China’s rivals welcome Nobel for Liu; allies question
Western nations hailed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as a reminder of the importance of human rights, while Beijing and some of its allies said the prize had been politicised.Continue Reading
Billboard By Human Rights Activists Warns of Electronic Harassment
On Monday, December 6, 2010, a billboard in Milwaukee sponsored by human rights activists in Michigan and Wisconsin displayed the plight of thousands of organized stalking and remote electronic torture victims nationwide in an ad that may lead to hope …Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
GENEVA (AFP) – Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair holds more than the Chinese realise
By Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International
There is going to be one empty place at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony. Amongst the pomp and circumstance, before a packed house of a thousand invited guests and dignitaries…Continue Reading
Hague risks Chinese anger by honouring Nobel winner
William Hague has used the occasion of international human rights day to praise imprisoned Nobel prize-winner Liu Xiaopo.Continue Reading
UN Human Rights Head ‘concerned’ Over Pressure on WikiLeaks
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said she is concerned over reports of government pressure on Internet service providers and other companies to stop doing business with WikiLeaks.Continue Reading
3,000 AFP, PNP personnel face human rights raps, conviction rate low
Figures from the Commission on Human Rights show that from 2005 to July 2009, a total of 3,196 members of the AFP and the PNP have been the subject of cases of alleged human rights violation filed with the commission.Continue Reading
Wellington-based Burmese refugee wins human rights award
A Wellington-based political refugee from Burma has won Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Human Rights Defender award.Continue Reading
Cuban dissidents jeered ahead of Human Rights Day
Government supporters jeered the dissident group “Ladies in White” on Thursday as the women marched through Havana on the eve of international Human Rights Day.Continue Reading
Cuban dissidents jeered ahead of Human Rights Day
Government supporters jeered the dissident group “Ladies in White” on Thursday as the women marched through Havana on the eve of international Human Rights Day.Continue Reading
Human rights laws ‘not sufficient’
New research argues the ACT’s human rights laws do not sufficiently protect a person’s economic, social and cultural rights.Continue Reading
Egypt: End Traffickers’ Abuse of Migrants
(New York) – Egyptian authorities should rescue migrants held for ransom and abused by human traffickers in the Sinai desert, Human Rights Watch said today. The government has neither prosecuted the traffickers nor closed down their detention sites, Hu…Continue Reading