Human rights group calls for probe into ‘disappearance’ of two Sri Lankan activists
Colombo, Dec 13 (ANI): A human rights organisation has urged the Sri Lankan government to launch an investigation into the disappearance of two activists in the northern city of Jaffna.Continue Reading
Uzbekistan: Detainees Tortured, Lawyers Silenced
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Uzbekistan has not kept its promises to stop torture in its criminal justice system, including electric shocks and asphyxiation.
(Berlin) – Uzbekistan has not kep…Continue Reading
Record Number of Palestinians Displaced by Demolitions as Quartet Continues to Talk
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Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes…Continue Reading
US: Revised Detainee Bill Still Fundamentally Flawed
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Reported congressional changes to a defense authorization bill, aimed at averting a presidential veto, fail to address fundamental flaws in the bill’s proposed treatment of terrorism s…Continue Reading
Rights group slams Colombia military justice plan
An international human rights group strongly criticized Colombia’s government Monday for pushing legislation that would let military judges decide whether soldiers should be tried for alleged rights abuses.Continue Reading
Greece: Rare Hate Crime Trial Opens
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The trial of three people for the September 2011 assault on an Afghan asylum seeker in Athens is a sobering reminder of increasing racist violence in Greece.
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UN rights chief says 5,000 dead in Syria
More than 5,000 people have died in the nine-month-long Syrian uprising, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday.Continue Reading
Vietnam: Release Hoa Hao Buddhist Activist
Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the Hoa Hao Buddhist activist Nguyen Van Lia and drop all charges against him.
(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately relea…Continue Reading
Protecting economic, social and cultural rights in Ireland – and internationally
By Rosalind McKenna, Coordinator, Human Rights in Ireland Programme, Amnesty International Ireland,
Three years on from its adoption, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights needs five more countri…Continue Reading
Human Rights Day 2011: Church of Scientology Spearheading Human Rights Education
On the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Church of Scientology urges mandatory human rights education as the key to its full implementation of the declaration.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 11, 2011 Hum…Continue Reading
EDITORIAL – Promoting human rights
In a year marked by the continuation of the Arab Spring and the enhancement of freedom of expression through social media, the world has reason to celebrate International Human Rights Day. In the Philippines over the weekend, the Armed Forces of the Ph…Continue Reading
European commissioner for human rights warns UK over weakening of laws
London, Dec 11 (ANI): European commissioner for human rights Thomas Hammarberg has warned that any attempt to overhaul British human rights laws would have a damaging effect on global democracy.Continue Reading
Form South Asian Human Rights Commission: Ganguly
Sonipat, Dec 11 (IANS) Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly has called a South Asian Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading
Youth Walk for Human Rights Education Awareness
In honor of United Nations Human Rights Day, youth in more than 30 countries across the globe held walks to promote the need for human rights education as part of the International Walk for Human Rights, sponsored by Youth for Human Rights Internationa…Continue Reading
Cuba’s ‘Ladies’ mark Human Rights Day amid protest
Cuba’s Ladies in White dissident group paid homage to their late leader while observing International Human Rights Day at her home Saturday, surrounded by a jeering pro-government crowd for a second straight day.Continue Reading