Libya attacks may be crimes against humanity: U.N.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on Tuesday for an international investigation into Libya’s attacks on anti-government protesters, saying they may amount to crimes against humanity.Continue Reading
Rights groups concerned over Afghan Govt. move to take control of women shelters
Kabul, Feb.22 (ANI): Human Rights groups worry that Afghan government-run shelters will be disastrous for women and girls fleeing abuse.Continue Reading
Iraq abuse worsening for women and minorities: HRW
Human rights abuses remain common across Iraq with the status of women and minority groups on the decline, eight years after the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein, according to a rights watchdog.Continue Reading
Iraq abuse worsening for women and minorities: HRW
Human rights abuses remain common across Iraq with the status of women and minority groups on the decline eight years after the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein according to a rights watchdog.Continue Reading
Iraq: Vulnerable Citizens at Risk
The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and detainees, are routinely violated with impunity.
(Beirut) – The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and…Continue Reading
Iraq: Vulnerable Citizens at Risk
The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and detainees, are routinely violated with impunity.
(Beirut) – The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and…Continue Reading
At a Crossroads
This 102-page report calls on the government to protect the rights of vulnerable groups and to amend its penal code and all other laws that discriminate against women and violate freedom of speech. The report also urges Baghdad to open independent and …Continue Reading
Israel NGO probe ‘would harm human rights’
Israel’s Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has warned that plans to set up a parliamentary inquiry into left-wing NGOs and rights groups would have a “chilling effect” on basic human rights.Continue Reading
Visit to Brussels by Patches Rhode, mother of executed US prisoner
By David Nickols, Senior Executive Officer, EU Foreign Policy, Amnesty International
Last week the EU institutions office in Brussels hosted Patches Rhode and Joshua Ladner, the mother and brother of Brandon Rhode, who was executed by lethal injection…Continue Reading
Guantanamo’s Simulacrum of Justice
The latest military commission trial at Guantanamo Bay opened the door for the defendant’s release in a few years.
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Thailand: Investigate Departure of Rohingya ‘Boat People’
(New York) – The Thai government should investigate reports that authorities forcibly pushed back to sea 91 ethnic Rohingyas seeking asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. The Rohingyas subsequently washed up in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, mor…Continue Reading
Morocco: Thousands March for Reform
(Rabat) – Thousands of Moroccans in cities across the country demonstrated in favor of political reform on February 20, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Mostly peaceful demonstrations and marches took place in towns and villages largely without int…Continue Reading
Yemen: Tenuous Calm in Sanaa
(New York) – Provocateurs loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh abruptly ceased attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Sanaa on February 20, 2011, according to sources in the Yemeni capital, Human Rights Watch said today. But violence in the south…Continue Reading
Violence in Libya escalates
Human rights watchdogs are anxiously watching the escalating violence in Libya.Continue Reading
Libya: Governments Should Demand End to Unlawful Killings
Update: Death Toll Up to At Least 233
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