UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Friday restored Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council, ending a suspension the United Nations imposed on Tripoli as civil war broke out there. Libyan Deputy U.N. Ambassador Ibrahim D…Continue Reading

President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla who was jailed and tortured during Brazil’s military dictatorship, on Friday endorsed creation of a truth panel to probe human rights abuses during that dark period.Continue Reading

A former police chief in the border city of Tijuana and several subordinates violated the human rights of suspects and broke the law by torturing people in custody, state human rights officials charged Thursday.Continue Reading

Military-dominated Myanmar will chair Southeast Asia’s regional bloc in 2014, officials said Thursday, despite concerns from human rights groups that the country’s democratic reforms have not gone far enough.Continue Reading

By Max Tucker, Amnesty International’s Azerbaijan campaigner
Without international pressure, the future looks bleak for freedom of expression in Azerbaijan
Flying into Baku on Tuesday morning it was hard not to feel uneasy. It doesn’t help to…Continue Reading

CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading

CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading

CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading

CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading

CANBERRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation released politi…Continue Reading