Syria committed crimes against humanity – U.N. report
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations commission of inquiry on Syria said on Monday Syrian military and security forces had committed crimes against humanity including murder, torture and rape and the government of President Bashar al-Assad bore responsi…Continue Reading
Kenya: Security Forces Arbitrarily Detaining People
The Kenyan police and military should stop using illegal mass-round-ups and beatings as a substitute for proper police investigative work. Attacks by suspected al-Shabaab sympathizers on the military and civilians…Continue Reading
Over 1000 women, child rights violation cases in Ivory Coast: Report
Paris, Nov 28(ANI): Human rights of over 1000 women and children have been severely violated in the Ivory Coast, with one child being raped every 36 hours, a report has warned.Continue Reading
Vietnam: Overturn Democracy Activist’s Sentence
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Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the blogger Pham Minh Hoang and vacate the verdict against him when his case comes up on appeal.
(New York) – Vi…Continue Reading
"Serious abuses" in Myanmar despite reforms: group
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Myanmar soldiers are committing serious human rights abuses including extra-judicial killing and rape in a campaign against guerrillas in the north of the country despite reforms aimed at ending harsh military rule, a relief group s…Continue Reading
Egypt: Curbs on Free Press, Assembly Before Poll
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The weeks before Egypt’s parliamentary elections are scheduled to start on November 28, 2011, have been marked by repeated violations of free expression and free assembly. Over the…Continue Reading
Exodus in Papua amid fears of crackdown
Human rights groups have sent a letter to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd calling for monitors to be sent to Papua ahead of pro-independence rallies next week.Continue Reading
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Builds on Relationship With Chinese Canadians
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA– – The Canadian Museum for Human Rights and representatives of the Chinese Canadian community from across Canada met today at the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre to discuss …Continue Reading
Syrian group: Activist’s wife abducted in Egypt
A Syrian human rights activist says that the 25-year-old pregnant wife of a Syrian dissident has been kidnapped in Cairo.Continue Reading
India communists demand probe into Maoist’s death
India’s communists and a human rights group condemned Saturday the killing of a top Maoist rebel and suggested that the shoot out in which he was killed was staged by security forces.Continue Reading
Taiwan president visits exhibition by ‘Absent’ rights activist Ai Weiwei
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) – Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou visited artist Ai Weiwei’s art exhibition in Taipei, Friday evening, to show support for freedom in artistic creation and human rights.Continue Reading
Mexican group asks ICC to probe president, officials
THE HAGUE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican human rights activists want the International Criminal Court to investigate President Felipe Calderon, top officials and the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker, accusing them of allowing subordinates to kill…Continue Reading
Cluster Bombs: Nations Reject Weakening of Global Ban
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An attempt by the United States and others to weaken the comprehensive ban on cluster munitions has failed. The effort by the US and other users and stockpilers of cluster munitions to c…Continue Reading
U.S. defeated in bid on cluster bomb accord
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.S.-led push to regulate, rather than ban, cluster munitions failed Friday after 50 countries objected, following humanitarian campaigners’ claims that anything less than a outright ban would be an unprecedented reversal of human …Continue Reading
Yemen: Spate of Killings Defy UN Order
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Yemeni troops appear to have unlawfully killed as many as 35 civilians in the city of Taizz since a United Nations Security Council resolution demanded on October 21, 2011 that Yemen sto…Continue Reading