Human Rights Watch: Libyan rebels loot clinics, homes and shops in seized western towns
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi have looted shops and clinics and torched the homes of suspected regime supporters in some of the towns they seized in the country’s western mountains, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.Continue Reading
UN rights commissioner begins Tunis visit
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived in Tunis Wednesday to plegde support for the country’s democratic transition and open a new UN human rights office.Continue Reading
Pakistan: Upsurge in Killings in Balochistan
(New York) – Pakistan’s government should immediately act to end the epidemic of killings of suspected Baloch militants and opposition activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the southwestern province of…Continue Reading
Iraq: Revise Draft Law That Curbs Protests, Speech
Iraq should revise its draft law on freedom of expression and assembly to remove provisions that restrict those freedoms. The draft law would allow authorities to curtail rights to protect the "public interes…Continue Reading
China says it is drawing up human rights plan
China is drawing up a four-year plan to improve the country’s human rights record, state media reported Wednesday, but it will likely focus on improving living standards rather than granting greater freedoms.Continue Reading
CHINA DRAFTING NEW HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN
BEIJING, July 13 (Bernama) — China is drafting a new human rights actionplan for the next four years, aimed at improving the country”s human rightsrecord, a senior official with the State Council Information office said.The National Human Rights Acti…Continue Reading
China admits "long way to go" for citizens to enjoy human rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – China still has “a long way to go” before its citizens can enjoy full human rights, a senior Chinese official said in a rare admission of the challenges ahead, pointing to social conflict and even rising house prices as stumbling bl…Continue Reading
Arms transfers: States love secrets, but we want the facts
By Alaphia Zoyab, an Online Communications Officer from Amnesty’s International Secretariat.
All governments say they want to stop the flow of illicit arms, but listening to many of them at the UN today, it became clear that not many are willing to…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: Libyan rebels loot clinics, homes and shops in seized western towns
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan rebel forces seeking to oust Moammar Gadhafi have looted shops, homes and medical facilities in some of the towns they seized in the country’s western mountains, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Raja Aziz Addruse, human rights fighter, laid to rest
KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — Prominent lawyer who championed human rights and a cleaner government, Raja Aziz Addruse, 74, was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery here shortly before noon today in a simple ceremony attended by his family and a few c…Continue Reading
Rights group: Myanmar uses ‘convict slave labor’
A leading international human rights group criticized Myanmar’s army Wednesday for forcing prison inmates onto the front lines of the country’s conflict with ethnic militias, using some as human shields and executing others who tried to escape.Continue Reading
Libya: Opposition Forces Should Protect Civilians and Hospitals
Rebel forces in Libya should protect civilians and civilian property in areas they control. The rebel forces should hold accountable anyone from their ranks responsible for looting, arson, and abuse of civilians i…Continue Reading
Libya: Opposition Forces Should Protect Civilians and Hospitals
Rebel forces in Libya should protect civilians and civilian property in areas they control. The rebel forces should hold accountable anyone from their ranks responsible for looting, arson, and abuse of civilians i…Continue Reading
Israel: Anti-Boycott Bill Stifles Expression
(Jerusalem, July 13, 2011) – The Israeli parliament has violated the right to freedom of expression by approving a law that penalizes individuals and organizations that call for boycotting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Human Rights Watch said t…Continue Reading
Dead Men Walking
Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma
This 70-page report details abuses against convict porters including summary executions, torture, and the use of the convicts as “human shiel…Continue Reading