KAMPALA (AFP) – Uganda on Tuesday dropped charges against 17 suspects who had been accused of involvement in July 11 suicide bombings in Kampala, but three were immediately re-arrested.Continue Reading
Seven months in jail — the first few days without food, water or visitors — have only strengthened the resolve of an Angolan human rights activist, he told The Associated Press a week after his release.Continue Reading
LUANDA, Angola – An Angolan activist says the conditions he experienced in prison strengthened his resolve to stand up for human rights.Continue Reading
An Angolan activist says the conditions he experienced in prison strengthened his resolve to stand up for human rights.Continue Reading
A hearing started today for an Invercargill doctor who is refusing to settle over a privacy complaint, saying it would be “moral cowardice”.Continue Reading
Indigenous leaders and international experts from more than 15 countries will this week meet in Auckland for a workshop on indigenous rights.Continue Reading
The Swiss voted Sunday in support of a law that calls for the automatic deportataion of foreigners convicted of serious crimes. But the move could break Switzerland’s treaties with the E.U. — and see the country face charges of human-rights violationsContinue Reading
AFP – A UN human rights expert on Monday called on the climate change conference in Mexico to launch a “Green Marshall Plan” for agriculture to counter the impact of global warming on hunger and poverty.Continue Reading
A UN human rights expert on Monday called on the climate change conference in Mexico to launch a “Green Marshall Plan” for agriculture to counter the impact of global warming on hunger and poverty.Continue Reading
The Saskatchewan government has unveiled its plan to eliminate the Human Rights Tribunal and have some human rights complaints heard by the courts instead.Continue Reading
Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most of its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Egypt’s main opposition party the Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading