Ban Ki-Moon: I am willing to take any measures for human rights
Ban Ki-moon is secretary general of the United Nations. He was interviewed by Raghida Dergham for the Global Viewpoint Network in Cairo on March 21.Continue Reading
Ban Ki-Moon: I am willing to take any measures for human rights
Ban Ki-moon is secretary general of the United Nations. He was interviewed by Raghida Dergham for the Global Viewpoint Network in Cairo on March 21.Continue Reading
Yemen: Emergency Law Does Not Trump Basic Rights
(New York) – Yemen’s new emergency law does not override the government’s obligation to respect fundamental human rights under international law, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Egyptian army tortured women protesters: Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Egypt’s government to investigate accusations that the army tortured and abused women arrested in anti-government protests earlier this month.Continue Reading
Chinese workers await ruling in Que. racism case
A Quebec Human Rights Tribunal will decide if 15 Chinese workers deserve financial compensation after their Montreal employer allegedly called them pigs.Continue Reading
Chinese workers await ruling in Que. racism case
A Quebec Human Rights Tribunal will decide if 15 Chinese workers deserve financial compensation after their Montreal employer allegedly called them pigs.Continue Reading
Violence Instead of Vigilance
The 59-page report documents the unit’s illegal methods of investigation and serious violations of the rights of the people it arrests and detains. The unit has a history of violent and unlawful operations since it was formed by President Yoweri Muse…Continue Reading
Uganda: Torture, Extortion, Killings by Police Unit
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AP Interview: Chile president to ask for CIA files
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Tuesday that he’ll accept President Barack Obama’s invitation to formally request classified U.S. intelligence documents that may identify Chilean agents responsible for more than 1,200 human rights violations du…Continue Reading
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Focus on Promotion of Human Rights and Increasing Total Number of …
Participants in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights have gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the two-day Annual Plenary Meeting. ÂContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Council: A Stunning Development Against Violence
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European Court of Human Rights hears case of alleged forced sterilization of Gypsy woman
PARIS – Europe’s human rights court opened a hearing Tuesday into a Gypsy woman’s allegation that she was wrongly and forcibly sterilized at a state-run hospital in her native Slovakia because of her ethnicity.Continue Reading
U.N. rights office calls on Bahrain to uphold law
Activists and medical staff have been arrested or harassed in Bahrain where up to 100 people have been reported missing since a crackdown last week the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
ONU puede ayudar a procurar justicia internacional a las víctimas del conflicto de Gaza
Rachel Campbell es adjunta de investigación y acción de Amnistía Internacional para Israel y los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se reúne hoy para empezar a debatir un informe crucial sobre las muy deficie…Continue Reading
Equality commission faces reform
The Equality and Human Rights Commission faces “radical reforms” and will have to prove it is using taxpayers’ money wisely the government has announced.Continue Reading