How Amnesty International’s intervention helped halt a forced eviction – for now…
The illegal demolition of the Railway Compound community in Port Harcourt, Nigeria was set to go ahead but then an urgent action and a rapid response appeal brought a temporary reprieve. Makmid Kamara reports.
At 6:45am there was a thump on the door….Continue Reading
مصر وجنرالاتها: بين الإنكار والقمع
مارس/آذار المنصرم، وعقب حملة قمعية عنيفة ضد المتظاهرين السلميين في ميدان التحرير، بالقاهرة، اعتقل الجيش المصري 18 امرأة كن يشاركن في الاحت…Continue Reading
China admits 'there is room to improve human rights in country'
Beijing, Feb 15 (ANI): China's Vice-President Xi Jinping has defended his country's record on human rights, saying it has made 'tremendous and well-recognized achievements' in the past 30 years, but also admitted that there was "ro…Continue Reading
Obama friendly but firm with China heir apparent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play by the same trade rules as other major world powers and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record. In White…Continue Reading
Rights advocates press White House while China's Xi visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, enjoyed center stage in Washington on Tuesday, the wife of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer and other opponents of Beijing's grip on dissent said the Obama administration should …Continue Reading
Conn. rights panel rebukes mayor on 'tacos' remark
A Connecticut human-rights commission has rebuked a mayor who made a disparaging remark about Latinos.Continue Reading
Libya: Ex-Premier Needs Lawyer, Medical Care
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Abuzaid Dorda, the detained former Libyan prime minister and head of foreign intelligence under Muammar Gaddafi, needs immediate access to a lawyer and specialized medical care for injur…Continue Reading
Rights advocates press White House while China's Xi visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, enjoyed center stage in Washington on Tuesday, the wife of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer and other opponents of Beijing's grip on dissent said the Obama administration should …Continue Reading
Obama greets China's Xi with friendly words, firm stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play fair in international trade and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record. In White House talks, Obama soug…Continue Reading
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Salutes AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, was the keynote speaker at a major international conference marking the 40th anniversary of AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advanceme…Continue Reading
China's vice-president defends human rights record but says room for improvement
WASHINGTON – China's heir apparent leader has defended the county's widely criticized human rights record but acknowledged there is room for improvement.Continue Reading
Delta Deepens Partnership with National Center for Civil and Human Rights
ATLANTA, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL – News) today announced Scarlet Pressley Brown, currently Delta's director – Community and External Affairs, will begin working for the National …Continue Reading
Outrage over Saudi's deportation
SUBANG JAYA: Human rights bodies have criticised the deportation of a Saudi Arabian writer from Malaysia, with one of them saying he should have been granted asylum insteadContinue Reading
M'sia violates international rights law, says Suhakam
Malaysia violated the human rights of Saudi Arabian columnist Hamza Kashgari by deporting him back to his country, where he will almost certainly be persecuted.Continue Reading
Fresh violence in Syria as UN warns of civil war
Syrian activists say government forces have renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs as the U.N. human rights chief raised fears of civil war.Continue Reading