Perth, Oct 28 (IANS) The Commonwealth is facing several serious human rights issues and as an institution is unable to address it adequately, said a retired Australian judge.Continue Reading
New York, Oct 28(ANI): A US-based international human rights organisation has honoured Pakistani journalist Shehrbano Taseer, daughter of the assassinated former Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, for “her courage in carrying out her father’s legacy of re…Continue Reading
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies Friday took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by members, but have still to address tougher measures some warn the group must take to re…Continue Reading
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies on Friday took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by members but have still to address tougher measures some warn the group must take to …Continue Reading
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies Friday took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by members but have still to address tougher measures some warn the group must take to rem…Continue Reading
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting on Thursday were split over how tough to get on human rights abuses in member countries, an issue which one official said their leaders were unlikely to resolve at a summit later in th…Continue Reading
Opposition politicians are using human rights issues for their political benefit, warned former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.Continue Reading
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting on Thursday were split over how tough to get on human rights abuses in member countries, an issue which one official said their leaders were unlikely to resolve at a summit later in th…Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — Malaysia should support human rights only as much as it can and not pay heed to critics who ask for excessive rights, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.Continue Reading
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Alfredo Astiz, Argentina’s infamous “Blond Angel of Death,” and 11 other death squad members from the 1970s were jailed for life on Wednesday in one of the country’s biggest human rights cases.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States pressed Bahrain on Wednesday to make good on its pledges to address any human rights violations committed during a government crackdown on pro-democracy protests earlier this year.Continue Reading
The UK’s negative media coverage of human rights issues sparked by scepticism from the Tory right risks damaging human rights compliance in countries such as Russia and Turkey, the head of the Council …Continue Reading
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa that Australia wants to see his country deal with the alleged human rights abuses committed during the civil war.Continue Reading
Human rights, food security and economic growth will head up the agenda at a major meeting of Commonwealth nation leaders in Australia.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 – The nation’s former top cop has likened the rise of the human rights movement in Malaysia to communism, and said this would lead to the questioning of “accepted truths” like the social contract.Continue Reading