Côte d’Ivoire: Can the crisis be left behind?
Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada (English)
We have just begun a two week research mission in Côte d’Ivoire, Amnesty International’s third this year. We’ve come because we are concerned that the world may quickly forget …Continue Reading
Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council Should Ensure Accountability
Human Rights Watch is concerned about the failure of the Sri Lankan government to investigate well-founded allegations of very serious abuses that took place during the last months of its decades-long internal armed conflict, which ended in May 2009.
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Thailand: Increasing Abuse of Migrant Workers
Mr. President, we would like to thank Jorge Bustamante, the outgoing Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, for his work, make a few observations on his final report, and raise serious concerns about human rights abuses against migrant wor…Continue Reading
Human rights lawyer’s bid for Ombudsman opposed
A party-list group claiming to be “pro-democracy” has filed with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Monday its opposition to human rights lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno’s bid for the position of Ombudsman.Continue Reading
Fighting, rights abuses escalating in Darfur: HRW
Serious human rights abuses have risen in the last six months in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, with a surge in deadly government-led attacks on populated areas, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.Continue Reading
“لن نطلق عليكم النار؛ نحن معكم” – جندي سوري
بقلم باحثة منظمة العفو الدولية سيلينا ناصر في وادي خالد، شمال لبنان
هو جندي عمره 21 سنة وأمي. ولكن هذا الشاب ليس بحاجة أن يعرف القراءة واContinue Reading
India must keep rights promises: lobby group
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged India to live up to its legal and moral commitments after becoming a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.Continue Reading
Smoke-free zones violation of human rights, says Suaram
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — A human rights group denounced today the gazetting of entire districts in Malacca as no-smoking zones, calling it a violation of a person’s “right to smoke”.Continue Reading
Sudan: As South Split Looms, Abuses Grow in Darfur
Serious abuses have increased in Darfur in the past six months while the world’s attention has focused on Southern Sudan’s upcoming independence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The United …Continue Reading
Letter to Prime Minister Singh on India’s Human Rights Commitments
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India
Re: India’s election to the UN Human Rights Council and human rights commitments
Dear Prime Minister,
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No human rights violations in Equatorial Guinea: president
There are no human rights violations in Equatorial Guinea, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema insisted Sunday in a speech here to mark his 69th birthday.Continue Reading
Iraqi activist: PM paints protesters as terrorists
A leading Iraqi human rights organizer who confronted the prime minister on national TV says he is trying to paint legitimate protesters as terrorists.Continue Reading
Cong providing shelter to corruption: BJP”s Human Rights Cell
Chandigarh, June 5 (PTI) BJP”s Human Rights Cell today termed the police action against yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters as “murder of democracy” and accused the Congress of providing shelter to corruption.”It is murder of democracy…police r…Continue Reading
Australia says rights key to Malaysia refugee deal
Australia said human rights would be a key element in its deal with Kuala Lumpur to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, as the UN welcomed its move to treat minors on a case-by-case basis.Continue Reading