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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s security forces are committing widespread human rights violations such as torture and forced disappearances in their battle against drug cartels, a report by Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.Continue Reading

Mexico’s public security forces have indulged in the systematic use of torture in the country’s fight against drug-trafficking organisations, according to a leading human-rights group.Continue Reading

Syrian troops killed 16 civilians on Wednesday, five of whom were attending a funeral in Damascus and were caught up in the regime’s continuing crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said.Continue Reading

United Nations Association Co-hosts Discussion on Human Rights ChallengesNew York (PRWEB) November 09, 2011 The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) Leo Nevas Human Rights Task Force awarded Dr. Asma Jahangir with the 2011 Leo Nevas Human Ri…Continue Reading

The U.N. human rights office says the government of Congo’s continuing repression threatens to endanger the democratic process for the critical November presidential vote and may prompt postelection violence.Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch urged Malaysia’s government Wednesday to rescind a ban on an annual gay arts festival and amend criminal laws that it said discriminated against homosexuals.Continue Reading

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA– – The Canadian Museum for Human Rights will be holding its first Annual Public Meeting on December 6, 2011 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST at the Manitoba Museum, located at 190 Rupert …Continue Reading

The Indonesian government must immediately act on the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission’s (Komnas HAM) findings that human rights violations were committed by Indonesian security forces at the Third Papuan Peoples’ Congress on 19 October 2011.Continue Reading

GENEVA – Syria’s nearly eight-month-old uprising has cost at least 3,500 civilian lives, the United Nations reported Tuesday, in a tally based on figures gathered outside the country.Continue Reading

More than 3,500 people have been killed in the Syrian regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent, the UN human rights office said Tuesday, deploring the slaughter that went on despite a peace plan.Continue Reading

Human rights must be more than a dream. A committee composed of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, Metro Human Relations Commission, Church of Scientology, My Global Voice, the United Nations Association and the Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council will…Continue Reading

The Labour Party and New Zealand unions are calling on the Fijian government to release two unionists or charge them.Continue Reading

2011 Leo Nevas Human Rights Award Winner Makes First Presentation since Receiving Honor at United Nations Association of the USA Event(PRWEB) November 04, 2011 Dr. Asma Jahangir, frequently the target of threats for her work, is a renowned internationa…Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch says an opposition leader arrested earlier this week and held for nearly three days has been released and is on his way to meet his family.Continue Reading