Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Human rights groups have expressed concerns over the drafting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) led by the grouping's Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights …Continue Reading
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Human rights groups have expressed concerns over the drafting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) led by the grouping's Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights …Continue Reading
Home Secretary Theresa May is seeking the backing of MPs to tackle foreign criminals who use human rights laws to avoid deportation.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Sunday urged Israel to repeal or amend a law that allows migrants to be detained without charge for up to three years, calling it a violation of "basic rights."Continue Reading
A former Indian army officer wanted in the killing of a human rights lawyer in the disputed Kashmir region shot and killed his own wife and two of their children in their California home before apparently committing suicide, authorities said.Continue Reading
A former Indian army officer wanted in the 1996 killing of a human rights lawyer shot and killed his own wife and two of their children in their California home before apparently committing suicide, authorities said.Continue Reading
Paris, June 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) International rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked France to reconsider allowing Russia's state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport to take part in an upcoming arms exhibition in Paris over supply…Continue Reading
The Government is on a collision course with judges over the rights of foreign prisoners and other immigrants, it has been reported.Continue Reading
KIEV (Reuters) – Denmark and the Netherlands increased pressure on Ukraine to improve its human rights record at the Euro 2012 soccer finals on Saturday by meeting victims of alleged police torture in the city where opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko i…Continue Reading
Dhaka, June 9 (ANI): Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded setting up of a new war crimes tribunal to expedite the prosecution process of war criminals.Continue Reading
The Liberian government has lashed out at a human rights group for a new report that accuses it of ignoring war criminals from the Ivory Coast who are continuing to recruit mercenaries for deadly cross-border attacks.Continue Reading
Syrian woman blogger Razan Ghazzawi has been honoured with this year's Human Rights Defenders at Risk award by the Dublin-based Front Line Defenders foundation, the group announced on Friday.Continue Reading
The House Foreign Relations Committee voted Thursday to penalize Russian human rights violators in a measure that could complicate efforts to normalize trade relations between the two countries.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional committee unanimously approved on Thursday a measure to penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, adding to tensions with Moscow and complicating White House efforts to pass Russian trade legislation in …Continue Reading
The nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka says human rights will be at the top of her agenda.Continue Reading