Beirut, Apr 6(ANI): Human Rights Watch has urged the International Olympic Committee to take up the issue of Saudi discrimination against women in sports at its next executive board meeting in Quebec on May 23.Continue Reading
Syria lashed out at the UN high commissioner for human rights on Friday, accusing her of turning a blind eye to "terrorism" funded from abroad.Continue Reading
Human Rights Youth Coordinator for the Church of Scientology increases awareness of this growing global issue at recent talk.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 The Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International hosted a forum and fundraiser M…Continue Reading
By CARLO FIGUEROA, VERA Files CAN one marginalized group be more marginalized than the others? Yes, say persons with disabilities (PWDs) who live with this assumption every day. Indeed, a report by the Coalition on the U.N. Convention on the … Contin…Continue Reading
ALBANY, NY– – James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., President of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, announced today that Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, …Continue Reading
The Human Rights Commission is concerned about the low number of Maori employed by Crown entities.Continue Reading
An imprisoned Bahraini human rights activist, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days has been moved to a prison clinic for medical observation and care, authorities said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Argentine human rights secretary Eduardo Luis Duhalde, who was a prominent voice in denouncing abuses during the country's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 72.Continue Reading
CEBU CITY – Three parents filed a complaint against St. Theresa’s College (STC) on Monday at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Central Visayas, after the school kept their children from joining their graduation ceremony, as a penalty.Meanwhile, …Continue Reading
Lawyers for a Bahraini human rights activist who is on hunger strike and attorneys for 20 other opposition figures appealed their convictions on anti-state charges on Monday.Continue Reading
A group of Southeast Asian lawmakers cautioned Monday that human rights abuses in Myanmar should not be forgotten in the "euphoria" of by-elections seemingly won by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition.Continue Reading
Amnesty International reiterates its long-standing call for an independent investigation into New Zealand's compliance with international humanitarian and human rights obligations following the completion of the Special Air Service's (SAS) miss…Continue Reading
A bill in the House of Representatives that orders the government to compensate victims of human rights during the regime of President Ferdinand E. Marcos has been approved on third and final reading.Continue Reading
We Belong Together Women’s Human Rights Delegation calls for the repeal of HB 56 and support for immigrant women.(PRWEB) March 31, 2012 Last week, women’s rights, immigrant rights, and human rights organizations visited Birmingham, Ala. as part of …Continue Reading
A Liberian man accused of leading a faction responsible for human rights abuses during the West African country's civil war in the early 1990s was removed Friday from the United States, immigration officials said.Continue Reading