Human Rights Group Rebukes Relativity Media Over Chinese Co-Production
Activist group Human Rights Watch will ask Relativity Media to stop shooting its new Chinese co-production “21 and Over,” and will urge moviegoers to boycott the film should it be produced, the organization confirmed Sunday to TheWrap.Continue Reading
Commonwealth leader summit ends in Australia
Commonwealth nation leaders insisted Sunday that they had made sweeping progress at their biennial summit, despite failing to agree on a key human rights reform recommended by a group that questioned the forum’s very relevance.Continue Reading
Commonwealth defends relevance, faces human rights
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Sunday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights, rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka accountable fo…Continue Reading
Commonwealth defends relevance, faces human rights
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Sunday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights, rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka accountable fo…Continue Reading
Commonwealth defends relevance, faces human rights
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Sunday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights, rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka accountable fo…Continue Reading
Commonwealth defends relevance, faces human rights
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Sunday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights, rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka accountable fo…Continue Reading
Commonwealth leaders branded ‘disgrace’ for refusing to publish human rights report
Perth, Oct 30 (ANI): The Commonwealth leaders have been labelled a “disgrace” for refusing to publish a critical human rights report.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Key Conference Sidelining Women
Afghan women activists are at risk of being sidelined at a key international conference on Afghanistan’s future scheduled for December 5, 2011, in Germany.
(Kabul) – Afghan women activist…Continue Reading
Libya: Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town
Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata. The entire town of 30,000 peop…Continue Reading
Rule of human rights cause split, says Malaysian PM
Perth, Australia (The Star/ANN) – Commonwealth countries have yet to decide on the appointment of a High Commissioner for Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.Continue Reading
Rule of human rights cause split, says Malaysian PM
Perth, Australia (The Star/ANN) – Commonwealth countries have yet to decide on the appointment of a High Commissioner for Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.Continue Reading
CHOGM rules out human rights commissioner
Leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth have ruled out setting up a Human Rights Commissioner.Continue Reading
Commonwealth fails to set up rights watchdog
Commonwealth leaders on Saturday failed to establish a human rights watchdog for their 54-nation bloc, but insisted that progress had been made during their summit to promote democratic values.Continue Reading
CHOGM: PROPOSAL FOR COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSED
PERTH, Oct 29 (Bernama) — The Commonwealth heads of government have decidedto refer the recommendation by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) for the settingup of the Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Commonwealth Secretary Generaland Ministerial Acti…Continue Reading
Commonwealth fails to reach human rights consensus
Commonwealth leaders meeting in Perth, Australia, have wrapped up their discussions for the day without being able to settle the most contentious issues dealing with human rights.Continue Reading