Just two weeks after Egypt allowed detained American nongovernmental workers to leave the country, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to issue a waiver allowing the U.S. to resume military aid to Cairo, The New York Times reports.Continue Reading
Three major international human rights groups called on Iraqi authorities on Friday to immediately investigate a spate of brutal killings of teenagers widely perceived to be gay.Continue Reading
CALGARY – A human rights group says Canada is still a safer bet when it comes to trying an accused Guatemalan war criminal facing extradition in Calgary.Continue Reading
"bring them into line with global standards."Continue Reading
Police use of "kettling" tactics to contain crowds during violent demonstrations in London in 2001 did not breach human rights, European judges have ruled.Continue Reading
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): A United Nations panel has adopted a report praising the human rights record of the former government of deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, a year after it was sidelined amid international objection.Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Indonesian gay activist Dede Oetomo and transgender Yulianus "Mami Yuli" Rettoblaut are both still in the running for National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) leader position. Both names are among the …Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Indonesian gay activist Dede Oetomo and transgender Yulianus "Mami Yuli" Rettoblaut are both still in the running for National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) leader position. Both names are among the …Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Indonesian gay activist Dede Oetomo and transgender Yulianus "Mami Yuli" Rettoblaut are both still in the running for National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) leader position. Both names are among the …Continue Reading
Images of naked Playboy models in a fire safety presentation have landed an instructor and forestry worker in mediation, according to papers filed with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.Continue Reading
Thirteen Cuban dissidents have holed up in a Roman Catholic church in Havana to press for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits in two weeks, saying they want to air their grievances about human rights on the island.Continue Reading
United Against Nuclear Iran CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, released the following statement Wednesday in response to MTN’s March 12 press release, which stated that “On huContinue Reading
Images of naked Playboy models in a fire safety presentation have landed an instructor and forestry worker in mediation, according to papers filed with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.Continue Reading
Colombo (The Island/ANN) – The Sri Lankan government has come under heavy NGO flak on the sidelines of the 19th sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa strongly criticised for introducing …Continue Reading
Colombo (The Island/ANN) – The Sri Lankan government has come under heavy NGO flak on the sidelines of the 19th sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa strongly criticised for introducing …Continue Reading