commissioner is “deeply disappointed” the Crown is to appeal a High Court ruling on caregivers’ rights.Continue Reading
Democratic Republic of Congo hit back Wednesday at criticism of its human rights record, after Washington deprived it of trade privileges and a French envoy called it a “shipwreck.”Continue Reading
Angola on Wednesday freed four human rights activists jailed almost a year ago in the wake of a deadly militant attack on Togo’s football team on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations in January.Continue Reading
Angola will release four human rights activists jailed in the wake of a deadly attack on Togo’s football team during the Africa Cup of Nations in January, a top justice official said Wednesday.Continue Reading
WikiLeaks and Operation Payback have put distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the news recently, but independent media and human rights Web sites have been battling these attacks on a consistent basis and there’s no easy way to stop them fro…Continue Reading
Angola will release four human rights activists jailed in the wake of a deadly attack on Togo’s football team during the Africa Cup of Nations in January, a top justice official said Wednesday.Continue Reading
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday condemning and expressing deep concern over human rights violations in North Korea.Continue Reading
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA–(Marketwire – 12/21/10) – Stuart Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), met Saturday December 18, 2010 with members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Canadian Ethnocult…Continue Reading