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
No One, in the US or Sri Lanka, Should Be Above the Law
In a report released last month Human Rights Watch called on the US government to launch criminal investigations into allegations of detainee abuse authorized by senior Bush administration officials.
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Tunisia: Questionnaire Challenges Candidates on Human Rights Issues
Candidates running for the Constituent Assembly should make a public commitment to protect human rights in addressing a questionnaire to all of Tunisia’s political parties.
(Tunis) – Cand…Continue Reading
Amnesty slams Oz Govt. ‘Closing the Gap’ policy saying it forces Aborigines off their homelands
Canberra, Aug 9 (ANI): Human Rights organization Amnesty International has claimed that Australian government policies are driving the country’s Aborigines from the homelands where they stand the best chance of leading healthy, fulfilling lives.Continue Reading
High level meeting on youth
By Nicki Lees International youth advisory and action body,
Over the course of two days at the end of last month, numerous governments stood up in the UN General Assembly in New York and proclaimed their lasting commitment to furthering the development…Continue Reading