Bahrain: Independent Commissioners Urge Prisoner Release
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, in its recommendation to review convictions of people for exercising their basic rights, intended that the government should free them and void their convictions. …Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Don’t Expand Afghan Local Police
President Barack Obama should halt plans by the US military to expand the Afghan Local Police program until significant reforms are made in training, supervision, and accountability.
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US finds some abuses by Afghan village police
American-trained Afghan village police forces have committed some human rights abuses, a U.S. military investigation has found, adding recommendations on how to eliminate them.Continue Reading
UN official tells nations to end gay executions
The U.N.’s top human rights official urged countries Thursday to abolish legal discrimination against gays, including the death penalty for consensual sex, days after the U.S. government said it would use foreign aid and diplomacy to promote gay equal …Continue Reading
Chinese firm denies abuse at Zimbabwe diamond mine
MARANGE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – A Chinese mining group has denied violating human rights at Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields where unlicensed small-scale miners have clashed with security forces in the past. The Anjin group told Reuters on a rare visit …Continue Reading
Office Depot Earns Perfect Score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index
Office Depot , celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, today announced that the Company earned a 100 percent score in the 2012 Corporate Equality Index issued by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation .Continue Reading
HRW: Syrian commanders had ‘shoot to kill’ orders
Dozens of Syrian military commanders and officials authorized or gave direct orders for widespread killings, torture, and illegal arrests during the wave of anti-government protests that began nine months ago, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Continue Reading
Syria: ‘Shoot to Kill’ Commanders Named
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Former Syrian soldiers identified by name 74 commanders and officials from the Syrian military and intelligence agencies who allegedly ordered, authorized, or condoned widespread killing…Continue Reading
US: Refusal to Veto Detainee Bill A Historic Tragedy for Rights
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US President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to not veto a defense spending bill that codifies indefinite detention without trial into US law and expands the military’s role in hold…Continue Reading
Free speech boost will rally neo-Nazi cyberhate, say human rights activists
VANCOUVER – A section of Canada’s human rights code that protects against hate speech on the Internet is under attack on two fronts just as three accused neo-Nazis in British Columbia face charges of vicious, racist assaults.Continue Reading
Freedom Rider Stumps for Human Rights on Capitol Hill
ATLANTA, GA– – The student body president of Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville briefed 12 congressmen at their offices on Capitol Hill Tuesday and received their good wishes for his 2,300 mile …Continue Reading
US/Alabama: ‘No Way to Live’ Under Immigrant Law
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Alabama’s new immigrant law denies unauthorized immigrants and their families, including US citizen children, their basic rights, threatening their access to everyday necessities and e…Continue Reading
The Clorox Company Earns Sixth Consecutive 100 Percent Rating on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index
OAKLAND, CA– – The Clorox Company has earned a top rating of 100 percent for the sixth consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2012 Corporate Equality Index . One of just three consumer good companies …Continue Reading
اللاجئون يروون تفاصيل القصف الذي تعرضوا له في ولاية النيل الأزرق السودانية: الجزء الأول
إعداد: دوناتيلا روفيرا، الباحثة في شؤون الأزمات لدى منظمة العفو الدولية، وخيرونيسا ضالا من الناشطين في حملات المنظمة لمناصرة حقوق الإنساContinue Reading
Syria death toll ‘exceeds 5000’: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay
London, Dec 13 (ANI): UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said that the death toll in Syria’s nine-month crackdown on an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has now crossed 5000.Continue Reading