16 killed in Syria protests, rights group says
A human rights group says Syrian security forces have killed 16 people during widespread protests.Continue Reading
Afghanistan to get Indian help in upholding human rights
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) India’s apex human rights body, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), will help Afghanistan in promoting human rights, prevent trafficking of women and children and investigate rights abuses.Continue Reading
ASEAN: Reject Burma as Regional Group’s Chair
(New York) – The Philippine government should lead members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in rejecting Burma’s request to chair the regional grouping in 2014 until the Burmese government takes genuine steps towards improving huma…Continue Reading
Activist: 6 killed in Syria by security forces
A human rights activist says Syrian security forces have killed six people during widespread protests on Friday.Continue Reading
Siamak Pourzand: Persecuted to death, harassed after death
By Drewery Dyke, Amnesty International’s Iran researcher
Siamak Pourzand, a veteran journalist and former prisoner of conscience, has committed suicide in Tehran at the age of 80.
Frail, infirm and unable to bear further indignity, without even …Continue Reading
U.S. URGED TO LOOK INTO CHINA’S OVERALL HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT
BEIJING, May 6 (Bernama) — The United States should pay more attention tothe development of human rights in China rather than at individual cases thatinvolve the violations of the Chinese laws, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankaisaid. He said China was …Continue Reading
US to raise currency, rights with China
The United States said it will raise concerns with China from currency values to human rights at talks next week in Washington, but Beijing in turn set limits on how far the discussions could go.Continue Reading
China warns US on human rights, yuan ahead of talks
China cautioned the United States not to be “preoccupied” with individual human rights cases when the two sides meet in Washington next week and insisted it would not be pushed on its yuan policy.Continue Reading
Human rights group says Myanmar chairing ASEAN would turn the grouping into a ‘laughingstock’
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Southeast Asian nations should reject Myanmar’s request to chair their regional grouping in 2014 unless the government releases political prisoners and takes other concrete steps to improve human rights, a U.S.-based rights group s…Continue Reading
Syria: Lift the Siege of Daraa
Syria’s government should immediately lift its 10-day siege of the southern town of Daraa and allow movement in and out of the city, including access for independent observers. Syria’s security forces should also …Continue Reading
Syria: Lift the Siege of Daraa
Syria’s government should immediately lift its 10-day siege of the southern town of Daraa and allow movement in and out of the city, including access for independent observers. Syria’s security forces should also …Continue Reading
ASEAN: Reject Burma as Regional Group’s Chair
(New York) – Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should reject Burma’s request to chair the regional grouping in 2014 until the Burmese government takes genuine steps towards improving human rights, including the release of mo…Continue Reading
US says to raise rights in China talks
The United States said Thursday that it would raise human rights concerns with China during high-level talks next week despite Beijing’s warnings against foreign comments on its wave of detentions.Continue Reading
Australia: Joint letter regarding Australia’s statements on immigration during the UPR
Letter on behalf of Human Rights Law Centre, Refugee Council of Australia, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Human Rights Watch, University of New South Wales Migrant and Refugee Rights Project, and Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre to UN missions that…Continue Reading
Gotovina Ruling Reaction Shows Croatia Has Yet to Come to Terms with the Past
Negative reactions to rulings from the Hague are par for the course in the Balkans. But the strong response in Croatia to the Gotovina ruling suggests a country struggling to come to terms with its past.
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