OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 10/18/10) – Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The Canadian Press. Mr. Stuart Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Righ…Continue Reading
CEDAW Women’s Human Rights Awards Given to Calvert and SymantecContinue Reading
Nelson McCausland has rejected Human Rights Commission pressure for an Irish language act.Continue Reading
Iran took part for the first time on Monday in talks with the international contact group on Afghanistan that set “sufficient stability” and basic human rights as the most realistic aims for the war-torn nation.Continue Reading
Indonesian security forces have been captured on video torturing an alleged separatist in Papua province, burning his genitals as he screams out in agony and then threatening to shoot him in the mouth, human rights activists said Monday.Continue Reading
ANKARA, Turkey – International gay and human rights organizations have called on Turkey to drop charges against five transgender rights activists who go on trial this week accused of resisting arrest.Continue Reading
International human rights groups are calling on officials in Turkey to drop charges against five transgender rights activists on trial this week for resisting arrest.Continue Reading
Afghanistan needs to make more effort to stamp out corruption and improve human rights Australia’s government said on Monday ahead of a parliamentary debate on the country’s troop contribution to Afghanistan.Continue Reading
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Afghanistan needs to make more effort to stamp out corruption and improve human rights, Australia’s government said on Monday ahead of a parliamentary debate on the country’s troop contribution to Afghanistan.Continue Reading
Afghanistan needs to make more effort to stamp out corruption and improve human rights Australia’s government said on Monday ahead of a parliamentary debate on the country’s troop contribution to Afghanistan.Continue Reading
Says Expansion Would Compound Human Rights Abuses of Palestinians in Occupied TerritoriesContinue Reading
Kenya’s government heralded the country’s new constitution as a “fresh start,” but human rights groups said Friday that new reports of killings and illegal extraditions raise questions about whether any real changes have been made.Continue Reading
A government-appointed commission inquiring into Sri Lanka’s civil war criticized leading human rights groups Friday for declining its invitations to testify.Continue Reading
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A human rights group urged the United Nations on Wednesday to help immediately arrest indicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, who last week told Reuters he was a senior commander in U.N.-backed military operations in Congo.Continue Reading
International human rights groups declined on Thursday to appear before a Sri Lankan probe into the end of the country’s civil war, saying the procedure was flawed and lacked credibility.Continue Reading