Gay Marriage: The Issue Is Respect
Earlier this year, a student in a human rights seminar I was teaching declared her conviction that gay parents damage their children by virtue of being gay. I explained as gently as I could why this is a discrimin…Continue Reading
Yemen: Probe Deadly Attack on Marchers
(New York) – Yemeni authorities should immediately conduct an impartial investigation into a deadly attack by soldiers on a peaceful funeral march on June 24, 2011, and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
Usmanov case represents critical moment for Tajikistan
GUEST BLOG: by a journalist who has just come back from Tajikistan.
The views expressed are not necessarily those of Amnesty International.
On Monday 13th June the BBC reporter, Urunboy Usmanov, left his office in Khujand, northern Tajikistan, as usu…Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, was freed Sunday after serving more than three years for subversion — the latest in a series of high-profile dissident releases.Continue Reading
Duterte cautions human rights’ commission on rally vs killings
DAVAO CITY Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte supports to the indignation rally spearheaded by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Davao Region, but cautioned the agency from being used by other human rights groups that aim to criticize the government.In h…Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia: wife
China has released high-profile human rights activist Hu Jia after he completed a sentence of more than three years for subversion, his wife said in a Twitter posting early on Sunday.Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia: wife
China has released high-profile human rights activist Hu Jia after he completed a sentence of more than three years for subversion, his wife said on Sunday.Continue Reading
US says will support UN-backed Myanmar rights probe
The United States said Saturday it is prepared to support a UN-backed human rights probe in Myanmar, after opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi urged such an investigation.Continue Reading
Freed from prison, Vietnamese democracy activist vows to continue campaign for human rights
SAN FRANCISCO – A pro-democracy activist who was released from prison in Vietnam and deported to the United States vowed Friday to continue her campaign for human rights in her homeland.Continue Reading
Freed Vietnam dissident to wage democracy fight
A pro-democracy activist who was released from prison in Vietnam and deported to the United States vowed Friday to continue her campaign for human rights in her homeland.Continue Reading
Global: Torture in Drug Treatment Detention
People identified as drug users in many countries are confined to abusive locked detention centers for months – or even years, say two reports released today by The Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care. …Continue Reading
US: Reject Defense Bill’s Drastic Detention Measures
Provisions in the US Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense spending bill threaten to eliminate the essential role of civilian law enforcement in countering terrorism.
(Washington, DC) – Pro…Continue Reading