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A UN expert tasked with investigating alleged human rights abuses in Iran will talk to Iranian activists in France, Germany and Belgium this week after a request to visit the country itself was refused.Continue Reading

An international human rights group has urged the authorities to allow the ‘Walk for Freedom’ to proceed without hindrance.Continue Reading

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is urging Parliament to pass legislation that would require national security organizations to monitor their human rights performance, saying data should be tracked and made public.Continue Reading

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria faces growing economic sanctions and condemnation over what the United Nations calls “gross human rights violations,” but President Bashar al-Assad shows no sign of buckling under pressure to end his military crackdown on popul…Continue Reading

The Petra Foundation welcomed four new fellows to its growing network of human rights heroes at its 23rd annual celebration of leaders who are making distinctive contributions to human rights and social justice.Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 28, 2011 The …Continue Reading

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee is calling on the Prime Minister to contact the Indonesian Government urgently in the light of grave fears of a new security forces crackdown on the people in Indonesian-controlled West Papua.Continue Reading

Today the U.S. Campaign for Burma (USCB) and 11 other respected human rights organizations and one individual in the United States sent an open letter to Secretary Clinton to strongly urge her to prioritize securing an end to the egregious crimes again…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations commission of inquiry on Syria said on Monday Syrian military and security forces had committed crimes against humanity including murder, torture and rape and the government of President Bashar al-Assad bore responsi…Continue Reading

Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, urged Europe on Monday to remember human rights concerns in its dealings with China, which EU governments hope could help in their debt crisis.Continue Reading

On Thursday Amnesty International USA named outgoing deputy assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Suzanne Nossel its new executive director. Nossel, a Harvard-trained human rights lawyer, most recently served as a senior State De…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations commission of inquiry on Syria said on Monday Syrian military and security forces had committed crimes against humanity including murder, torture and rape and the government of President Bashar al-Assad bore responsi…Continue Reading

Paris, Nov 28(ANI): Human rights of over 1000 women and children have been severely violated in the Ivory Coast, with one child being raped every 36 hours, a report has warned.Continue Reading

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Myanmar soldiers are committing serious human rights abuses including extra-judicial killing and rape in a campaign against guerrillas in the north of the country despite reforms aimed at ending harsh military rule, a relief group s…Continue Reading

Human rights groups have sent a letter to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd calling for monitors to be sent to Papua ahead of pro-independence rallies next week.Continue Reading