Biden meets human rights advocates on China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden and a group of human rights advocates discussed the "deterioration" of the rights situation in China, the White House said on Thursday, signaling the issue is likely to figure in his talks with …Continue Reading
Scenes of horror as Syria's Homs bleeds from siege
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Makeshift hospitals in besieged opposition areas of the Syrian city of Homs are overflowing with dead and wounded from government bombardments and snipers, according to a report by international monitor Human Rights Watch. Medical su…Continue Reading
Guinea: Progress in Massacre Probe
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The decision by investigative judges in Guinea to file charges against a high-level military official allegedly implicated in grave violations of human rights during a massacre of protes…Continue Reading
No access, no hope
Limited and inhumane; Access to asylum in Greece is degrading and uncertain
By the Refugee Network of the Greek Section of Amnesty International
Amnesty International joins the scores of asylum seekers queuing in the early hours of a Saturday morning …Continue Reading
Syria: Stop Shelling of Residential Areas
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Since February 3, 2012, the attacks on Homs have killed more than 300 people, according to Syrian monitoring groups, and wounded hundreds others, including women and children.
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Human Rights Watch urges US to pressure Pak govt to stop Balochistan violence
Islamabad, Feb 9(ANI): The Human Rights Watch has called on the United States to pressure the Pakistan government to curb crimes in Balochistan province, including extra-judicial killings, torture, illegal detention, disappearances and forced displacem…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch says Saleh's forces killed 270 across Yemen in Arab Spring protest
Sanaa, Feb 9 (ANI): Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters in 2011, which killed at least 270 people nationwide, a US-based human rights organisation has claimed.Continue Reading
Iraq: 65 Executions in First 40 Days of 2012
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Iraqi authorities should halt all executions and abolish the death penalty. Since the beginning of 2012, Iraq has executed at least 65 prisoners, 51 of them in January, and 14 more on F…Continue Reading
Russian, Chinese arms used in Darfur abuse: Amnesty
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian and Chinese arms are being used to violate human rights in Darfur region in breach of an "ineffectual" United Nations embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Amnesty said Russia and China are supplying weap…Continue Reading
Russia: Government Shuts HIV-Prevention Group’s Website
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The Russian government’s anti-drugs agency has ordered the blocking of the website of a public health organization, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, for discussing the addiction medicine …Continue Reading
UN backs Haitians' appeal over Duvalier trial
A U.N. official expressed support Wednesday for Haitian victims of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier's regime who plan to appeal a judge's recommendation that calls for trying the ex-leader only for alleged financial crimes and not human rig…Continue Reading
EU: Press India on Rights at Summit
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The presidents of the European Counciland the European Commission should make human rights a central part of their discussions with Indian officials at the EU-India summit on strategic p…Continue Reading
US House moves to press Vietnam on rights
US lawmakers moved forward Wednesday on a bill that would curb aid to Vietnam unless it improves its human rights record, raising concern over the treatment of dissidents and religious practitioners.Continue Reading
Report: Yemen killed 270 in Arab Spring protest
Yemen's president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters last year that killed at least 270 people nationwide, Human Rights Watch said in a new report …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Calls on Iraq to Abolish Death Penalty
With 65 prisoners executed in Iraq since the beginning of this year, a prominent human-rights organization is calling on the government to abolish the death penalty.Continue Reading