Lebanon: Law Reform Targets ‘Honor’ Crimes
Lebanon’s repeal of a criminal code provision that mitigates sentences for so-called honor crimes is an encouraging step to address gender-based violence. The Lebanese parliament should remove and amend othe…Continue Reading
France blasts Vietnam for jailing citizen for blog
The U.S., France and a human rights group have strongly criticized the conviction of a French-Vietnamese math professor who was sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese prison for belonging to a banned pro-democracy group and publishing an anti-Communi…Continue Reading
Pregnancy discrimination concerns human rights agency
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission says it is concerned that one in ten workplace complaints of discrimination are related to pregnancy.Continue Reading
China/Thailand: Account for Uighur Man Turned Over to Chinese Officials
The Chinese government should immediately allow access to Nur Muhammed, an ethnic Uighur who was handed over to Chinese officials in Bangkok on August 6, 2011.
(New York) – The Chinese gov…Continue Reading
Harper lashes out at critics of Canada-Colombia free-trade deal
BOGOTA – Critics of free trade with Colombia who talk about human rights are really more concerned about protectionism, Stephen Harper claims.Continue Reading
Belarus: Joint NGO Letter to Release Ales Belyatsky
On August 10, 2011 a coalition of internatinoal NGOs signed a letter to the Prosecutor General of Belarus, requesting the release of Ales Belyatsky pending the investigation against him.
To:
Ni…Continue Reading
Surviving Rape in Papua New Guinea
While rumors of abuses like gang rapes and beatings had long been associated with the mine, Barrick Gold – the world’s largest gold mining company in terms of production – had denied these claims as unfounde…Continue Reading
UN Security Council must act to end repression in Syria
By Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Majd Al Kurdy was a junior member of Syria’s ruling Baath party in the small town of Tell Kalakh near the border with Lebanon.
One day in May, at an anti-government demonstration, he t…Continue Reading
PRISON INVESTIGATES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION CLAIM
KOTA BAHARU, Aug 10 (Bernama) — The Pengkalan Chepa Prison is carrying outan investigation on an allegation of human rights violation involving prisonersin its quarantine block. “I cannot comment at the moment because an internal investigation is bein…Continue Reading
Schools must administer insulin: father
A North Vancouver father has filed a human-rights complaint alleging that public schools discriminate against diabetic students when they refuse to administer insulin or check their blood-glucose levels.Continue Reading
Iran chides UK over riots, Europeans watch anxiously
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran urged Britain on Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record.Continue Reading
Iran chides UK over riots
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran urged Britain Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record.Continue Reading
UN: Syria Escalates Repression After Security Council Statement
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The United Nations Security Council should press Syria to comply with the council’s demand to end attacks against peaceful protesters. Syria should comply with the Security Council’s…Continue Reading
Iran chides UK over riots, Europeans watch anxiously
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran urged Britain on Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record.Continue Reading
Iranians Use London Riots As Propaganda
The shocking violence and looting in England have been seen by people all over the world – even in Iran, where the scenes were being used as propaganda.Continue Reading