Human rights laws to be reviewed after sex ruling
The government said on Wednesday it will review the way European human rights rules are interpreted in British law after Prime Minister David Cameron said he was appalled by a ruling in favour of sexual offenders.Continue Reading
UK to review human rights laws after sex ruling
Britain said on Wednesday it would review the way European human rights rules are interpreted in British law after Prime Minister David Cameron criticized a court ruling in favor of sexual offenders.Continue Reading
Nepal: Seventh Anniversary of the Killing of Maina Sunuwar
(Kathmandu) – Seven years after the arrest and killing of Maina Sunuwar, the government of Nepal should take immediate steps, with the full cooperation of the Nepal Army, to ensure that criminal proceedings move forward, Advocacy Forum (AF), Amnesty In…Continue Reading
Palestinian Authority: No Justice for Torture Death in Custody
(Jerusalem) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should order an independent investigation into the death of Haitham Amer, Human Rights Watch said today. Amer died 18 months ago, allegedly under torture by Palestinian security agents. A crim…Continue Reading
Iran: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions
(Paris) – Other nations and the UN should speak out against a wave of executions in Iran, the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and six human rights organizations said today. Shirin Ebadi and the human rights groups called on the Iranian Judiciary and …Continue Reading
Tunisia: The Ripple Effect
Since Tunisians ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali four weeks ago, many refugees have returned to emotional homecomings, while other émigrés have said they will head home soon to help build a new Tunisia.
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Tunisia: The Ripple Effect
Since Tunisians ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali four weeks ago, many refugees have returned to emotional homecomings, while other émigrés have said they will head home soon to help build a new Tunisia.
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U.N. rights chief waiting to send experts to Egypt
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay is awaiting permission from Egypt’s military authorities to send experts who would help in mapping the nation’s transition to democracy, U.N. aides said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Sex offender ruling prompts ‘imminent’ human rights review
A ruling on sex offenders has prompted an “imminent” reappraisal of the Britain’s acceptance of the Human Rights Act the prime minister has said.Continue Reading
Riots spread across Libya overnight
Riots broke out last night in Tunisia following demands to release a local Human Rights activist from jail.Continue Reading
Rights groups press UN to denounce wave of executions in Iran
PARIS – Human rights groups are pressing the U.N. and the international community to denounce a rash of executions in Iran.Continue Reading
Rights groups press UN to denounce Iran executions
Human rights groups are pressing the U.N. and the international community to denounce a rash of executions in Iran.Continue Reading
Syria releases activist who called for protests
Human rights groups say a Syrian activist arrested earlier this month for calling for anti-government protests has been released because of health problems.Continue Reading
Reporters roughed up near China activist’s home
Foreign reporters were roughed up this week as they tried to reach blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest in eastern China, journalists said Wednesday.Continue Reading
India: Leading by Example at the Security Council
NEW DELHI, India – As India takes the helm of the United Nations Security Council’s counterterrorism committee this year, its leaders would do well to think of Shahid, a young man who told me in harrowing detail of being tortured as a terrorism suspect…Continue Reading