Bangladesh urged to stop extrajudicial killings
An international human rights group on Wednesday accused law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh of routinely torturing suspects and carrying out hundreds of extrajudicial killings.Continue Reading
Nepal: Separate and Unequal Education
Children with disabilities in Nepal face diverse and imposing barriers to getting a basic education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Schools are physically inaccessible, teachers are inadequate…Continue Reading
Amnesty urges Bangladesh to stop unlawful killings
DHAKA (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International accused Bangladesh of unlawful killings by its special police force, urging the government to keep its promise of ending illegal executions.Continue Reading
Amnesty urges Bangladesh to stop unlawful killings
DHAKA (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International accused Bangladesh of unlawful killings by its special police force, urging the government to keep its promise of ending illegal executions.Continue Reading
Syria: UN Team Should Insist on Protection of Protesters
The UN humanitarian assessment mission in Syria should demand guarantees from the government that security forces will fully respect the right to peaceful assembly in areas the UN team visits.
UN Rights Body’s Actions Against Syria Seem Pretty Toothless
On Tuesday, the U.N. Human Rights Council voted 33-4 to condemn Syria’s deadly crackdown on protesters and launch an investigation into atrocities allegedly committed by Syrian security forces, with Russia and China voting against the resolution and t…Continue Reading
Syria: UN Wants Human Rights Abuses Probe
The United Nations has ordered an investigation into possible crimes against humanity in Syria and demanded an immediate end to the regime’s violent crackdown.Continue Reading
Rwanda: Stop Intimidating Regional Human Rights Group
The Rwandan authorities should immediately stop intimidating human rights defenders and allow them to work freely.
(New York) – The Rwandan authorities should immediately stop intimidating…Continue Reading
UN rights body demands Syria end violence
The U.N.’s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to demand that Syria end its bloody crackdown and cooperate with an international probe into possible crimes against humanity.Continue Reading
UN rights body demands Syria end violence, co-operate with probe
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to demand that Syria end its bloody crackdown and co-operate with an international probe into possible crimes against humanity.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: S.African farmworkers abused
Slum housing and poor health conditions endured by South African farmworkers amount to human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday about the men and women who produce some of the country’s best-known exports — wines and f…Continue Reading
UN rights council orders probe into Syria
The UN Human Rights Council has ordered a probe into violations committed by the Syrian regime during its crackdown on popular protests.Continue Reading
U.N. rights body launches new Syria inquiry
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council launched an international commission of inquiry on Tuesday into Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protesters, including possible crimes against humanity, despite objections by Russia, China and Cuba.Continue Reading
UN rights council orders probe into Syria violations
The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday ordered a probe into violations committed by the Syrian regime during its crackdown on popular protests.Continue Reading
Asian Centre for Human Rights urged to focus on lack of accountability, not Hazare’s fast
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged the civil society organizations to focus on the lack of accountability for corruption rather than fast by Anna Hazare who has been playing brinkmanship with the government.Continue Reading