OPINION: Human rights take on climate change
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – Climate change is also a human rights issue, as indicated by the seminar organised by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.Continue Reading
OPINION: Human rights take on climate change
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – Climate change is also a human rights issue, as indicated by the seminar organised by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.Continue Reading
OPINION: Human rights take on climate change
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – Climate change is also a human rights issue, as indicated by the seminar organised by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.Continue Reading
Baghdad film festival turns eye to human rights
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In a country where there still isn't a single public cinema, where detainees complain of torture and militants blow people up because of their sect, supporters of Iraq's first human rights film festival know they face a toug…Continue Reading
Baghdad film festival turns eye to human rights
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In a country where there still isn't a single public cinema, where detainees complain of torture and militants blow people up because of their sect, supporters of Iraq's first human rights film festival know they face a toug…Continue Reading
Activists rally against Africa dictator's UN prize
Human rights groups are urging UNESCO to abandon a prize named after Africa's longest-ruling dictator, one they say could be tainted by some of the millions he allegedly has looted from oil-rich but poverty-stricken Equatorial Guinea.Continue Reading
Jordan: Advocate of a Republic Jailed
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The criminal charges against a man who has peacefully advocated making Jordan a republic violate freedom of expression and should be dropped immediately. Jordan’s military prosecutor a…Continue Reading
US top court to hear corporate human rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly li…Continue Reading
OIC COMMISSION EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN SYRIA
JAKARTA, Feb 25 (Bernama) — The Independent Permanent Human RightsCommission (IPHRC) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hasexpressed deep concern over the ongoing human rights violation in certain memberstates, particularly in Syria. It …Continue Reading
UK: Halt Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka
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The United Kingdom should suspend deportations of ethnic Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka and immediately review its policies and information about the country’s rights situation …Continue Reading
Thailand: Courts Denying Bail in Lese Majeste Cases
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Thai courts are refusing bail for people charged with the crime of lese majeste for apparently political reasons.
(New York) – Thai courts are refusing bail for …Continue Reading
Supreme Court to hear corporate human rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly li…Continue Reading
India: A Decade on, Gujarat Justice Incomplete
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Authorities in India’s Gujarat state are subverting justice, protecting perpetrators, and intimidating those promoting accountability 10 years after the anti-Muslim riots that kill…Continue Reading
Ex-El Salvador defense minister can be deported
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal immigration judge has ruled that the former defense minister of El Salvador can be deported from the U.S. for his role in killings and human rights abuses during the 1980s.Continue Reading
Rights groups say Togo govt doctored torture report
Eight human rights organisations in Togo Friday called on the government to step down for "doctoring" a report into the torture of dozens of suspects held over a coup plot.Continue Reading