Russia slams US for human rights record
A Russian report attacking Guantanamo Bay and wrongful death row convictions paints the US as hypocritical for lecturing others on human rights.Continue Reading
Syria releases 755 prisoners after human rights group criticism as observers tour Homs
BEIRUT – The Syrian government released Wednesday 755 prisoners detained over the past nine months in the regime’s crackdown on dissent as observers toured a flashpoint city to see whether authorities were complying with an Arab plan to stop the bloods…Continue Reading
HRW accuses Syrian authorities of hiding detainees
Human Rights Watch is accusing Syrian authorities of hiding hundreds of detainees from Arab League monitors now in the country.Continue Reading
Syria hiding detainees from observers: HRW
NEW YORK (AFP) – Human Rights Watch has accused Syria’s regime of hiding hundreds of detainees held in its crackdown on dissent from Arab observers visiting the country to assess implementation of a peace deal.Continue Reading
Syria hiding detainees from observers: HRW
Human Rights Watch has accused Syria’s regime of hiding hundreds of detainees held in its crackdown on dissent from Arab observers visiting the country to assess implementation of a peace deal.Continue Reading
Syria hiding detainees from observers: HRW
Human Rights Watch has accused Syria’s regime of hiding hundreds of detainees held in its crackdown on dissent from Arab observers visiting the country to assess implementation of a peace deal.Continue Reading
Syria: Detainees Hidden From International Monitors
Syrian authorities have transferred perhaps hundreds of detainees to off-limits military sites to hide them from Arab League monitors now in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The Arab League should insis…Continue Reading
More than 2,500 freed in Cuba amnesty-rights group
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 2,500 Cuban prisoners have been released in recent days under a New Year’s amnesty announced before a visit next spring by Pope Benedict XVI, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. Cuban President Raul Castro said last…Continue Reading
2011: A year of progress for human rights
Advancements in human rights come in either leaps or smaller steps, but far more often in steps. We notice the leaps, of course: In the 1990s, apartheid ended in South Africa and so did communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union; in 2002, the Int…Continue Reading
More than 2,500 freed in Cuba amnesty: rights group
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 2,500 Cuban prisoners have been released in recent days under a New Year’s amnesty announced before a visit next spring by Pope Benedict XVI, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. Cuban President Raul Castro said last…Continue Reading
UN in Haiti accuses police of abuse
U.N. human rights officials in Haiti are accusing the national police department of excessive force, saying there is evidence officers may have killed at least nine people in the capital.Continue Reading
Policing lessons ‘may aid Pakistan’
Lessons from the reorganisation of policing in Northern Ireland could influence efforts to reform law and order in Pakistan, a human rights expert has said.Continue Reading
Oz Senator embarks on European mission to protect ‘Assange’s human rights’
Canberra, Dec 25 (ANI): An Australian Senator Scott Ludlam has embarked on a European mission to protect the human rights of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who continues fighting a legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crime c…Continue Reading
China to try another dissident for "subversive" online essays
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will try a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, on charges of “inciting subversion” for pro-democracy essays he published online, his wife said on Sunday, days after another dissident was jailed for nine years on similar charges. Chen,…Continue Reading
Report: Another Chinese activist charged with subversion amid government crackdown
BEIJING, China – A veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion, a human rights group said Saturday, after another dissident was jailed for nine years in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading