Sudan’s Bashir offers to help form new Libyan army
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, said on Saturday he has offered to help Libya integrate its dozens of militias into the country’s armed forces. “We have an ex…Continue Reading
Rights group condemns Libya visit by Sudan’s Bashir
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, arrived in Libya on Saturday, drawing criticism from a human rights group. Bashir, wanted by The Hague-based court on charges …Continue Reading
UN urged to help find missing Lankan human rights activists believed in military custody
Colombo, Jan 7 (ANI): Campaigners in Sri Lanka have appealed to the United Nations to intervene in the case of two human rights activists believed to have been abducted last month.Continue Reading
Rights group condemns Libya visit by Sudan’s Bashir
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, arrived in Libya on Saturday, drawing criticism from a human rights group. Bashir, wanted by The Hague-based court on charges …Continue Reading
Cambodia vows to finalize Asean human rights declaration this year
Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea/ANN) – Cambodia aims to finalize the drafting of an ASEAN Human Rights Declaration this year as it chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Cambodian Human Rights Committee chairman Om Yin Tieng said.Continue Reading
Cambodia vows to finalize Asean human rights declaration this year
Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea/ANN) – Cambodia aims to finalize the drafting of an ASEAN Human Rights Declaration this year as it chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Cambodian Human Rights Committee chairman Om Yin Tieng said.Continue Reading
Cambodia vows to finalize Asean human rights declaration this year
Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea/ANN) – Cambodia aims to finalize the drafting of an ASEAN Human Rights Declaration this year as it chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Cambodian Human Rights Committee chairman Om Yin Tieng said.Continue Reading
UN’s Pillay: Yemen peace-deal amnesty may be unlawful
GENEVA (Reuters) – Granting amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and human rights abuses under Yemen’s presidential power transition deal would be against international law, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday, undermining the peace a…Continue Reading
UN’s Pillay: Yemen peace-deal amnesty may be unlawful
GENEVA (Reuters) – Granting amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and human rights abuses under Yemen’s presidential power transition deal would be against international law, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday, undermining the peace a…Continue Reading
Lawyer: Bahrain rights activist beaten by police
A lawyer for a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain says his client has been hospitalized after a beating by police at an anti-government protest.Continue Reading
Lawyer: Bahrain rights activist beaten by police
A lawyer for a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain says his client has been hospitalized after a beating by police at an anti-government protest.Continue Reading
Rights groups oppose ex-Libyan PM extradition
A statement signed by 15 Tunisian and international human rights groups has opposed the plan to extradite Libya’s former prime minister back to Tripoli.Continue Reading
Affaire Habré : Le président sénégalais Wade déclare que l’ancien dictateur tchadien sera « très probablement renvoyé en Belgique »
La déclaration du président sénégalais Abdoulaye Wade que « très probablement Hissène Habré va être renvoyé en Belgique » pour r&…Continue Reading
Syria: Comply With Agreement
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The Syrian government should comply with all the terms of its agreement with the Arab League, Human Rights Watch said today ahead of a January 8, 2012 meeting of the Arab League to discu…Continue Reading
International human rights experts call for key changes to the Detainee Inquiry as Abdul Hakim Belhadj joins list of survivors refusing to participate
The government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism today as seventeen distinguished international human rights experts publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron stating th…Continue Reading