Human Rights Group Calls Upon UNAIDS and the World Health Organization to Tell the Truth: Circumcision Does Not …
Intact America urges policy makers to halt male circumcision rollout, calling the plan exorbitant, dangerous, and unethical.New York, NY (PRWEB) July 16, 2011 The human rights group Intact America(IA) is exhibiting at the IAS 2011 conference in Rome, I…Continue Reading
Obama under fire for not meeting Dalai Lama
US lawmakers and human rights activists on Friday sharply criticized President Barack Obama for not meeting the Dalai Lama, accusing him of bowing to Chinese pressure to shun the Tibetan leader.Continue Reading
Libya: Contact Group Should Press Rebels to Protect Civilians
The international Contact Group on Libya, meeting in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, to discuss the conflict, should press Libya’s opposition authority to ensure that civilians are protected in areas where rebels have …Continue Reading
Libya: Contact Group Should Press Rebels to Protect Civilians
The international Contact Group on Libya, meeting in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, to discuss the conflict, should press Libya’s opposition authority to ensure that civilians are protected in areas where rebels have …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch says more than 2,000 workers fired in Bahrain over pro-democracy rallies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – More than 2,000 workers in Bahrain have been fired from state-linked firms and government jobs in apparent retribution for participating in pro-democracy protests earlier this year, Human Rights Watch said Friday.Continue Reading
Living in Limbo
Rights of Ethnic Georgians Returnees to the Gali District of Abkhazia
This 71-page report documents the arbitrary interference by Abkhazia’s de facto authorities with returnees’ rights to freedom…Continue Reading
Georgia/Abkhazia: Back Home, but in Limbo
The rights of ethnic Georgian returnees to Abkhazia are hostage to nearly two decades of political conflict.
(New York) – The rights of ethnic Georgian returnees to Abkhazia are hostage to nearly…Continue Reading
Cambodia: Free Human Rights Worker
(New York) – The Cambodian government should immediately release human rights defender Leang Sokchouen, Human Rights Watch said today. The Cambodian Appeals Court, on July 14, 2011, upheld his two-year prison sentence for peaceful political expression….Continue Reading
Venezuela: Opposition Leader Convicted for Criticizing Government
The conviction of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz for disseminating “false information” – on the basis of his criticism of the Chávez government – is a move against free speech in Venezuela. Venezuela should revoke …Continue Reading
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights setting up first North African office in Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia – The U.N. human rights chief says her organization is setting up its first North African office in Tunisia, a sign of the fledgling democracy’s bid to break with practices of the ousted autocratic regime.Continue Reading
Bahrain: Revoke Summary Firings Linked to Protests
The Bahrain government should investigate and remedy the summary dismissals of more than 2,000 workers since late March, apparently as punishment for having participated in or otherwise supported pro-democracy dem…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Revoke Summary Firings Linked to Protests
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The Bahrain government should investigate and remedy the summary dismissals of more than 2,000 workers since late March, apparently as punishment for having participated in or otherwise …Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Free Islamic Scholar Who Criticized Ministry
The Saudi interior minister, Prince Nayef bin Abd al-‘Aziz, should immediately release an Islamic scholar who was detained after he criticized the ministry’s handling of detainees. Dr. Yusuf al-Ahmad was detaine…Continue Reading
China releases report on human rights
Beijing, July 14 (IANS) China Thursday released a report that said the country has fulfilled all targets of its national human rights action plan.Continue Reading
No more ‘ships of shame’ to Africa
By Alaphia Zoyab, Online Communities Officer at Amnesty International
At a meeting with NGOs on the side-lines of the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations in New York, China made the claim that it does not transfer arms to conflict states in Africa….Continue Reading