The Inter-American Court of Human Rights sided with a Venezuelan opposition politician in a ruling released Friday, saying he should be allowed to run for office despite a decision that had blocked him from challenging President Hugo Chavez.Continue Reading
A state-run human rights commission has broadened its investigation into unmarked graves in the Indian portion of Kashmir to include thousands more in two additional districts, officials said Friday.Continue Reading
A state-run human rights commission has broadened its investigation into unmarked graves in the Indian portion of Kashmir to include thousands more in two additional districts, officials said Friday.Continue Reading
Two men have pleaded guilty for their role in the World Cup bomb attacks in Uganda and were convicted. Ugandans Edris Nsubuga and Muhamoud Mugisha were convicted respectively of terrorism and conspiracy to commit terrorism. They will be sentenced on Fr…Continue Reading
Asia Pulp & Paper Group is initiating its first-ever comprehensive human rights audit across the company’s Indonesian operations, heeding the United Nations call for the global protection of human rights by businesses around the world.Continue Reading
Victoria’s key human rights legislation could become an “aspirational document” if recommendations from a parliamentary review are adopted.Continue Reading
While pro-Qaddafi forces carried out numerous atrocities throughout Libya’s civil war, rebel groups are also to blame for serious human rights abuses, according to Amnesty International.Continue Reading
Britain will seek a resolution at the UN general assembly on human rights condemning Iran, William Hague has pledged.Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip violates international law, a panel of human rights experts reporting to a U.N. body said on Tuesday, disputing a conclusion reached by a separate U.N. probe into Israel’s raid on a Gaza-boun…Continue Reading
Rights campaigners on Tuesday urged the UN Human Rights Council to order a probe into the final months of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, after a report detailing serious violations was transferred to the council.Continue Reading
There is not the “faintest chance” that the government will withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, the Commons has heard.Continue Reading
Washington, Sept 13 (ANI): A prominent human rights group has claimed that militias and some units of new local police in Afghanistan are committing serious human rights abuses, such as rape, killing, arbitrary detention, abductions and forcible land g…Continue Reading
An international human rights group says a Vietnamese political prisoner has died after more than three decades in detention.Continue Reading
Libya’s new leaders pledged “moderate” Islamic rule and affirmed their commitment to human rights on Tuesday, even as their fighters were accused of committing possible war crimes.Continue Reading
Human rights are at risk from “controversial” anti-terror legislation, a parliamentary committee has said.Continue Reading