Russia: Investigate Murder of Dagestan Publisher
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The Russian authorities’ investigation into the murder of a leading independent publisher in Dagestan should be prompt and thorough and should bring those responsible to justice. …Continue Reading
WTO chief, UN human rights expert in food spat
The head of the World Trade Organization and a U.N. food expert have exchanged testy messages in a public spat over how to help feed the world’s poor.Continue Reading
Obama’s Sketchy Defense Alliance
Uzbekistan has become an essential ally, supplying U.S. troops in Afghanistan even as watchdogs allege human-rights abuses. The State Department says it sees ‘no contradiction’ in the relationship.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Save Convicts from Amputation
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia should void a sentence to amputate the hands and feet of six stateless people convicted of armed robbery, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Saudi Human Rights Commi…Continue Reading
Argentine judge receives images of 1970s victims
A human rights commission has provided an Argentine judge with photographs showing the bodies of dissidents believed to have been tossed out of airplanes during the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.Continue Reading
Argentine judge receives images of 1970s victims
A human rights commission has provided an Argentine judge with photographs showing the bodies of dissidents believed to have been tossed out of airplanes during the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.Continue Reading
US Congress: Protect Cuban Americans’ Right to Visit Family
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The US Congress should not approve rules to restrict the right of Cuban Americans to visit relatives on the island.
(Washington, DC) – The US Congress should not…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Independent Commissioners Urge Prisoner Release
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, in its recommendation to review convictions of people for exercising their basic rights, intended that the government should free them and void their convictions. …Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Don’t Expand Afghan Local Police
President Barack Obama should halt plans by the US military to expand the Afghan Local Police program until significant reforms are made in training, supervision, and accountability.
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US finds some abuses by Afghan village police
American-trained Afghan village police forces have committed some human rights abuses, a U.S. military investigation has found, adding recommendations on how to eliminate them.Continue Reading
UN official tells nations to end gay executions
The U.N.’s top human rights official urged countries Thursday to abolish legal discrimination against gays, including the death penalty for consensual sex, days after the U.S. government said it would use foreign aid and diplomacy to promote gay equal …Continue Reading
Chinese firm denies abuse at Zimbabwe diamond mine
MARANGE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – A Chinese mining group has denied violating human rights at Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields where unlicensed small-scale miners have clashed with security forces in the past. The Anjin group told Reuters on a rare visit …Continue Reading
Office Depot Earns Perfect Score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index
Office Depot , celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, today announced that the Company earned a 100 percent score in the 2012 Corporate Equality Index issued by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation .Continue Reading
HRW: Syrian commanders had ‘shoot to kill’ orders
Dozens of Syrian military commanders and officials authorized or gave direct orders for widespread killings, torture, and illegal arrests during the wave of anti-government protests that began nine months ago, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Continue Reading
Syria: ‘Shoot to Kill’ Commanders Named
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Former Syrian soldiers identified by name 74 commanders and officials from the Syrian military and intelligence agencies who allegedly ordered, authorized, or condoned widespread killing…Continue Reading