Human rights to test Commonwealth leaders
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – A proposal to appoint a Commonwealth human rights commissioner to steer a more proactive rights agenda looks set to test a leaders’ summit this week, with host Australia backing the plan but India and South Africa reported …Continue Reading
Human rights to test Commonwealth leaders
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – A proposal to appoint a Commonwealth human rights commissioner to steer a more proactive rights agenda looks set to test a leaders’ summit this week, with host Australia backing the plan but India and South Africa reported …Continue Reading
Human rights to test Commonwealth leaders
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – A proposal to appoint a Commonwealth human rights commissioner to steer a more proactive rights agenda looks set to test a leaders’ summit this week, with host Australia backing the plan but India and South Africa reported …Continue Reading
Myanmar human-rights activist honored in Mich.
Freedom from fear is the “master key” that clears the way for other liberties, Nobel Peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said late Tuesday as she was honored by the University of Michigan.Continue Reading
Libya: Transitional Council Failing to Secure Weapons
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Vast amounts of unsecured explosive weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, remain unguarded in the area around Sirte, Libya. The National Transitional Council (NTC), Libya’s transit…Continue Reading
Internet role in human rights gets spotlight
Technology titans and political activists gathered here on Tuesday to find ways to ensure that the Internet is used as a tool for human rights instead of as a weapon of oppression.Continue Reading
Human rights rules at heart of fresh opt-out push
Ministers are weighing a fresh drive for British opt-outs from European rules on human rights, as David Cameron moved to placate his eurosceptic backbenchers in the wake of a record rebellion on Europe …Continue Reading
U.S. court revives human rights case versus Rio Tinto
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit seeking to hold Rio Tinto Plc responsible for human rights violations and thousands of deaths linked to a Papua New Guinea copper and gold mine it once ran.Continue Reading
Lebanon: Prosecute Villagers Who Lynched Murder Suspect
The Lebanese authorities should prosecute those involved in the mob killing on April 29, 2010, of Muhammad Msallem, an Egyptian suspected of murdering four people in Ketermaya, a village in the Shouf mountains. Th…Continue Reading
Sudan: End Mass Summary Deportations of Eritreans
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The Sudanese authorities are increasingly deporting Eritreans to their country without allowing them to claim asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 17, 2011, Sudan handed ove…Continue Reading
Court revives human rights case vs Rio Tinto
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing Rio Tinto Plc of human rights violations related to Papua New Guinea, where it once ran one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines.Continue Reading
UPDATE 1-US court revives human rights case vs Rio Tinto
Oct 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court has reviveda lawsuit accusing Rio Tinto Plc of human rightsviolations related to Papua New Guinea, where it once ran oneof the world’s largest copper …Continue Reading
Protección de los derechos humanos mientras los tunecinos votan finalmente por el cambio
Por Donatella Rovera, asesora general de Amnistía Internacional sobre respuesta a la crisis, Túnez
Aquí en Túnez, hay una gran expectación y esperanza, y también temor, en la víspera de las primeras elecciones multipartidistas reales de la hist…Continue Reading
Should rebel fighters pay for torturing Gadhafi before his death?
Human rights activists demand justice after cell phone photos of the deposed Libyan dictator’s last moments suggest he may have been torturedContinue Reading
Libya urged to investigate Gaddafi supporters’ "execution"
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – A human rights group called Monday for an investigation into a suspected mass execution of 53 Gaddafi supporters and urged Libyan authorities to crack down on violence or other crimes by fighters who helped oust the former Liby…Continue Reading