UAE: Free Blogger Activist
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should immediately stop any current deportation proceedings against a UAE blogger and activist, and free him from immigration-related detent…Continue Reading
Bahrain rights activist Rajab released on bail
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
Tunisia: Injured of the Uprising Urgently Need Care
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
Many victims of police violence during Tunisia’s 2010-2011 uprising have received neither proper care nor effective government compensation for their injuries.
(Tunis…Continue Reading
Egypt: Q&A on the Trial of Hosni Mubarak
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
Hosni Mubarak, his former minister of interior Habib al-Adly, and four assistant ministers of interior, were tried in connection with the killing of hundreds of peaceful anti-government …Continue Reading
Ethiopia: ‘Special Police’ Execute 10
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
An Ethiopian government-backed paramilitary force summarily executed 10 men during a March 2012 operation in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region. Detailed information on the killings and …Continue Reading
Syria: UN Inquiry Should Investigate Houla Killings
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
Kofi Annan should push Syria’s government to allow the UN-appointed Commission of Inquiry access into the country to investigate the May 25, 2012, killing of at least 108 Houla res…Continue Reading
US and China spar over human rights
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
EDITORIAL: Spotlight on human rights situation
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
EDITORIAL: Spotlight on human rights situation
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
Pakistan: Prosecute Ahmadi Massacre Suspects
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments should bring to justice those responsible for the May 2010 attacks on Ahmadiyya mosques that killed 94 worshipers.
(New …Continue Reading
China issues report on human rights in US
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
China hits back at US on human rights record
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
China hits back at US on human rights record
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
Hungary: New Laws Curb Media Freedom
Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
The Hungarian government has ignored recommendations by the Council of Europe to revise controversial laws that limit media freedom.
(Berlin) – The Hungarian gove…Continue Reading
Both sides in Syria abuse human rights: U.N. report
GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.N. investigation on Thursday said both sides in the Syrian conflict had committed serious human rights abuses, with government forces executing entire families in their homes and rebels torturing and killing soldiers and g…Continue Reading