Colombo (The Island/ANN) – Influential members of the Canberra Federal Parliament were given the full picture of the realistic situation in Sri Lanka and briefed on how Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatist elements had infiltrated human r…Continue Reading
A group raising money for Winnipeg's Canadian Museum for Human Rights says it needs about another $50 million to meet the most recent construction estimate for the building.Continue Reading
Investigators probing violations during Libya's conflict said Friday they are giving the UN's human rights chief a list of people who should face international or national justice.Continue Reading
President Ma acknowledges work of Youth for Human Rights International to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 Taipei, Taiwan. In a meeting with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou March 6, Y…Continue Reading
China's human rights record worsened in 2011, making it the most repressive year in a decade, after Beijing launched a crackdown following protests across the Arab world, a group said Friday.Continue Reading
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Nunavut's Justice Minister told the legislature that the territory's Human Rights Tribunal is not working. Only two of 64 complaints since 2003 have gone to hearings.Continue Reading
Beijing, March 8 (IANS) China is planning to introduce major changes in its criminal procedure law that seek to insert in writing the principle of "safeguarding human rights" and exclude confessions extorted through illegal means, according t…Continue Reading
BlackRock ’s exchange traded fund unit, iShares , has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch another socially responsible ETF that excludes companies associated with countries that …Continue Reading
A radiologist who waited two years for the P.E.I. College of Physicians and Surgeons to submit paperwork so he could practise in the province will get a hearing from the P.E.I. Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading
Ivory Coast should take urgent steps to disarm former rebels involved in rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouake, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Ivory Coast should take urgent steps to disarm former rebels involved in rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouake, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A human-rights group wants the federal government to withdraw a directive permitting Canada's spy agency to share information even when there's a real risk it will lead to torture.Continue Reading