US top court hears corporate human rights case
* Shell accused of aiding Nigerian human rights abuses * Reach of 1789 law used to sue corporations * Supreme Court's ruling expected by the end of June WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A number of SupremeCourt …Continue Reading
Syria walks out of UN human rights debate
Syria walked out of a UN debate on the human rights situation in the violence-wracked country on Tuesday, while its ally Russia urged Damascus to cooperate with efforts to allow in humanitarian aid.Continue Reading
Quatorze hommes ont disparu en Mauritanie
Par May Carolan, coordinatrice chargée des communications pour la campagne Sécurité et droits humains d’Amnesty International
Des policiers sont venus à 3 heures du matin ; leurs visages étaient dissimulés et ils avaient une lis…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Hundreds Railroaded in Unjust Trials
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Bahrain has routinely convicted hundreds of opposition activists and others of politically motivated charges in unfair trials. The government should void the convictions in trials before…Continue Reading
Russia: Protests Go on Peacefully
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New York: Investigate Police Surveillance of Muslims
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New York authorities should fully investigate New York City police for violating religious freedom in their surveillance of Muslim “communities of interest.” The New York State Attor…Continue Reading
Iraq film festival aims to promote human rights
A human rights film festival held in Baghdad is aiming to educate and mobilise citizens at a time when Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government has been accused of sliding toward authoritarianism.Continue Reading
Human Rights Film Festival to Launch in Montreal
TORONTO , Feb. 27, 2012 /CNW/ – JHR (Journalists for Human Rights) has partnered with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) to bring DocFest to Montreal . DocFest is an annual film festival coordinated …Continue Reading
Libya: Militia Should Transfer Journalists to State
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A Tripoli-based militia from Misrata should immediately transfer to the Libyan government two illegally detained British journalists and the three Libyans who were traveling with them. T…Continue Reading
Libya: Militia Should Transfer Journalists to State
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A Tripoli-based militia from Misrata should immediately transfer to the Libyan government two illegally detained British journalists and the three Libyans who were traveling with them. T…Continue Reading
UN Human Rights Council to discuss Syria Tuesday
Geneva, Feb 27 (IANS) The United Nations' Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold an urgent debate on Syria Tuesday.Continue Reading
Justices weigh foreigners' suits vs. companies
Corporations and human rights groups are squaring off in a Supreme Court fight over whether foreign victims of war crimes, killings and other atrocities can haul multinational companies into American courts and try to prove they were complicit in the a…Continue Reading
Living Rights Project adds a human face to human rights
TORONTO , Feb. 27, 2012 /CNW/ – Ontario Human Rights Commission Chief Commissioner Barbara Hall today launched the Living Rights Project, a web-based living library that puts real people into the human …Continue Reading
UNESCO: Eliminate Obiang Prize
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UNESCO’s governing executive board should abolish a prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at its upcoming meeting. The board …Continue Reading
Iran objects to holding U.N. rights debate on Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran has objected to the U.N. Human Rights Council holding an emergency debate on the violence and repression in its ally Syria, as requested by Arab and Western states, the Geneva forum's president said on Monday. Qatar marked t…Continue Reading