Canada lashes Sri Lanka, summit showdown looms
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada publicly criticized Sri Lanka over its human rights record for the first time on Thursday, setting the scene for a confrontation at a major international summit next month.Continue Reading
South Africa: Issue Visa to Dalai Lama
The South African government’s reluctance to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, Tibetans’ spiritual leader, has no objective basis and appears to be based on no more than fear of Chinese government displeasure, H…Continue Reading
UN expert says Cambodia rights progress a ‘mixed bag’
Despite significant human rights progress in Cambodia, freedom of expression has worsened, a UN expert told AFP, describing the situation as “a mixed bag”.Continue Reading
Human rights groups seek charges against former U.S. president George W. Bush
VANCOUVER – Human rights groups on both sides of the border hope Canadian law will snare a former U.S. president for allegedly authorizing torture against detainees.Continue Reading
Unlocking the truth about Lithuania’s secret prisons
By Danny Vannucchi and May Carolan, with Amnesty International’s team in Vilnius
We arrived in Vilnius on Tuesday to launch a new report on secret prisons in Lithuania.
We had been preparing for this launch for many months. Since March we have been a…Continue Reading
Nobel Peace Prize for Arab Spring?
The Arab Spring is the focus of speculation over this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, with an Afghan human rights activist and the European Union as possible outsiders.Continue Reading
Nobel Peace Prize for Arab Spring?
The Arab Spring is the focus of speculation over this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, with an Afghan human rights activist and the European Union as possible outsiders.Continue Reading
شهادات من البحرين: اعتُقلت بسبب معالجتها الجرحى
تمت كتابة هذه المدونة قبل الحكم على كاتبها و 19 من العاملين في المجال الصحي بالحبس من قبل محكمة بداية السلامة الوطنية البحرينية في 29 سبتمبر…Continue Reading
UN expert says Cambodia rights progress a ‘mixed bag’
Despite significant human rights progress in Cambodia, freedom of expression has worsened, a UN expert told AFP, describing the situation as “a mixed bag”.Continue Reading
Lithuania: Rights group calls for new CIA probe
A human rights group called on Lithuania on Thursday to reopen its investigation into CIA prisons and the alleged torturing of terrorist suspects based on what they said was new evidence of a rendition flight to the Baltic state.Continue Reading
Testimonies from Bahrain: Arrested for treating the injured
This blog was written before its author and 19 other health workers were sentenced to prison by Bahrain’s National Safety Court of First Instance on 29 September.
I am a health worker at Salmaniya hospital, the main hospital in Bahrain. I’m …Continue Reading
Pak National Assembly committee terms drone strikes as violation of human rights
Islamabad, Sep 29(ANI): Expressing concern over the unabated drone attacks by the United States on Pakistani soil, the Pakistan National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights has said that it causes severe human rights violations.Continue Reading
France: One Year On, New Abuses against Roma
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French authorities are carrying out mass evictions and expulsions of Eastern European Roma in France.
(Paris) – French authorities are carrying out mass eviction…Continue Reading
Canada: Intelligence Service Accused of Libya Interrogations
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A Libyan-Canadian citizen who was imprisoned for eight years by the Muammar Gaddafi government says that agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were among foreign …Continue Reading
ACLU alleges human rights violations in Los Angeles jails
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Deputies in the Los Angeles County jail system have committed acts of violence against prisoners so grave they constituted human rights abuses, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report.Continue Reading