Karachi, May 31 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has given his consent to the National Human Rights Commission Act, clearing the way for the formation of an independent body to protect and promote human rights in the country.Continue Reading
Geneva, May 31 (IANS) The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session here Friday on the situation and the recent killings in Syria, Xinhua reported.Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A long list of human-rights groups, lawyers and activists wants the federal government to apologize for trashing the UN food envoy during his recent visit to Canada.Continue Reading
The U.N.'s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria and last week's massacre of more than 100 Syrian villagers, officials said.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will tackle last week's massacre of 108 civilians in Syria at a special session on Friday, the fourth in a series of emergency debates that have had little impact since the country's crisis erupt…Continue Reading
MANILA, Philippines – Some 69 countries questioned the Philippine government on its human rights record before a United Nations meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, according to the Philippine-UPR Watch.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Syria on Friday to probe last week's massacre of more than 100 people in the town of Houla, diplomats involved in planning the meeting in Geneva said on Wednesday. The …Continue Reading
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – The 7th Infantry Division (7ID) of the Philippine Army (PA) based here has launched its massive campaign against human rights violations.Continue Reading
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, facing three separate trials on charges including taking part in an illegal gathering and writing tweets deemed insulting to the government, was granted bail on Monday, his lawyer said.Continue Reading
Beijing, May 28 — The US has no right to play the world's human rights judge as its own human rights record is notorious, China said over the weekend, accusing Washington of using rights issues to meddle in other countries' affairs.Issuing its…Continue Reading
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) – In the most customary fashion, the state minister for home affairs has trashed the US government's Human Rights Report 2011 for its less than savoury remarks on the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh. Th…Continue Reading
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) – In the most customary fashion, the state minister for home affairs has trashed the US government's Human Rights Report 2011 for its less than savoury remarks on the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh. Th…Continue Reading
Beijing, May 26 (IANS) China, which termed a US report on human rights as "full of overly critical remarks" and "distortions" on China, has hit back with a report on human rights issues in the US.Continue Reading
Beijing (China Daily/ANN) – Beijing yesterday swiftly hit back at Washington's annual report on China's human rights, saying in a report that the US government's crackdown on protesters in the Occupy Wall Street demonstration is the real il…Continue Reading
Beijing (China Daily/ANN) – Beijing yesterday swiftly hit back at Washington's annual report on China's human rights, saying in a report that the US government's crackdown on protesters in the Occupy Wall Street demonstration is the real il…Continue Reading