UN rights chief: Suspend Zimbabwe sanctions
The United Nations human rights chief said Friday that Western sanctions against Zimbabwe's president and his loyalists should be suspended, at least until elections, saying the measures have hurt the country's poorest and most vulnerable people.Continue Reading
Cambodia land activists' convictions called unjust
Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation.Continue Reading
Equatorial Guinea: End Harassment of Jailed Opponent, Lawyers
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Authorities in Equatorial Guinea should cease all harassment of a jailed political opponent and those close to him. Dr. Wenceslao Mansogo Alo, a medical doctor, human rights defender and…Continue Reading
China hits back at critical U.S. human rights report
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back on Friday at the U.S. State Department's annual survey of human rights, saying that only the Chinese people could pass judgment on what the Foreign Ministry said were the country's obvious achievements in the …Continue Reading
U.S. urged to follow own human rights reporting
WASHINGTON, May 24 (IPS) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday released the government's annual compendium of country-by-country human rights reports, but ran into criticism from rights groups for holding double standards.Continue Reading
China: EU Rights Talks Sliding Toward Irrelevance
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The European Union needs to hold China accountable for its human rights obligations under international law or face the prospect that its human rights dialogue with the world’s second …Continue Reading
Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Threatened, Attacked
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Uzbek authorities should ensure the security of the human rights activist Gulshan Karaeva, who was attacked and threatened after she publicly refused to become a government informant. …Continue Reading
Sudan: Cluster Bomb Found in Conflict Zone
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The Sudanese government should investigate the discovery of a cluster bomb in Southern Kordofan, a conflict zone hit by government bombing
(Washington, DC) – The…Continue Reading
Myanmar, 'Arab awakening' top US list of progress on human rights
Inspiring progress followed by nagging question marks in Arab countries. Deterioration in China. Significant strides forward in what was once one of the world’s darkest corners, Myanmar.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
Azerbaijan: Eurovision No Party for Peaceful Protesters
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The Azerbaijani authorities roughed up and arbitrarily detained at least 30 and possibly more than 70 peaceful protesters today as dozens of local and international journalists looked on…Continue Reading
The Pershing Square Foundation Supports Global Human Rights with $10 Million Grant To Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Pershing Square Foundation today announced a $10 million grant over the next five years to Human Rights Watch to support its strategic plan for expansion – its …Continue Reading
US says human rights deteriorating in China
The U.S. State Department says human rights conditions have deteriorated in China and that Vietnam also continues to severely restrict political rights and freedom of expression.Continue Reading
“No es esto por lo que luchamos”: el problema endémico de la violencia y la tortura en la nueva Libia
Por Diana Eltahawy, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre Libia
Es del dominio público que las palizas y la tortura son endémicas en la Libia posterior a Gadafi.
Desde la primavera de 2011, Amnistía Internacional ha conocido a innumerables …Continue Reading
French artist depicts human rights violations in Balochistan
Grenoble (France), May 24 (ANI): A weeklong arts presentation showcasing human rights violation in Balochistan by Pakistan has been organized in Grenoble city in France from May 22 at the" Cafe echange" le Nicodem.Continue Reading