The U.N. human rights office says a new international treaty against enforced disappearances will come into effect on Dec. 23 after Iraq became the 20th country to ratify it.Continue Reading
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
US and Haitian human rights groups put out a joint call Tuesday for this weekend’s presidential and legislative elections in Haiti to be postponed due to raging cholera epidemic.Continue Reading
The head of Iran’s human rights council predicted that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will likely be spared from execution.Continue Reading
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official has called on Iran to release a lawyer detained on suspicion of spreading propaganda against the ruling system.Continue Reading
The Petra Foundation named four new fellows to its growing network of human rights heroes this past Saturday, November 20, at its 22nd annual celebration of unsung leaders who are making distinctive contributions to civil and human rights in the United…Continue Reading
Russia’s top judge said it may no longer honor judgments handed down by Europe’s influential Court of Human Rights, but a Kremlin official played down the idea, calling it a “backwards” step.Continue Reading
Human rights activists say it is a farce that no serious investigation will be undertaken into the events surrounding a video that showed Papuan detainees being tortured by Indonesian troops.Continue Reading
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading
North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading