Three days away from the elections in New Zealand, Philippine solidarity groups expressed hopes that NZ’s future leaders would play a more active role in supporting human rights protection and peace-building efforts in the Philippines.Continue Reading

On December 4, Russians will go to the polls to elect a new Duma, the lower house of parliament, and in March 2012 they will elect a new president.

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Burundi government officials should halt their intensifying pressure on journalists. In the last few weeks, journalists have been summonsed by state prosecuting authorities for questioning with increasing fre…Continue Reading

Libyan authorities should treat humanely Abdullah Sanussi, Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief, who was reportedly captured in southern Libya, Human Rights Watch said today. The Libyan authorities should ensure…Continue Reading

Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) should uphold its international legal obligations and promptly surrender Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Muammar Gaddafi, to the International Criminal Court (ICC)…Continue Reading

Manesar (Haryana), Nov 19 (IANS) Assam Rifles won the best team trophy in an all-India debate on human rights among the central paramilitary forces at the National Security Guards (NSG) campus here Friday evening.Continue Reading

Britain is trying to secure changes to the European Court of Human Rights that would restrict its role to to serious issues of principle, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said Saturday.Continue Reading

Britain is trying to secure changes to the European Court of Human Rights that would restrict its role to to serious issues of principle, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said Saturday.Continue Reading

Brasilia, Nov 19 (IANS/EFE) President Dilma Rousseff Friday signed a document creating a panel to investigate human rights violations by Brazil’s 1964-85 military regime.Continue Reading