Egypt: Don’t Cover Up Military Killing of Copt Protesters
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The Egyptian military’s intention to control the investigation of the use of force against unarmed Coptic Christian demonstrators during a night of clashes on October 9, 2011, raises f…Continue Reading
US: Rights Groups Urge Rejection of Indefinite Detention Legislation
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The US Congress should reject provisions in a defense spending bill that would permit long-term indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.
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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
US urges Libya to probe alleged executions
The United States on Monday urged Libya to uphold human rights and to probe a report of summary executions of Moamer Kadhafi loyalists, calling the allegations “extremely disturbing.”Continue Reading
Rights – not criminalization – for girls and women, says UN health expert
By Stephanie Schlitt, Amnesty International’s Researcher and Policy Advisor on Gender
Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, the UN’s expert on the right to health, Anand Grover, will present a ground-breaking report. The report exposes how…Continue Reading
Libya urged to investigate Gaddafi supporters’ "execution"
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – A human rights group called on 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 L…Continue Reading
Fired while pregnant, woman lodges complaint
The P.E.I. Human Rights Commission will hold a panel hearing into a complaint from a Charlottetown woman who says she was fired from a local hotel shortly after she told her supervisor she was pregnant.Continue Reading
Rights group finds mass grave in Gadhafi hometown
A human rights groups says it has discovered 53 decomposing bodies, apparently of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists, some of whom may have been executed by revolutionary forces.Continue Reading
Human rights group says 53 bodies found of Gadhafi loyalists, says some may have been executed
TRIPOLI, Libya – A human rights groups says it has discovered 53 decomposing bodies, apparently of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists, some of whom may have been executed by revolutionary forces.Continue Reading
Libya: Apparent Execution of 53 Gaddafi Supporters
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Fifty-three people, apparent Gaddafi supporters, seem to have been executed at a hotel in Sirte last week. The hotel is in an area of the city that was under the control of anti-Gaddafi …Continue Reading
Panetta to focus on military ties with Indonesia
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his Indonesian counterpart on Sunday will discuss the two countries’ growing military ties after more than a decade-long suspension by Washington over human rights issues, a senior US official said.Continue Reading
Gaddafi’s killing may be war crime: group
A human rights group says the killing of Muammar Gaddafi may qualify as a war crime, under international law.Continue Reading
Protecting human rights as Tunisians finally vote for change
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Response Advisor, in Tunis
There is much excitement and hope, and apprehension too, here in Tunisia on the eve of the first real multi-party elections in the country’s history. This vo…Continue Reading
Clinton pushes rights in ex-Soviet Central Asia
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Uzbek President Islam Karimov on human rights and thanked him for supporting US troops in Afghanistan, during a visit to the strategically-located ex-Soviet state.Continue Reading
Yukon Human Rights Commission takes aim at rental ads
The wording of some ads placed by landlords could be considered discriminatory under the Human Rights Act, says the commission.Continue Reading