Tamil Tigers separatists infiltrate human rights orgas, media
Colombo (The Island/ANN) – Influential members of the Canberra Federal Parliament were given the full picture of the realistic situation in Sri Lanka and briefed on how Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatist elements had infiltrated human r…Continue Reading
Human Rights Museum needs another $50M
A group raising money for Winnipeg's Canadian Museum for Human Rights says it needs about another $50 million to meet the most recent construction estimate for the building.Continue Reading
UN rights chief to be handed list of Libyan 'violators'
Investigators probing violations during Libya's conflict said Friday they are giving the UN's human rights chief a list of people who should face international or national justice.Continue Reading
US: Victory for Rights in Alabama
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A decision by a federal appeals court to block two major provisions of Alabama’s immigrant law is a significant victory not just for immigrants but for the rights of all residents of A…Continue Reading
UNESCO: Disappointing Vote on Obiang Prize
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A split vote by UNESCO’s Executive Board to approve a prize sponsored by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea puts the president’s interests above UNESCO’s …Continue Reading
Delegation Presents Human Rights Education Initiative to President of Taiwan
President Ma acknowledges work of Youth for Human Rights International to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 Taipei, Taiwan. In a meeting with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou March 6, Y…Continue Reading
China's rights record worsened in 2011: group
China's human rights record worsened in 2011, making it the most repressive year in a decade, after Beijing launched a crackdown following protests across the Arab world, a group said Friday.Continue Reading
Japan: A Year After Fukushima, Response Falls Short
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Many residents of Fukushima prefecture still lack basic information and clear answers about the level of radiation in their food and environment. Although the explosion at the Daiichi pl…Continue Reading
Vietnam slams 'inaccurate' human rights report
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Vietnam slams 'inaccurate' human rights report
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Vietnam slams 'inaccurate' human rights report
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Belgium/Senegal: World Court Should Order Habré Extradition
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) should order Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium.
(The Hague) – The International…Continue Reading
Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal not working, says minister
Nunavut's Justice Minister told the legislature that the territory's Human Rights Tribunal is not working. Only two of 64 complaints since 2003 have gone to hearings.Continue Reading
China mulls human rights, torture in criminal law reform
Beijing, March 8 (IANS) China is planning to introduce major changes in its criminal procedure law that seek to insert in writing the principle of "safeguarding human rights" and exclude confessions extorted through illegal means, according t…Continue Reading
Iran: Quash Convictions and Free Rights Advocates
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Iran’s judiciary should immediately overturn a lower court ruling against a lawyer sentenced to 18 years in prison for his human rights activities and set him free, Human Rights Wa…Continue Reading