Group may fight disability ruling
Human rights campaigners say they might ask the UK's highest court to consider what rights disabled air travellers could expect on board aircraft.Continue Reading
UN: Crimes against humanity continue in Syria
The U.N. human rights chief decried Syria's escalating crackdown on civilian protesters Monday and warned that the Security Council's failure to take action has emboldened the Syrian government to launch an all-out assault to crush dissent.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Writer Faces Apostasy Trial
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Saudi authorities should free Hamza Kashgari and drop any charges against him based on comments he made on Twitter expressing his personal religious views. On the morning of February 12,…Continue Reading
Turkey: Draft Reform Law Falls Short
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A major legal reform package to be introduced by the Turkish government leaves key problems with free speech and arbitrary detention unresolved.
(New York) – A m…Continue Reading
Syria launched "indiscriminate attack" on civilians: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief ramped up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, accusing his government of launching an "indiscriminate attack" on civilians and other grave human rights violations …Continue Reading
US backs UN motion to probe Sri Lanka alleged war crimes
The United States said Monday it would back a motion at a UN human rights council meeting to press Sri Lanka to probe alleged war crimes during the island's civil war.Continue Reading
US to support UN rights resolution on Sri Lanka
The United States will support a U.N. human rights council resolution asking Sri Lanka to implement recommendations its commission made on the island nation's civil war, an American diplomat said Monday.Continue Reading
L’Égypte et ses généraux : entre déni et répression
Par Salil Shetty, secrétaire général d’Amnesty International
En mars 2011, dans le cadre d’une violente répression contre les manifestations pacifiques organisées place Tahrir au Caire, un groupe de 18 manifestantes ont été arrêtContinue Reading
Malaysia deports Saudi journalist in Twitter row
Malaysia on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist wanted in his home country over a Twitter post about the Prophet Mohammed, defying pleas from human rights group who said he faced execution.Continue Reading
Tibet PM sees human-rights 'tragedy' unfolding
In an exclusive interview Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, sounded the alarm on the "tragedy" unfolding in Tibet and called on Canada to take action.Continue Reading
Tibet PM sees human-rights 'tragedy' unfolding
In an exclusive interview Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, sounded the alarm on the "tragedy" unfolding in Tibet and called on Canada to take action.Continue Reading
HRW: Climate of free expression in Egypt worsens
Human Rights Watch says that the climate for free expression in Egypt has worsened since Hosni Mubarak was ousted a year ago.Continue Reading
Egypt and its generals: between denial and repression
By Salil Shetty, Secretary-General of Amnesty International
Last March, following a violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, a group of 18 women protesters were detained by the Egyptian army.
Seventeen of them were hel…Continue Reading
Egypt: A Year of Attacks on Free Expression
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The climate for free expression in Egypt has worsened since Hosni Mubarak was ousted a year ago. Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) should act to end assaults on…Continue Reading
Harper says human rights talk with China is paying off
In an exclusive interview airing on CBC Radio's The House Saturday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says raising the issue of human rights is paying off but warns the Chinese and "other governments" to help shape a positive future for Syria.Continue Reading