Iraq: Protest Organizers Beaten, Detained
(Tunis) – Iraqi authorities have detained, interrogated, and beaten several protest organizers in Baghdad in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi authorities should stop the attacks and charge or release those being held, Human Rights Watc…Continue Reading
Iraq: Protest Organizers Beaten, Detained
(Tunis) – Iraqi authorities have detained, interrogated, and beaten several protest organizers in Baghdad in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi authorities should stop the attacks and charge or release those being held, Human Rights Watc…Continue Reading
Persistent Political Ice Age
Entrenched Arab governments in Jordan, Algeria and even Syria and Yemen reacted to the Arab Spring with a mixture of political concessions and repression. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, offered none of the former while intensifying its crackdown on d…Continue Reading
US human rights envoy invited back to North Korea
A U.S. diplomat just back from his first trip to North Korea described the communist nation as among the world’s worst violators of human rights yet reported Thursday that a government minister had asked him to return for more discussions.Continue Reading
US rights envoy sees maiden visit to North Korea as significant, says he has been invited back
WASHINGTON – A U.S. envoy said Thursday that his maiden trip to North Korea was significant, and he has been invited back for more talks on human rights with the communist-led regime.Continue Reading
Global: Tens of Millions Face Death in Agony
(New York) – Tens of millions of people worldwide are denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Global: Tens of Millions Face Death in Agony
(New York) – Tens of millions of people worldwide are denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Global: Tens of Millions Face Death in Agony
(New York) – Tens of millions of people worldwide are denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Global: Tens of Millions Face Death in Agony
(New York) – Tens of millions of people worldwide are denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Death and Drugs in Colombia
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In February 2003, the mayor of a small town on Colombia’s Caribbean coast stood up at a nationally televised meeting with then President Álvaro Uribe and announced his own murder.read moreContinue Reading
Pakistan journalist’s killing may be linked to state
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A prominent Pakistan journalist may have been tortured to death for exposing growing links between the country’s intelligence agencies and militants who appear to be infiltrating every state institution, a leading human rights act…Continue Reading
Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo Supporters Tortured, Killed in Abidjan
(Dakar) – Armed forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara have killed at least 149 real or perceived supporters of the former President Laurent Gbagbo since taking control of the commercial capital in mid-April, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.re…Continue Reading
U.N. finds war crimes by Gaddafi forces, opposition
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights forum said on Wednesday a fact-finding mission in Libya has concluded that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.Continue Reading
Cauvrem violence: NHRC seeks report from Goa govt
Panaji, June 2 (PTI) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Goa chief secretary and the Director General of Police in connection with the alleged violation of human rights during a tribals-led anti-mining agitation in Cauvrem…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch raps Iraqi security forces for illegally detaining, beating protesters
BAGHDAD – A leading human rights group says Iraq’s central government and regional Kurdish leaders are beating and illegally detaining protesters to try to stop demonstrations calling for reforms.Continue Reading