Ban Ki-moon says Libya should end rights abuses
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that Libyan authorities should address human rights violations after a U.N. report found both sides committed war crimes during last year's conflict and that killing, tor…Continue Reading
EU calls on Iran to release rights lawyer
The European Union on Tuesday called on Iran to release a prominent human rights lawyer recently sentenced to 18 years in prison, calling the verdict an "unacceptable attack" against the legal profession.Continue Reading
Brazil: Human Rights Prosecution a Landmark Step
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The decision by federal prosecutors to bring charges against a retired military officer for grave abuses committed in the 1970’s is a landmark step for accountability in Brazil …Continue Reading
South Korean lawmakers scuffle with North Korean delegates at UN human rights meeting
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean lawmakers have scuffled with North Korean delegates in Switzerland at a U.N. meeting on the North's alleged human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Russia: Police Beat, Detained Protesters
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Riot police beat and detained protesters at peaceful protests in March 2012, in Moscow and other cities.
(Moscow) – Riot police beat and detained protesters at pe…Continue Reading
Koreas scuffle interrupts UN human rights meeting
South Korean lawmakers have scuffled with North Korean delegates in Switzerland at a U.N. meeting on the North's alleged human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Iran: UN rights accusations come from 'terrorists'
Tehran says a U.N. human rights expert tasked with investigating the situation in Iran has produced a report based on statements by "terrorists."Continue Reading
Diario de una visita de alto nivel: el secretario general visita España
Por Salil Shetty, secretario general de Amnistía Internacional
Como secretario general de Amnistía Internacional tengo muchas funciones, y una de las fundamentales es entrevistarme con destacadas figuras públicas de todo el mundo.
Mis viajes al e…Continue Reading
Rights group: Syria laying mines in border areas
An international human rights group says Syrian troops have planted landmines along routes used by people fleeing the country's violence and trying to reach neighboring Turkey.Continue Reading
Syria: Army Planting Banned Landmines
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Syrian forces have placed landmines near the borders with Lebanon and Turkey in recent weeks and months, based on reports and confirmations from witnesses and Syrian deminers. Civilian c…Continue Reading
El Paso gives refuge to Mexico's human rights defenders
El Paso, one of the safest US cities, now hosts a growing number of human rights activists seeking to escape persecution in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most deadly city just across the border.Continue Reading
Diary of a high-level mission: the Secretary General visits Spain
By Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General
There are many elements to my role as Secretary General of Amnesty International and a vital one is to meet with senior public figures around the world.
So from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon to …Continue Reading
Scuffle after NKorea rejects 'fabricated' UN report
A scuffle broke out Monday in the UN Human Rights Council and a man was detained by security after a North Korean diplomat said a critical report by an independent expert had been fabricated.Continue Reading
Pak Senate Bill: Human rights body can also scrutinise armed forces
Islamabad, Mar 12 (ANI): The armed forces will not be immune from scrutiny of the new National Commission of Human Rights (NHCR) if it commits human rights violations, a text of the National Commission of Human Rights Bill, 2012, as passed by Senate, h…Continue Reading
Russia: Block St. Petersburg’s Homophobic Law
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St. Petersburg Governor Georgiy Poltavchenko should veto a homophobic bill adopted by the city’s parliament.
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