Canada should crack aid whip on Ethiopian abuse, says human rights report
OTTAWA – A rights' watchdog is urging Canada and fellow aid donors to pressure Ethiopia into ending an abusive and systematic practice of forcing rural villagers off their land.Continue Reading
Nigeria: Release Labor Activists
Nigerian authorities should immediately release labor union leader Osmond Ugwu and union member Raphael Elobuike, and drop all charges, given the glaring lack of evidence in the prosecution’s case against th…Continue Reading
Beijing rejects US envoy's human rights critique
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke was wrong in saying this week that China's human rights situation has deteriorated.Continue Reading
Judges block Qatada deportation
Radical cleric Abu Qatada cannot be sent back to Jordan because it would be a "flagrant denial of justice", human rights judges have ruled.Continue Reading
Chinese dissident to stand trial for poem
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have indicted veteran dissident Zhu Yufu on subversion charges for writing a poem urging people to gather to defend their freedoms, his lawyer said on Tuesday, the latest activist faced with such charges in a tig…Continue Reading
US ambassador sees China rights worsening
The US ambassador to Beijing said that China's human rights record was deteriorating as its communist rulers feel threatened in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East.Continue Reading
Killers await life sentences ruling
Killer Jeremy Bamber and two other convicted murderers will find out whether keeping them behind bars for the rest of their lives is a breach of their human rights.Continue Reading
Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship
The Ethiopian government under its “villagization” program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack adequate food, farmland, heal…Continue Reading
Euro Court To Rule On Killers' Whole-Life Tariffs
The European Court of Human Rights is to rule on the whole-life sentences of three convicted British killers.Continue Reading
Bahrain: Resolve Travel Ban Conundrum
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Bahraini authorities should immediately resolve the predicament of foreign residents prevented from leaving the country due to debts, or from working to repay those debts.
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Syrian legislator joins opposition to protest what he says are wide violations of human rights
BEIRUT – A member of Syria's parliament has left the country to join the opposition against President Bashar Assad's regime, saying the Syrian people are suffering sweeping human rights violations.Continue Reading
Rights group: Egypt must change repressive laws
Egypt's newly elected parliament should urgently reform laws used to curb freedoms and repress rights, a U.S.-based human rights group said on Monday.Continue Reading
Egypt: Dismantle Tools of Repression
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Egypt’s newly elected parliament should urgently reform the arsenal of laws used by the Mubarak government to restrict freedoms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today outl…Continue Reading
Uganda: War Crimes Trials Face Challenges
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Legal and organizational issues that have emerged during Uganda’s first war crimes prosecution pose challenges for Uganda in seeking to ensure justice for victims of the most serio…Continue Reading
Kuwait: End Police Abuses Against Transgender Women
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Kuwaiti police have tortured and sexually abused transgender women using a discriminatory law, passed in 2007, which arbitrarily criminalizes “imitating the opposite sex.” The govern…Continue Reading