A former Winnipeg waitress whose fight against sexual harassment changed Canadian law in the 1980s is set to share her story at a national human rights conference.Continue Reading
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has received more than 300 complaints from aboriginal people and First Nations groups following a change in federal legislation in 2008.Continue Reading
OTTAWA – It's been a year now since aboriginal people have had the full use of the Canadian Human Rights Act, and they're using their new power to hold both the federal government and their own First Nations governments to account.Continue Reading
OTTAWA , June 18, 2012 /CNW/ – Aboriginal people and First Nations organizations have filed over 300 human rights complaints since the Canadian Human Rights Act was amended in 2008 to encompass matters …Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), a U.S. nonprofit organization, will present an informational exhibit about the Bahraini Revolution …Continue Reading
New Zealand's Indonesian Human Rights Committee is shocked a member of a notorious Indonesian unit has trained in New Zealand.Continue Reading
New Zealand fishing researchers are welcoming the hint of arrests in South Korea.Continue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – A man who was once imprisoned by South Korea's former military dictator, Park Chung-hee, said on Sunday he would seek the centre-left's nomination to run for president, likely setting up a contest with the daughter of the man …Continue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – A man who was once imprisoned by South Korea's former military dictator, Park Chung-hee, said on Sunday he would seek the centre-left's nomination to run for president, likely setting up a contest with the daughter of the man …Continue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – A man who was once imprisoned by South Korea's former military dictator, Park Chung-hee, said on Sunday he would seek the centre-left's nomination to run for president, likely setting up a contest with the daughter of the man …Continue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – A man who was once imprisoned by South Korea's former military dictator, Park Chung-hee, said on Sunday he would seek the centre-left's nomination to run for president, likely setting up a contest with the daughter of the man …Continue Reading
Islamabad, June 16 (ANI): Human rights groups in Pakistan have condemned reported life threats to internationally acclaimed rights campaigner Asma Jahangir, according to a report.Continue Reading
TORONTO , June 15, 2012 /CNW/ – Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Ontario Human Rights Commission unveiled a provincial plaque to commemorate the Ontario Human Rights Code.The plaque reads as follows:Ontario …Continue Reading
London, June 15 (IANS/AKI) Human rights group Amnesty International has said it has collected evidence of state-sponsored rights abuses in Syria.Continue Reading
A prisoner who claimed to have had poor mental health care in an Adelaide jail has lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading