An Austrian human rights lawyer and others on Monday blamed the slaying of a Chechen refugee on the president of the southern Russian republic and expressed hope that an upcoming trial will help prosecute him.Continue Reading
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation. She called f…Continue Reading
Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-ruled nation.Continue Reading
Author Kimiko K. Julie analyzes Chinese human rights issues through an in-depth studyContinue Reading
Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, chair of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, has been invited to join the Advisory Group on Human Rightsis established by the Foreign Secretary William Hague.Continue Reading
A digital rights group has said the European Union’s eCommerce Directive could undermine fundamental human rights.Continue Reading
Six UN human rights experts said on Thursday that they feared groups like the Shebab were taking Somalia “back to the stone age,” following the public execution of two teenage girls.Continue Reading
Six UN human rights experts said on Thursday that they feared groups like the Shebab were taking Somalia “back to the stone age,” following the public execution of two teenage girls.Continue Reading
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Human rights advocates and religious leaders in 11 major cities from New York to Seattle plan a coordinated protest November 16th against the continued inaction by Japanese government to stop the abuse…Continue Reading
Human rights groups said Wednesday they filed a complaint with the EU accusing the Czech government of failing to comply with a court order that it stop placing thousands of healthy Roma children in schools for the mentally disabled.Continue Reading
Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.Continue Reading
Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.Continue Reading
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.Continue Reading
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.Continue Reading
Ireland’s human rights watchdog appealed Tuesday to the government to investigate the abuse of women and girls in prison-style Catholic laundries, an issue left unresolved by state probes into scandals inside other church-run institutions.Continue Reading