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Australia’s human rights agency said Monday there was a “high risk” Indonesian minors were being held in adult prisons in the country, questioning the accuracy of using wrist X-rays to determine age.Continue Reading

A government-appointed human rights body on Sunday urged Myanmar’s president to release political prisoners or transfer them to prisons close to their families, signaling such action may be imminent.Continue Reading

A government-appointed human rights body on Sunday urged Myanmar’s president to release political prisoners or transfer them to prisons close to their families, signaling that such action may be imminent.Continue Reading

The Yukon Supreme Court is deciding whether a Human Rights Commission decision against Yukon College should be thrown out on a technicality.Continue Reading

Syrian security forces fired on anti-government protests Friday, killing at least five people as an international human rights group accused the regime of crimes against humanity, activists said.Continue Reading

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have carried out crimes against humanity as they try to crush opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the restive province of Homs, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday.Continue Reading

BEIRUT – Syrian forces have tortured and killed civilians in the rebellious province of Homs in an assault that indicates crimes against humanity, and the Arab League should suspend Syria’s membership, an international human rights group said Friday.Continue Reading

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have carried out crimes against humanity as they try to crush opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the restive province of Homs, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday.Continue Reading

An Aboriginal group in the Gippsland town of Bairnsdale has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, as tensions with police reach breaking point.Continue Reading

The Yukon Supreme Court is deciding whether a Human Rights Commission decision against Yukon College should be thrown out on a technicality.Continue Reading

A gay rights activist in Uganda, where a bill that would punish gays with prison or death has stirred worldwide outrage, received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in Washington on Thursday.Continue Reading

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA– – Stuart Murray, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights , announced today that Mr. Gilles Hebert has accepted the position of CMHR’s Vice-President, Museum Practice.In …Continue Reading

A human rights group said Thursday it’s worried that debt-ridden European countries pondering the idea of bailout money from China may be tempted to dial back the pressure on Beijing about human rights.Continue Reading

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) — Information, Communications and CultureMinister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim warned today that the Western concept of humanrights could be seen to be taking root in the country and being turned into anew religion by some M…Continue Reading