GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2,200 people have been killed in Syria in the five-month-old crackdown by Syrian forces on anti-government protesters, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Monday.Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2,200 people have been killed in Syria in the five-month-old crackdown by Syrian forces on anti-government protesters, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Monday.Continue Reading

The remains of more than 2,000 people have been found in dozens of unmarked graves in the divided region of Kashmir, according to an Indian government human rights inquiry.Continue Reading

The Human Rights Commission has warned that transferring asylum seekers to an immigration processing centre set to re-open in Papua New Guinea could lead to human rights breaches.Continue Reading

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As fighting reaches the Libyan capital, Tripoli, all sides to the conflict – forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, forces of the National Transitional Council, and the NATO allies – need …Continue Reading

Prime Minister Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free-trade agreement that was passed in 2009 with the support of the Liberals, he ludicrously claims that concerns about human rights in that…Continue Reading

David Cameron has been warned by senior Liberal Democrats not to try to “water down” Britain’s commitment to human rights in the wake of the riots.Continue Reading

The Telegraph had last month highlighted how half the cases registered with AHRC since 2008 were gathering dust, as the commission reeled under an acute shortage of manpower, inordinate delays by police and government agencies to reply to its notices a…Continue Reading