GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations top human rights official called on Friday for international action to protect Syria’s civilians, saying its “ruthless repression” of anti-government protesters could drive the country into full-blown civil war.Continue Reading
Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets Friday calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad and expressing support for army defectors fighting the regime, as the U.N.’s top human rights official urged the international community to take “imm…Continue Reading
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official urged the international community to take “immediate measures” to protect civilians in Syria as the death toll from seven months of anti-government unrest in the country rose above 3,000.Continue Reading
The U.N.’s top human rights official urged the international community to take “immediate measures” to protect civilians in Syria as the death toll from seven months of anti-government unrest in the country rose above 3,000.Continue Reading
The U.N. human rights office has raised its tally of deaths in Syria’s seven months unrest to more than 3,000.Continue Reading
A human rights group and prominent activist on Thursday called for Myanmar to free all of its political prisoners after only about 10 percent of an estimated 2,000 were released under a presidential amnesty.Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank said on Thursday that she “deeply regrets” attending a birthday celebration last week in Chechnya for a leader accused of orchestrating torture and other human rights violations.Continue Reading
Quebec’s human rights tribunal has award a paraplegic man $9,000 in damages after he was denied access to a campground with his service dog.Continue Reading
Hollywood celebrity Hilary Swank said she “deeply regrets” visiting a concert held on the birthday of the Kremlin-backed Chechen leader, who is accused of torture, abductions and killings by human rights groups.Continue Reading
Washington, Oct 13(ANI): The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on Canadian authorities to arrest former US President George W. Bush when he attends an economic summit in British Columbia next week.Continue Reading
Washington, Oct 13(ANI): The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on Canadian authorities to arrest former US President George W. Bush when he attends an economic summit in British Columbia next week.Continue Reading
Justice and Commerce Minister Simon Power has introduced four new bills to Parliament covering cartels, victims of crime, human rights and company rules.Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya’s new rulers are in danger of repeating human rights abuses commonplace during Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, including arbitrary arrest and torture, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya’s new rulers are in danger of repeating human rights abuses commonplace during Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, including arbitrary arrest and torture, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya’s new rulers are in danger of repeating human rights abuses commonplace during Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, including arbitrary arrest and torture, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.Continue Reading