Syria hiding detainees from observers: HRW
Human Rights Watch has accused Syria’s regime of hiding hundreds of detainees held in its crackdown on dissent from Arab observers visiting the country to assess implementation of a peace deal.Continue Reading
Syria: Detainees Hidden From International Monitors
Syrian authorities have transferred perhaps hundreds of detainees to off-limits military sites to hide them from Arab League monitors now in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The Arab League should insis…Continue Reading
More than 2,500 freed in Cuba amnesty-rights group
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 2,500 Cuban prisoners have been released in recent days under a New Year’s amnesty announced before a visit next spring by Pope Benedict XVI, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. Cuban President Raul Castro said last…Continue Reading
2011: A year of progress for human rights
Advancements in human rights come in either leaps or smaller steps, but far more often in steps. We notice the leaps, of course: In the 1990s, apartheid ended in South Africa and so did communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union; in 2002, the Int…Continue Reading
More than 2,500 freed in Cuba amnesty: rights group
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 2,500 Cuban prisoners have been released in recent days under a New Year’s amnesty announced before a visit next spring by Pope Benedict XVI, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. Cuban President Raul Castro said last…Continue Reading
UN in Haiti accuses police of abuse
U.N. human rights officials in Haiti are accusing the national police department of excessive force, saying there is evidence officers may have killed at least nine people in the capital.Continue Reading
Policing lessons ‘may aid Pakistan’
Lessons from the reorganisation of policing in Northern Ireland could influence efforts to reform law and order in Pakistan, a human rights expert has said.Continue Reading
Oz Senator embarks on European mission to protect ‘Assange’s human rights’
Canberra, Dec 25 (ANI): An Australian Senator Scott Ludlam has embarked on a European mission to protect the human rights of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who continues fighting a legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crime c…Continue Reading
China to try another dissident for "subversive" online essays
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will try a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, on charges of “inciting subversion” for pro-democracy essays he published online, his wife said on Sunday, days after another dissident was jailed for nine years on similar charges. Chen,…Continue Reading
Report: Another Chinese activist charged with subversion amid government crackdown
BEIJING, China – A veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion, a human rights group said Saturday, after another dissident was jailed for nine years in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading
Report: Chinese activist charged with subversion
A veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion, a human rights group said Saturday, after another dissident was jailed for nine years in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading
Report: Chinese activist faces subversion trial
A human rights group says another veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion as Beijing tries to prevent the spread of Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading
World leaders bid farewell to Vaclav Havel
PRAGUE (Reuters) – International leaders bade farewell on Friday to former Czech President Vaclav Havel, the anti-communist dissident who led the peaceful “Velvet Revolution” and inspired human rights campaigners around the world. U.S. Secretary of Sta…Continue Reading
Iraq/MEK: Ensure Camp Residents’ Safety
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All parties involved with the UN plan to resolve the situation of Camp Ashraf residents should work to make sure it is carried out safely and effectively, Human Rights Watch said today. …Continue Reading
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
Donors, who provide approximately half of Cambodia’s national budget, should make clear to the Cambodian government that the fourth draft of the Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO) must be revised to protect ci…Continue Reading