US: Refusal to Veto Detainee Bill A Historic Tragedy for Rights
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US President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to not veto a defense spending bill that codifies indefinite detention without trial into US law and expands the military’s role in hold…Continue Reading
Free speech boost will rally neo-Nazi cyberhate, say human rights activists
VANCOUVER – A section of Canada’s human rights code that protects against hate speech on the Internet is under attack on two fronts just as three accused neo-Nazis in British Columbia face charges of vicious, racist assaults.Continue Reading
Freedom Rider Stumps for Human Rights on Capitol Hill
ATLANTA, GA– – The student body president of Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville briefed 12 congressmen at their offices on Capitol Hill Tuesday and received their good wishes for his 2,300 mile …Continue Reading
US/Alabama: ‘No Way to Live’ Under Immigrant Law
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Alabama’s new immigrant law denies unauthorized immigrants and their families, including US citizen children, their basic rights, threatening their access to everyday necessities and e…Continue Reading
The Clorox Company Earns Sixth Consecutive 100 Percent Rating on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index
OAKLAND, CA– – The Clorox Company has earned a top rating of 100 percent for the sixth consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2012 Corporate Equality Index . One of just three consumer good companies …Continue Reading
اللاجئون يروون تفاصيل القصف الذي تعرضوا له في ولاية النيل الأزرق السودانية: الجزء الأول
إعداد: دوناتيلا روفيرا، الباحثة في شؤون الأزمات لدى منظمة العفو الدولية، وخيرونيسا ضالا من الناشطين في حملات المنظمة لمناصرة حقوق الإنساContinue Reading
Syria death toll ‘exceeds 5000’: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay
London, Dec 13 (ANI): UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said that the death toll in Syria’s nine-month crackdown on an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has now crossed 5000.Continue Reading
Human rights group calls for probe into ‘disappearance’ of two Sri Lankan activists
Colombo, Dec 13 (ANI): A human rights organisation has urged the Sri Lankan government to launch an investigation into the disappearance of two activists in the northern city of Jaffna.Continue Reading
Uzbekistan: Detainees Tortured, Lawyers Silenced
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Uzbekistan has not kept its promises to stop torture in its criminal justice system, including electric shocks and asphyxiation.
(Berlin) – Uzbekistan has not kep…Continue Reading
Record Number of Palestinians Displaced by Demolitions as Quartet Continues to Talk
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Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes…Continue Reading
US: Revised Detainee Bill Still Fundamentally Flawed
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Reported congressional changes to a defense authorization bill, aimed at averting a presidential veto, fail to address fundamental flaws in the bill’s proposed treatment of terrorism s…Continue Reading
Rights group slams Colombia military justice plan
An international human rights group strongly criticized Colombia’s government Monday for pushing legislation that would let military judges decide whether soldiers should be tried for alleged rights abuses.Continue Reading
Greece: Rare Hate Crime Trial Opens
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The trial of three people for the September 2011 assault on an Afghan asylum seeker in Athens is a sobering reminder of increasing racist violence in Greece.
(Athens) &…Continue Reading
UN rights chief says 5,000 dead in Syria
More than 5,000 people have died in the nine-month-long Syrian uprising, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday.Continue Reading
Vietnam: Release Hoa Hao Buddhist Activist
Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the Hoa Hao Buddhist activist Nguyen Van Lia and drop all charges against him.
(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately relea…Continue Reading