Syria slams critics at UN review of rights record
Syria’s deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad has told the U.N. Human Rights Council that his nation is under attack from criminals who have killed 1,100 citizens with arms supplied by neighboring countries.Continue Reading
China: Release Nobel Laureate and Others Wrongly Jailed, Disappeared
The Chinese government should free the unjustly imprisoned Chinese writer and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, a year after the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award him the Nobel Peace Prize. …Continue Reading
Two high-profile human rights groups latest to quit B.C. missing women inquiry
VANCOUVER – The public inquiry into the Robert Pickton case lost another two participants Thursday just days before it opens as two high-profile human rights groups quit over what they described as a flawed process that will shut out society’s most-vul…Continue Reading
Côte d’Ivoire: Impartial Justice Poses Test for Ouattara
The government of President Alassane Ouattara should match its rhetorical commitment to impartial justice with action against its own troops implicated in crimes during the post-election violence and its aftermath…Continue Reading
Developing Technology for Social Change
By Owen Valentine Pringle, Director of Digital Communications, Amnesty International
The visionary co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, who sadly passed away on Wednesday, wanted us to Think Different, in support of the idea that “the people who are craz…Continue Reading
May And Clarke Meet Over Human Rights Split
Ken Clarke and Theresa May have met at Downing Street after the Justice Secretary criticised her for “laughable and childlike” examples of abuses of the Human Rights Act.Continue Reading
Burundi: Strengthen Support for National Human Rights Commission
The Burundian government should strengthen its support for the recently established National Independent Human Rights Commission.
(London) – The Burundian government should strengthe…Continue Reading
UN rights body to discuss Syria as death toll climbs
More than 2,900 people have been killed in Syria since the start of a crackdown on anti-regime protests, the UN said on Thursday a day before its human rights body was to discuss the situation.Continue Reading
Is an Arab Spring activist set to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Experts predict the Nobel Peace Prize will be given tomorrow to an Arab Spring activist – though which one is under debate – as part of the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s expected focus on human rights and the role of the social media this year.Continue Reading
Death toll in Syria rises to 2,900 – U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll in Syria has risen to more than 2,900 since pro-democracy protests began in March, the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday as activists warned that the country could descend into armed conflict.Continue Reading
Death toll in Syria rises to 2,900: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll in Syria has risen to more than 2,900 since pro-democracy protests began in March, the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday as activists warned that the country could descend into armed conflict.Continue Reading
Death toll in Syria now more than 2,900 – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll in Syria has risen to more than 2,900 since pro-democracy protests began in March, the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday as activists warned that the country could descend into armed conflict.Continue Reading
European court rules against Soros in trading case
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that France did not violate George Soros’ rights when convicting him of insider trading, defeating a years-long effort by the billionaire financier to clear his name.Continue Reading
UN raises death toll in Syria unrest to 2,900
The U.N.’s human rights office has raised its tally of people killed during seven months of unrest in Syria to over 2,900.Continue Reading
Death toll in Syria now more than 2,900 – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll in Syria has risen to more than 2,900 since pro-democracy protests began in March, the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday as activists warned that the country could descend into armed conflict.Continue Reading