Libya leaders commit to ‘moderate’ rule
Libya’s new leaders pledged “moderate” Islamic rule and affirmed their commitment to human rights on Tuesday, even as their fighters were accused of committing possible war crimes.Continue Reading
May at loggerheads with human rights body
Human rights are at risk from “controversial” anti-terror legislation, a parliamentary committee has said.Continue Reading
The Netherlands: Transgender Law Violates Rights
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The Dutch Civil Code violates the human rights of transgender people, and the government should amend it without delay. The government should revise article 28 of the civil code, wh…Continue Reading
UN under pressure to re-examine Sri Lankan war human rights violations
Geneva,Sept 13(ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council is facing growing pressure to re-examine alleged violations of human rights which allegedly took place during the conflict between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…Continue Reading
UN Sri Lanka report sent to human rights council
UN leader Ban Ki-moon has sent a report accusing Sri Lankan troops of killing tens of thousands of civilians to the UN Human Rights Council, bringing a potential international inquiry one step closer.Continue Reading
Rights council gets report on Sri Lanka deaths
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a report by U.N. experts who concluded that tens of thousands of people were killed in the last five months of Sri Lanka’s civil war, primarily by government troops, to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday.Continue Reading
Uganda/Eastern Africa: Human Rights Defender Kimathi Vindicated
A Ugandan court’s decision to drop terrorism charges against prominent Kenyan human rights defender Al-Amin Kimathi is a welcome step, but the rights of other suspects in the July 2010 Kampala bombings continue …Continue Reading
U.N. names human rights probe into Syria crimes
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations on Monday named a three-member panel of international experts to investigate human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity since anti-government protests began in Syria in March.Continue Reading
UN: Death toll in Syria unrest at least 2,600
At least 2,600 people have died in the six months of unrest that has swept Syria, the U.N.’s top human rights official said Monday, as a panel was named to investigate abuses in the Arab country.Continue Reading
Amnesty urges Iran to free detained rights lawyer
Iran must immediately free Abdolfattah Soltani, a prominent human rights lawyer rearrested at the weekend after spending months behind bars between 2005 and 2009, Amnesty International said on Monday.Continue Reading
UN rights chief says death toll in 6 months of Syria unrest has reached at least 2,600
GENEVA – At least 2,600 have died during the six months of unrest that has swept Syria, the top United Nations’ human rights official said Monday.Continue Reading
NATO-backed local police terrorising Afghans – report
KABUL (Reuters) – Armed groups supported by NATO and the Afghan government are terrorising and robbing the people they are supposed to protect, behaviour that is building support for insurgents, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a report on Mon…Continue Reading
“Only one survived”… At a crossroads for women in Sierra Leone
By Lucy Freeman form the Africa Programme, Amnesty International,
On Tuesday, we launched our new report on maternal health care in Sierra Leone.
View report here At a Crossroads: Sierra Leone’s Free Health Care Policy. At the launch, the Min…Continue Reading
UN rights chief expects report on alleged Sri Lanka war crimes to be referred to rights body
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official says she expects a hotly contested report on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka to be referred to the global body’s Human Rights Council within hours.Continue Reading
Afghan militias, police accused of abuses
Afghan militias and some units of a U.S.-backed local police force have been committing abuses, including stealing from homes during raids and beating residents, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Continue Reading