President Obama on Monday issued new sanctions on Iran and Syria, targeted at those who use Internet and computer technology to facilitate human-rights abuses.Continue Reading
A Fredericton man is still facing significant health complications after ending his 48-day hunger strike last Friday, according to a member of his medical team.Continue Reading
President Obama will issue an executive order on Monday targeting the use of technology to abuse human rights, The Washington Post reports.Continue Reading
President Obama is expected to issue an executive order Monday that will impose sanctions on foreign nationals who – through the Internet, cellphones or other technologies — use surveillance and monitoring to commit human rights abuses, The Washingt…Continue Reading
Mexico City, April 23 (IANS/EFE) Poet Javier Sicilia received the Sergio Mendez Arceo Human Rights Prize this weekend for his efforts to promote peace in Mexico.Continue Reading
London, Apr 22 (ANI): An Iraqi Muslim cleric suspected of being linked to Al Qaeda and radicalising young Britons is the second hate preacher who has used the Human Rights Act to continue to live in the UK, despite government efforts to deport him.Continue Reading
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain's Crown Prince rejected calls from human rights activists to cancel this weekend's Grand Prix as pro-democracy opposition groups threatened further protests after days of clashes with security forces. As Formula One c…Continue Reading
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain's Crown Prince rejected calls from human rights activists to cancel this weekend's Grand Prix as pro-democracy opposition groups threatened further protests after days of clashes with security forces. As Formula One c…Continue Reading
The U.N.'s human rights office says three men recently sentenced to death in the Palestinian territory of Gaza were executed unlawfully.Continue Reading
The government voiced its frustration at the legal tangle in the European Court of Human Rights preventing London from deporting a radical cleric, as it hosted talks on taming the court's powers.Continue Reading
Britain voiced its frustration at the legal tangle in the European Court of Human Rights preventing London from deporting a radical cleric, as it hosted talks on taming the court's powers.Continue Reading
Britain voiced its frustration at the legal tangle in the European Court of Human Rights preventing London from deporting a radical cleric, as it hosted talks on taming the court's powers.Continue Reading
An Australian human rights lawyer acting on behalf of Julian Assange has arrived in Sydney after claiming she was initially barred from boarding her flight in London.Continue Reading
Britain voiced its frustration Thursday at the legal tangle in the European Court of Human Rights preventing London from deporting a radical cleric, as it hosted talks on taming the court's powers.Continue Reading
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has insisted that talks on the future of Europe's human rights court would lead to "substantial" reforms.Continue Reading