U.N. restores Libya membership in human rights panel
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
Brazil’s Rousseff backs dictatorship abuses probe
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
National Adoption Month New Book Exposes Child Trafficking, Human Rights Abuses in Adoption
NEW YORK — For the first time, the extent of fraud, corruption, and child trafficking in international adoption between Guatemala and the United States has been credibly determined. Thousands of previously-unreleased …Continue Reading
Rights group concerned over Occupy media arrests
A human rights office for the Americas on Thursday criticized the arrest and assault of journalists during Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other U.S. cities in recent weeks.Continue Reading
Mexico rights bodies allege abuses by ex-top cop
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
Rights group concerned over Occupy media arrests
A human rights office for the Americas on Thursday criticized the arrest and assault of journalists during Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other U.S. cities in recent weeks.Continue Reading
Military-dominated Myanmar to chair ASEAN in 2014
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
Dispatch from Baku: Azerbaijan spring yet to blossom
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
Resolution to seek Syrian rights condemnation
Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a U.N. resolution that would strongly condemn Syria’s human rights violations and call for an immediate halt to all violence in the country.Continue Reading
Resolution to seek Syrian rights condemnation
Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a U.N. resolution that would strongly condemn Syria’s human rights violations and call for an immediate halt to all violence in the country.Continue Reading
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
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
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
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
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
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
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
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
Obama says Myanmar needs to do more on human rights
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