Rights group concerned over Occupy media arrests
A human rights office for the Americas on Thursday criticized the arrest and assault of journalists during Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other U.S. cities in recent weeks.Continue Reading
Mexico rights bodies allege abuses by ex-top cop
A former police chief in the border city of Tijuana and several subordinates violated the human rights of suspects and broke the law by torturing people in custody, state human rights officials charged Thursday.Continue Reading
Rights group concerned over Occupy media arrests
A human rights office for the Americas on Thursday criticized the arrest and assault of journalists during Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other U.S. cities in recent weeks.Continue Reading
Military-dominated Myanmar to chair ASEAN in 2014
Military-dominated Myanmar will chair Southeast Asia’s regional bloc in 2014, officials said Thursday, despite concerns from human rights groups that the country’s democratic reforms have not gone far enough.Continue Reading
Dispatch from Baku: Azerbaijan spring yet to blossom
By Max Tucker, Amnesty International’s Azerbaijan campaigner
Without international pressure, the future looks bleak for freedom of expression in Azerbaijan
Flying into Baku on Tuesday morning it was hard not to feel uneasy. It doesn’t help to…Continue Reading
Resolution to seek Syrian rights condemnation
Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a U.N. resolution that would strongly condemn Syria’s human rights violations and call for an immediate halt to all violence in the country.Continue Reading
Resolution to seek Syrian rights condemnation
Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a U.N. resolution that would strongly condemn Syria’s human rights violations and call for an immediate halt to all violence in the country.Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released political p…Continue Reading
Inhofe demands probe into possible abuses wrought by carbon credit market
Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe is pushing for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses committed abroad by companies looking to tap into the emerging carbon credit market.Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading