Human rights lawyers often refer to the U.S.-run detention facility in Afghanistan as “the other Guantanamo,” “Guantanamo’s evil twin” or “Obama’s Gitmo.” It is Bagram they are talking about.Continue Reading
London, Sept 26 (ANI): A 28-year-old terror fanatic in Britain has been allowed to stay in the country after a judge barred his deportation on grounds of human rights.Continue Reading
Despite warnings from doctors, a man began a hunger strike at City Hall yesterday to show his support for human-rights activists in the Middle East. Last year, Abdelmonaim Ibrahim went on a 16-day hunger strike in Lebanon. Yesterday, the Sudanese refug…Continue Reading
A Venezuelan opposition leader launched his presidential campaign Saturday, challenging President Hugo Chavez to accept him in the race after a human rights court overturned a ban on his candidacy.Continue Reading
TORONTO – A human rights group is urging the federal government to bring criminal charges against former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney, accusing him of playing a role in the torture of detainees during the years of the Bush administration.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch is urging the Canadian government to “be prepared” to bring criminal charges against former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney when he visits Vancouver on his book tour next week.Continue Reading
A young woman was found beheaded and mutilated, apparently by Syrian security agents, underscoring what witnesses and the U.N. human rights office said Friday was a fearsome new tactic of retaliating against protesters’ families to snuff out the 6-mont…Continue Reading
The office of the United Nation’s human rights chief expressed deep concern Friday over violence in Burundi, after a recent bar shooting left 39 dead in one of the country’s worst attacks in months.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Sep.23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has constituted its “Advisory Group on the Media and Human Rights” comprising twelve senior media persons representing different major news organizations in the country.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) — The proposed new law to replace theInternal Security Act (ISA) must not infringe basic human rights, said UmnoYouth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.He said if basic human rights like access to a lawyer and to be tried in anop…Continue Reading
Beijing, Sept 22 (ANI): Chinese scholars have proposed setting up an independent human rights commission for the country in line with internationally recognized standards.Continue Reading
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s border control agency is knowingly exposing migrants to inhuman and degrading conditions by transporting them to unacceptable detention centres in Greece, an international human rights agency said Wednesday.Continue Reading
The European Union’s border control agency is knowingly exposing migrants to inhuman and degrading conditions by transporting them to unacceptable detention centers in Greece, an international human rights agency said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Indonesian officials are planning to deport an Australian human rights researcher who has been detained on Madura island, north of Java.Continue Reading
Islamabad, Sept 21(ANI): Human rights groups have called on China to stop the execution of Pakistani national Zahid Husain Shah, who has been convicted of drug smuggling, and also urged Islamabad to come forward and save his life.Continue Reading