Beijing, Jan 29(ANI): The World Report 2012 report released by the New York-based NGO Human Rights Watch lacks objectivity and impartiality in examining China's human rights scenario, a report in a Chinese daily has said.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Sunday called on Indonesia to drop treason charges against five peaceful protesters, a day ahead of their expected trial in the remote province of Papua.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 384 children have been killed during Syria's 10-month uprising and virtually the same number have been jailed, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado told Reute…Continue Reading
The U.N.'s top human rights official says Libya's transitional government must take control of all makeshift prisons to prevent further atrocities against detainees.Continue Reading
Amnesty International on Friday called on Zimbabwean authorities to refrain from manipulating the country's laws to harass human rights activists and opponents of veteran President Robert Mugabe.Continue Reading
Singapore’s Law Ministry has refuted claims in an annual report released on Monday by U.S.-based human rights group Human Rights Watch, saying it made “false assertions”.Continue Reading
MIAMI, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — St. Thomas University School of Law's LL.M./ J.S.D. Program in Intercultural Human Rights, through its Human Trafficking Academy and the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, hosts its annual symposi…Continue Reading
There have been layoffs at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, CBC News has confirmed.Continue Reading
A group of UNESCO member states is trying to remove Syria from a committee with a human rights mandate, a panel it quietly rejoined despite its deadly crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading
DUBAI (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch accused the United Arab Emirates of cracking down on freedom of expression, during a news conference on Wednesday which was disrupted by men who claimed to be UAE officials and demanded the rights group end its pres…Continue Reading
British Prime Minister David Cameron called for the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday to stop wasting time on "trivial cases", in a major call for reform of the court.Continue Reading
PARIS (Reuters) – A group of Western and Arab nations are seeking the expulsion of Syria from the U.N. cultural agency's human rights committee, diplomats said, the latest international effort to isolate Damascus over its violent crackdown on domes…Continue Reading
The Prime Minister will today argue that the European Court of Human Rights is acting like a "small claims court" and must be reformed.Continue Reading
The European court of human rights (ECHR) must reform to remain "true to its original purpose", David Cameron will say later.Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain says the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) needs a major overhaul because it has become bogged down with trivial cases, repeatedly rules on similar issues and overrules national decisions unnecessarily. In a speech to the…Continue Reading