Syria: Government Uses Homs Tactics on Border Town
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Syrian security forces are committing serious abuses in their military campaign on al-Qusayr, a city of approximately 40,000 in Homs governorate near the Lebanese border. Witnesses descr…Continue Reading
NGOs fail to submit human rights memo to UN chief
A group of NGOs today failed to submit a memorandum on human rights concerns in Malaysia to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Investigate Alleged Ill-Treatment by Police
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The Azerbaijani authorities should thoroughly and impartially investigate the alleged beating by police of two young musicians detained during a March 17, 2012 protest in Baku and make c…Continue Reading
Q&A on Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army
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Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group that originated in 1987 in northern Uganda among ethnic Acholi communities.
1. &…Continue Reading
First Year Report issued on joint Human Rights Project Charter
TORONTO , March 21, 2012 /CNW/ – A report on first year activities undertaken as part of a joint Project Charter with the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) was released today by the Windsor Police …Continue Reading
The Human Rights Council can help bring truth to Sri Lanka
By Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Kasippillai Manoharan listened to the frantic voice on the other end of the phone. His 20 year old son Ragihar said he was surrounded by troops. Then the phone went dead.
Desperately, the Sr…Continue Reading
Zimbabwe: Six Sentenced for Watching Arab Spring Video
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The government of Zimbabwe should drop all charges against six civil society activists convicted for watching a video of Arab Spring protests in 2011. The six, who alleged they were tort…Continue Reading
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Introduces IP and Human Rights Pro Bono Practice
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (SKGF), an intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC, announced today the formal launch of its Intellectual …Continue Reading
Are Syrian rebels just as cruel as Assad's military?
A human rights watchdog says some anti-regime militants have tortured and even executed Assad supportersContinue Reading
Group calls for protection for UAE museum workers
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Emirati development companies and Western cultural institutions building branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim in the United Arab Emirates to do more to curtail abuses of Asian migrant workers involved in the l…Continue Reading
Group calls for protection for UAE museum workers
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Emirati development companies and Western cultural institutions building branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim in the United Arab Emirates to do more to curtail …Continue Reading
Armed Syrian opposition groups accused of committing 'serious human rights abuses'
Damascus, Mar 21 (ANI): Syria's armed opposition groups have carried out serious human rights abuses, including kidnapping, torture and execution, a rights group has claimed.Continue Reading
UAE: Saadiyat Workers Better Protected but Gaps Remain
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Emirati development partners and western educational and cultural institutions have made important commitments to address the exploitation and abuse of South Asian migrant workers, but p…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Charges Syrian Opposition with Abuses
The battle lines in Syria tear through towns, dividing neighborhoods, splitting street from street and turning neighbor against neighbor. So it is hardly surprising that elements of the armed rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime…Continue Reading
Former New Brunswick politician fights pension cut as a breach of human rights
FREDERICTON – A former Conservative member of the New Brunswick legislature is trying to fight a cut in his pension at the province's Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading