BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have indicted veteran dissident Zhu Yufu on subversion charges for writing a poem urging people to gather to defend their freedoms, his lawyer said on Tuesday, the latest activist faced with such charges in a tig…Continue Reading
The US ambassador to Beijing said that China's human rights record was deteriorating as its communist rulers feel threatened in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East.Continue Reading
Killer Jeremy Bamber and two other convicted murderers will find out whether keeping them behind bars for the rest of their lives is a breach of their human rights.Continue Reading
The European Court of Human Rights is to rule on the whole-life sentences of three convicted British killers.Continue Reading
BEIRUT – A member of Syria's parliament has left the country to join the opposition against President Bashar Assad's regime, saying the Syrian people are suffering sweeping human rights violations.Continue Reading
Egypt's newly elected parliament should urgently reform laws used to curb freedoms and repress rights, a U.S.-based human rights group said on Monday.Continue Reading
Tehran takes aim at Canada’s treatment of its Aboriginals, in the wake of the Attawapiskat crisisContinue Reading
Tehran takes aim at Canada’s treatment of its Aboriginals, in the wake of the Attawapiskat crisisContinue Reading
A Kuwaiti human rights activist says riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who claim the Gulf nation is depriving them of citizenship and rights.Continue Reading
The first quadriplegic man to reach the North Pole is the new director and CEO of Nova Scotia's Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading
Hoist on its own petard. That’s where the Alberta government now finds itself, dangling, as it faces a sudden flurry of human rights complaints from angry parents. The Alberta government in 2009 passed a controversial piece of legislation, known as B…Continue Reading
Kenyan security forces are responsible for a growing number of rights abuses — including beatings, rape and arbitrary detention — since Kenyan troops moved into Somalia late last year, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Continue Reading
A prominent Chinese human rights activist released from prison last year said Thursday that police seized two of his computers and warned him to tone down his activism and online comments or face detention.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human rights protesters dressed in orange prison-style jumpsuits and covering their heads with black bags marched past the White House on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Ba…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human rights protesters dressed in orange prison-style jumpsuits and covering their heads with black bags marched past the White House on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Ba…Continue Reading