Trial delay 'impinged human rights'
Lawyers for a Canberra man charged over an alleged road rage incident in 2008 have asked for a permanent stay on the charges due to delays.Continue Reading
Former rights activist Gauck to become German president
BERLIN (Reuters) – Joachim Gauck, a former anti-Communist human rights activist in East Germany who is set to become the next German president, is a moral authority to be reckoned with. Gauck, who has been called Germany's answer to Nelson Mandela,…Continue Reading
Morocco: Drop Prosecutions Over Vote Boycott
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Morocco is prosecuting activists who campaigned peacefully for a boycott of elections held three months ago. These prosecutions contradict statements by Moroccan officials that authoriti…Continue Reading
Syria: ‘The man they were shooting at is actually my husband’
By Maha Abu Shama, Amnesty International’s Syria campaigner
In a week of winding our way to a refugee camp near the Syrian border, we spoke to dozens of people who had fled the violence, but remarkably few of them were women.
Finally, when we r…Continue Reading
China detaining Tibetans returning from India – Human Rights Watch
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said. New…Continue Reading
China detaining Tibetans returning from India – Human Rights Watch
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said. New…Continue Reading
China detaining Tibetans returning from India – Human Rights Watch
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said. New…Continue Reading
China detaining Tibetans returning from India – Human Rights Watch
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said. New…Continue Reading
Rights group slams Azerbaijan 'Eurovision evictions'
Campaign group Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Azerbaijan of carrying out "forcible evictions" during the construction of a concert hall where the Eurovision song contest will be staged in May.Continue Reading
Nepal: Ensure Truth, Reparation and Justice
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(Kathmandu) – The government of Nepal should take immediate steps, with the full cooperation of the Nepal Army, to ensure truth, reparation, and justice for human rights abuses dur…Continue Reading
Syria: ‘How much blood must we pay before the world helps?’
In his shocking report from the border with Syria, Amnesty International’s Researcher Neil Sammonds reveals the extent of the torture experienced by those arrested in Syria.
In his hospital bed in al-Ramtha, a few kilometres from the border with De…Continue Reading
Building human rights into municipal planning is aim of new OHRC guide
TORONTO , Feb. 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Attorney General John Gerretsen today joined Barbara Hall , Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, to launch In the zone: Housing, human rights and municipal …Continue Reading
EU: Keep Sanctions on Mugabe’s Inner Circle
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The European Union should maintain its travel restrictions and asset freezes on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle until Zimbabwe carries out concrete human rights and institut…Continue Reading
Syrian troops shell central city with tanks
Activists say Syrian troops are intensively shelling rebel-held neighborhoods, one day after the U.N. General Assembly condemned human rights violations by the regime.Continue Reading
China detains hundreds of Tibetans, group says
China has detained and forced into re-education classes hundreds of Tibetans who went to India to receive religious instruction from the Dalai Lama, a U.S.-based human rights group said.Continue Reading