Wife says China activist charged with subversion
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
Bonnie Docherty Delivers Statement on the Civilian Harm Caused by Incendiary Weapons
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Despite concerns, US says it will seek reelection to UN human rights council
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it will seek a new term on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite concerns that the panel remains a hotbed of anti-Israel sentiment and a forum for repressive nations to deflect…Continue Reading
Libya: Ajdabiya civilians tell of their dead amid the rubble
By Donatella Rovera,
Amnesty International’s Crisis Researcher
Ajdabiya, 30 March 2011
Visiting Ajdabiya for two days I met Adam al-Tarhouni who told me how his 67-year-old father, Miftah, and his 36-year-old brother, Mohammad, were both kille…Continue Reading
Wife says China activist charged with subversion
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
Wife says China charges activist with subversion, deepening campaign against dissent
BEIJING, China – Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Af…Continue Reading
Wife says China activist charged with subversion
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
Wife says China activist charged with subversion
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, his wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Middle East.Continue Reading
Bahrain: Wounded Protesters Beaten, Detained
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(Manama) – Bahraini authorities are systematically targeting demonstratread moreContinue Reading
Commission on Human Rights condemns March 12 episode of Willing Willie
Mariing kinondena ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ang insidenteng naganap sa kontrobersiyal na episode ng Willing Willie noong Marso 12 kung saan isang anim na taong gulang na lalaki ang pinagsayaw ng “macho-dancing routine.” (CLICK HERE to read re…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Investigate Deaths Linked to Crackdown
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Bangladesh: Government Should Support Anti-Torture Bill
(New York) – The Bangladeshi government should offer its full and public support to a bill before parliament that would criminalize torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The Violence in Bahrain was no “Accident”
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Robert Cooper, a hand-picked senior adviser to Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, must not have gotten the memo.read moreContinue Reading
China dismisses UN calls to release rights lawyer
Beijing on Tuesday dismissed calls by a United Nations human rights agency to free prominent rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, saying the body should respect China’s judicial sovereignty.Continue Reading
SADC: Press Mugabe to End Crackdown
(Johannesburg) – The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) should publicly press President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party to end their harassment and arbitrary arrests of civil society activists and political opponents, Human Rights Wat…Continue Reading