Indonesian boys ‘wallowing’ in Australian jails
Human rights advocates say nearly 100 Indonesian boys are being held in Australian prisons waiting to be prosecuted for people smuggling.Continue Reading
Syrian forces shoot on activist funeral
Syrian security forces have opened fire on a funeral procession for an activist, a human rights group says.Continue Reading
Syria forces shoot on activist funeral: rights group
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for an activist in the oil-rich east on Sunday as they pressed a crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Syria forces shoot on activist funeral: rights group
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for an activist in the oil-rich east on Sunday as they pressed a crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Syria forces shoot on activist funeral: rights group
Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for an activist in the oil-rich east on Sunday as they pressed a crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Syria forces shoot on activist funeral: rights group
Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for an activist in the oil-rich east on Sunday as they pressed a crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Sri Lankan envoy fires back at Canada for backing calls for war crimes inquiry
OTTAWA – Sri Lanka says Canada is falling for terrorist “propaganda” with its newfound criticism of the Asian country’s human-rights record and its demands for an international inquiry.Continue Reading
All Girls Allowed Speaks Out on Human Rights and Gendercide at the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams, MA …
All Girls Allowed Director Brian Lee discusses human rights, gendercide and the just-released book, “A Heart for Freedom,” by group founder and two-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, Chai Ling.Adams, MA (PRWEB) October 16, 2011 Brian Lee, Exec…Continue Reading
Bongbong: Cory admin had its share of human rights victims
After being dared to apologize for the human rights violations during his father’s watch, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Sunday turned the table on the Aquino administration.Continue Reading
IBSA: Push Syria to End Bloodshed
India, Brazil, and South Africa are not leveraging their rising global influence to help stop the bloodshed in Syria.
(Johannesburg) – India, Brazil, and South Africa are not leveraging the…Continue Reading
Cambodia: Overhaul Protections for Migrant Domestic Workers
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia should be accompanied by a major overhaul in protections for these workers. On October 14, 2011,…Continue Reading
Hilary Swank gives fees from Chechen event to charity
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Hilary Swank is donating her fees for attending a controversial event in Chechnya to charity after criticism from human rights groups.Continue Reading
No final decision yet on Bahrain arms sale: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States held out the possibility on Friday it may not sell $53 million in arms to Bahrain, saying it had not made a final decision to transfer the materiel and human rights would weigh in its assessment.Continue Reading
UN Torture Report Stirs Pressure for Congressional Response
The Nation — Ten years after promising that human rights would be protected in Afghanistan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified “systemic torture” by Afghan security forces trained and funded by the United States.Continue Reading
UN says death toll in Syrian uprising tops 3,000
Thousands of Syrian protesters called on soldiers Friday to abandon President Bashar Assad’s regime and join a dissident army numbering in the small thousands, as the top U.N. human rights official warned of a “full-blown civil war” in Syria, saying th…Continue Reading