Haiti Papers Over the Past: The Re-Branding of Baby Doc Duvalier
On Jan. 30, more than a year after former "President for Life" Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti, a Port-au-Prince judge concluded his lengthy investigation into the ex-dictator's brutal, 1971-86 rule. Supreme Court Magistrate Carvè…Continue Reading
NGOs: Govt should have broader outlook
PETALING JAYA: Human rights groups have called on the government to speed up the approval for the free legal aid programme, saying that there is a crucial need to get the programme off the groundContinue Reading
Yemen: Unlawful Attacks, Denial of Medical Care in Taizz
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Yemeni security forces stormed and shelled hospitals, evicted patients at gunpoint, and beat medics during an assault on Yemen’s protest movement that killed at least 120 people in the…Continue Reading
US: 9th Circuit Decision a Victory for Rights
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The February 7 decision by a federal appeals court to declare unconstitutional California’s Proposition 8, a successful ballot measure which banned same-sex marriage in 2008, is an imp…Continue Reading
Uganda anti-gay bill 'grave assault' on rights: Amnesty
Amnesty International warned on Tuesday that Uganda could soon pass an anti-homosexuality bill that would introduce draconian provisions and constitute "a grave assault" on human rights.Continue Reading
European court ruling upholds media freedoms
Europe's human rights court has rejected an invasion-of-privacy complaint by Monaco's Princess Caroline — one of two potentially groundbreaking rulings Tuesday that uphold the media's right to report on celebrities.Continue Reading
Fired pregnant woman wins human rights case
A woman who was fired from her job at a Charlottetown inn shortly after telling the management she was pregnant has won her case at the P.E.I. Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading
European court rebuffs Monaco princess, upholds media rights in German cases
PARIS – Europe's human rights court has rejected an invasion-of-privacy complaint by Monaco's Princess Caroline — one of two potentially groundbreaking rulings Tuesday that uphold the media's right to report on celebrities.Continue Reading
European court ruling upholds media freedoms
Europe's human rights court has rejected an invasion-of-privacy complaint by Monaco's Princess Caroline — one of two potentially groundbreaking rulings Tuesday that uphold the media's right to report on …Continue Reading
Nigeria: Child Lead Poisoning Crisis
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Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of villages remain contaminated two years into the worst lead poisoning epidemic in modern history, …Continue Reading
KRouge jailer's life term 'bad example': observers
A life term handed to a feared Khmer Rouge jailer has elated Cambodians, but observers say the historic verdict violates the torture chief's human rights and serves public opinion rather than justice.Continue Reading
Bosnia: European Court Halts Syria Deportation
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The decision by the European Court of Human Rights on February 7, 2012, to block Bosnia’s deportation of a Syrian terrorism suspect highlights Bosnia’s problematic counterterrorism p…Continue Reading
Iran: Arrest Sweeps Target Arab Minority
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Iranian security forces arrested more than 65 Arab residents during security sweeps in Iran’s Arab-majority Khuzestan province since late 2011 according to local activists. The Iranian…Continue Reading
Aboriginals ask China to raise human rights issues with Harper on PM's visit
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Aboriginals from British Columbia have asked China's president to quiz Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Canada's human rights record during his visit to the Asian country. …Continue Reading
Milberg LLP and Human Rights Activist File Suit Against Yahoo! Questioning Operation of the Yahoo! Human Rights Fund
On February 1, 2012, Milberg LLP and human rights activist Morton Sklar filed a lawsuit demanding that Yahoo! Inc. provide records regarding its establishment and operation of the Yahoo! Human Rights Fund in the Delaware Chancery Court on behalf of a Y…Continue Reading