SADC: Q&A on The Tribunal
With the 2011 Ordinary Summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government scheduled for August 16 and 17 in Luanda, Angola, these questions and answers are provided to shed more …Continue Reading
The Shrinking World of George W. Bush
Torturers can run but they can’t hide. And regardless of who they are or how powerful, they will be named, shamed and forever pursued.
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What’s Farsi for Schadenfreude? UK critics revel in riot woes
LONDON (Reuters) – From bizarre claims about the use of “mercenaries” to tongue-in-cheek travel advisories, countries long used to Western criticism of their own human rights records are relishing Britain’s embarrassment over the riots sweeping its cit…Continue Reading
UN shares responsibility in famine, experts say
GENEVA, Aug 10 (IPS) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should accept responsibility, on behalf of the world forum, for the famine spreading through eastern Africa, and should call for member countries’ cooperation to overcome the desperate food…Continue Reading
يتعين على مجلس الأمن الدولي التحرك لوضع حد للقمع في سورية
كان مجد الكردي عضواً عادياً في حزب البعث العربي في سورية في بلدة تلكلخ الصغيرة القريبة من الحدود مع لبنان. وفي أحد أيام مايو/أيار، وأثناء م…Continue Reading
UK tells Iran happy to talk human rights after riot criticism
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Britain told Iran on Thursday it was happy to discuss its handling of street unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused its police of “savage” aggression against demonstrators.Continue Reading
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.
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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