U.N. rights boss calls on Syria to halt "assault"
The top U.N. human rights official called on Syria on Thursday to halt its “assault on its own people” and said more than 1,100 people may have been killed and up to 10,000 detained since March.Continue Reading
Domestic workers’ conditions ‘akin to slavery’
Asma – not her real name – left her village at age 13 to journey to Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. She had just graduated from elementary school, but was being pressured to marry a 23-year-old man. To avoid this, she allowed her cousin to arrange a job …Continue Reading
Senegal: Habré Trial an ‘Illusion’
(Dakar) – Senegal’s withdrawal from talks to establish a court to try the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré was the "last straw," a coalition of his victims and human rights groups said today.
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U.N. rights boss calls on Syria to halt "assault"
The top U.N. human rights official called on Syria on Thursday to halt its “assault on its own people” and said more than 1,100 people may have been killed and up to 10,000 detained since March.Continue Reading
Time to Go Beyond Ocampo Six
On May 30, International Criminal Court (ICC) judges turned down the latest effort by some in the Kenyan government to thwart the court’s cases against six leading political and government officials. The "Ocampo Six" are accused of involvemen…Continue Reading
At AIDS Summit, UN Must Focus on Key Populations and Human Rights to Meet Goal of Zero New Infections
As new reports reaffirm importance of key populations, Global Forum on MSM & HIV calls for commitment to evidence and human rights in UN political declaration on AIDSContinue Reading
Indonesia: Act on Human Rights Commitments
Indonesia should use its election to the United Nations Human Rights Council to implement reforms on the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and religion, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Presid…Continue Reading
Burma: Human Rights Watch Statement on UPR Outcome Report
Human Rights Watch Statement
UPR Outcome Report of Burma
June 8, 2011
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Letter to President Yudhoyono on Indonesia’s Human Rights Commitments
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Merdeka Palace
Jakarta, Indonesia
Via facsimile, email
Dear President Yudhoyono,
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Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS and Disability
CONTEXT
Individuals with disabilities are often assumed to be at lower risk, and thus face lower of HIV infection rates, than their non-disabled peers. They are believed to be asexual, less likely to use drugs or alcohol, and at a lower risk of …Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS and Disability
CONTEXT
Individuals with disabilities are often assumed to be at lower risk, and thus face lower of HIV infection rates, than their non-disabled peers. They are believed to be asexual, less likely to use drugs or alcohol, and at a lower risk of …Continue Reading
Women in the Crossfire
Iman Obeidi became famous in March when she burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and accused Libyan forces of raping her. She was quickly taken by authorities, but eventually found her way to Qatar to seek refugee status in the West.
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‘Rape’ in Abyei, Darfur camps denied aid: UN envoy
The UN human rights envoy for Sudan on Wednesday highlighted reports of rape in Abyei after the army’s occupation last month and criticised Khartoum for failing to provide essential aid to newly displaced Darfuris since January.Continue Reading
Who will end impunity for the Rapid Action Battalion in Bangladesh?
By Abbas Faiz, Bangladesh researcher at Amnesty International
Last Friday, Rahima Khatun, a 35-year-old woman, was shot in the head during a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) operation in a slum near the central Bangladesh district of Narsingdi.
As the RA…Continue Reading
Australia: Human Rights Watch Statement on UPR Outcome Report
Human Rights Watch Statement
Adoption of the Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Australia
June 8, 2011
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