United States: Investigate Bush, Other Top Officials for Torture
Overwhelming evidence of torture by the Bush administration obliges President Barack Obama to order a criminal investigation into allegations of detainee abuse authorized by former President George W. Bush and ot…Continue Reading
Judges ‘too narrow’ on bias claims
Judges have been criticised by the human rights watchdog for interpreting the law “too narrowly” in high-profile religious discrimination claims brought by Christians.Continue Reading
Making Nice with Beijing
In a speech last week before a Toronto business audience, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said that while Canada will have “frank yet respectful” discussions with Beijing about human-rights issues, he nonetheless fully appreciated that “China…Continue Reading
Syrian troops storm central city
A human rights activist says Syrian troops have stormed into a central city, killing at least one person and wounding 20 in attacks that included heavy machine gun fire.Continue Reading
Rights groups blame Congo police for deadly stampede
Two Congolese human rights groups on Monday blamed police for a stampede that left seven people dead at the opening of a pan-African musical festival in a Brazzaville stadium.Continue Reading
U.N. rights boss in last-minute plea to Senegal on Habre
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official called on Senegal on Sunday not to extradite former Chadian President Hissene Habre to his homeland unless he is guaranteed to get a fair trial and not face torture or execution.Continue Reading
Risky Business: Getting information out of Syria
GUEST BLOG: By a journalist who has just been inside Syria.
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Faced with a growing anti-government protest movement, the Syrian authorities have stifled freedom of speech in Syria as…Continue Reading
Syria: Defectors Describe Orders to Shoot Unarmed Protesters
(New York) – Defectors from Syria’s security forces described receiving, and following, orders to shoot on protesters to disperse them, Human Rights Watch said today.read moreContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch: Yemen troops may have killed dozens of civilians in battles with Islamists
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni troops may have killed dozens of civilians caught in the crossfire over the past two months as government forces battled al-Qaida linked militants in the country’s restive south, a leading human rights group said Saturday.Continue Reading
Rights group: Yemen civilians killed in crossfire
Yemeni troops may have killed dozens of civilians caught in the crossfire over the past two months as government forces battled al-Qaida linked militants in the country’s restive south, a leading human rights group said Saturday.Continue Reading
Rights groups urge Senegal not to send Habre to Chad
DAKAR, July 9 (Reuters) – Human rights groups urged Senegal Saturday not to extradite former Chadian president Hissene Habre to Chad on the grounds that he might not get a fair trial there, having already been sentenced to death in absentia.Continue Reading
Human rights activists slam Syria over protester deaths
Human Rights Watch on Saturday condemned Syria’s “deliberate policy” of dispersing protesters with deadly force after activists said security forces killed at least 15 people in the latest protests.Continue Reading
Human rights activists slam Syria over protester deaths
Human Rights Watch on Saturday condemned Syria’s “deliberate policy” of dispersing protesters with deadly force after activists said security forces killed at least 15 people in the latest protests.Continue Reading
Human rights activists slam Syria over protester deaths
Human Rights Watch on Saturday condemned Syria’s “deliberate policy” of dispersing protesters with deadly force after activists said security forces killed at least 15 people in the latest protests.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: Syrian defectors describe being ordered to shoot on protesters
BEIRUT – Syrian commanders told security forces they were fighting terrorists and ordered them to open fire on anti-regime demonstrations even after they found unarmed protesters instead, Human Rights Watch said Saturday in a report citing defectors fr…Continue Reading