Report: Yemen killed 270 in Arab Spring protest
Yemen's president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters last year that killed at least 270 people nationwide, Human Rights Watch said in a new report …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Calls on Iraq to Abolish Death Penalty
With 65 prisoners executed in Iraq since the beginning of this year, a prominent human-rights organization is calling on the government to abolish the death penalty.Continue Reading
Report: Yemen killed 120 in Arab Spring protest
Yemen's president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters last year that killed at least 120 people just in one city, Human Rights Watch said in a new r…Continue Reading
Russia: Stop Draconian Homophobic Bill
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The St. Petersburg legislative assembly should halt consideration of a discriminatory bill that would deny freedom of expression to the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGB…Continue Reading
Germany: Belarus blocks rights official's visit
Germany's human rights commissioner says Belarus has blocked his plans to visit the country and meet with a jailed human rights activist.Continue Reading
No immunity for Yemen's Saleh abroad: Human Rights Watch
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States and Gulf Arab states are not bound by a Yemeni parliament decision to grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution over civilian deaths during protests against his rule, Human Rights Watch said Wednes…Continue Reading
No immunity for Yemen's Saleh abroad: Human Rights Watch
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States and Gulf Arab states are not bound by a Yemeni parliament decision to grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution over civilian deaths during protests against his rule, Human Rights Watch said Wednes…Continue Reading
US: Wrong Time for Bahrain Arms Deal
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The Obama administration’s decision to move forward on a $1 million arms sale to Bahrain sends the wrong signal to a country that is engaged in serious human rights abuses.
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U.N. rights chief says action on Syria urgent
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations' top human rights official called Wednesday for urgent international action to protect civilians in Syria, saying she was appalled by the Syrian government's military onslaught on the city of Homs. Navi Pil…Continue Reading
Haiti Papers Over the Past: The Re-Branding of Baby Doc Duvalier
On Jan. 30, more than a year after former "President for Life" Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti, a Port-au-Prince judge concluded his lengthy investigation into the ex-dictator's brutal, 1971-86 rule. Supreme Court Magistrate Carvè…Continue Reading
NGOs: Govt should have broader outlook
PETALING JAYA: Human rights groups have called on the government to speed up the approval for the free legal aid programme, saying that there is a crucial need to get the programme off the groundContinue Reading
Yemen: Unlawful Attacks, Denial of Medical Care in Taizz
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Yemeni security forces stormed and shelled hospitals, evicted patients at gunpoint, and beat medics during an assault on Yemen’s protest movement that killed at least 120 people in the…Continue Reading
US: 9th Circuit Decision a Victory for Rights
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The February 7 decision by a federal appeals court to declare unconstitutional California’s Proposition 8, a successful ballot measure which banned same-sex marriage in 2008, is an imp…Continue Reading
Uganda anti-gay bill 'grave assault' on rights: Amnesty
Amnesty International warned on Tuesday that Uganda could soon pass an anti-homosexuality bill that would introduce draconian provisions and constitute "a grave assault" on human rights.Continue Reading
European court ruling upholds media freedoms
Europe's human rights court has rejected an invasion-of-privacy complaint by Monaco's Princess Caroline — one of two potentially groundbreaking rulings Tuesday that uphold the media's right to report on celebrities.Continue Reading