Thailand said on Tuesday it is looking into requesting the extradition of the kingdom’s fugitive former leader after he was invited to give evidence to a US government human rights panel.Continue Reading
The head of an award-winning group of Israeli medics said Monday the health woes of Palestinians in Gaza and Arab Bedouins living in the Jewish state were the direct consequence of government policies.Continue Reading
OSLO (AFP) – An exiled Chinese dissident representing Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s family criticised Monday the UN rights chief for declining to attend a ceremony for the laureate, charging she was bowing to pressure from Beijing.Continue Reading
Islamic sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been used by vigilante groups to harass and intimidate locals, a Human Rights Watch report says.Continue Reading
Human rights and political activists called on Sunday for broad democratic and social reform in the energy-rich Gulf states ahead of an annual summit of the regional bloc.Continue Reading
China will not be a true world leader until it stops human rights abuses at home and support for ‘brutal’ regimes, former Czech President Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu wrote in an editorial.Continue Reading
China will not be a true world leader until it stops human rights abuses at home and support for ‘brutal’ regimes former Czech President Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu wrote in an editorial.Continue Reading
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights welcomes Atlanta native Deborah Richardson’s return as Executive Vice President leading fundraising and program development.Continue Reading
Winnipeg agency New Directions files a human rights complaint against the Rural Municipality of Springfield after it denied the agency a zoning permit to move two mentally disabled men into an area home.Continue Reading
LAGOS, Nigeria – An activist in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says a military raid using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people.Continue Reading
LAGOS, Nigeria – An activist in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says a military raid using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people.Continue Reading
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 20,000 Japanese citizens are expected to rally on December 3 to “Protect Japanese Human rights and Religious Freedom.” Beginning at 11 a.m. in Tokyo’s Hibiya Park, more than 3,000 demonstrator…Continue Reading
Uzbekistan should “translate words into practice” to improve its human rights situation, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday during a brief visit to Tashkent.Continue Reading
A human rights group criticizes President Benigno Aquino III for his “empty promise” of alleviating rising extra-judicial killings in the country.Continue Reading
Donato J. Tramuto, CEO and Vice Chairman of Physicians Interactive Holdings LLC , has been appointed to serve on the Leadership Council of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, an organization dedicated to advancing human rights in…Continue Reading