US team in NKorea to talk food aid, human rights
A U.S. government team was in North Korea on a rare trip Tuesday to assess food shortages, while the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il reportedly traveled to an eastern Chinese city to study Beijing’s economic reforms.Continue Reading
Iraqi Kurdistan: Growing Effort to Silence Media
Kurdistan regional government officials and security forces are carrying out a growing assault on the freedom of journalists to work in Iraqi Kurdistan. Regional officials should stop repressing journalists throug…Continue Reading
Iraqi Kurdistan: Growing Effort to Silence Media
Kurdistan regional government officials and security forces are carrying out a growing assault on the freedom of journalists to work in Iraqi Kurdistan. Regional officials should stop repressing journalists throug…Continue Reading
Rights watchdog calls for UN resolution condemning violence against protesters in Syria
JOHANNESBURG – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for a United Nations resolution condemning violence in Syria against peaceful political protesters and calling for an end to such attacks by its government.Continue Reading
Rights group calls for UN resolution on Syria
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for a United Nations resolution condemning violence in Syria against peaceful political protesters and calling for an end to such attacks by its government.Continue Reading
US team in NKorea to talk food aid, human rights
A U.S. government team was in North Korea on a rare trip Tuesday to assess food shortages, while the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il reportedly traveled to an eastern Chinese city to study Beijing’s economic reforms.Continue Reading
Human rights group urges Bahrain to overturn death sentences handed down by closed-door court
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Amnesty International urged Bahrain to overturn the death sentences of two people arrested during Shiite-led anti-government protests in the Gulf island kingdom.Continue Reading
Rights group calls for UN resolution on Syria
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for a United Nations resolution condemning violence in Syria against peaceful political protesters and calling for an end to such attacks by its government.Continue Reading
Rights group wants Saudi female driver freed
Human Rights Watch urged Saudi authorities on Tuesday to release a female activist who led an online campaign against the country’s driving ban and posted a video clip showing herself behind the wheel.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka anti-terror seminar faces boycott call
A leading human rights group urged governments on Tuesday to boycott a conference on fighting insurgents organised by Sri Lanka, which wants to share its experience of defeating separatist militants.Continue Reading
US team in NKorea to talk food aid, human rights
A U.S. government team was in North Korea on a rare trip Tuesday to assess food shortages, while the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il reportedly traveled to an eastern Chinese city to study Beijing’s economic reforms.Continue Reading
Rights group wants Saudi female drivers released
Human Rights Watch has urged Saudi authorities to release a female activist who led an online campaign against the country’s driving ban and posted a video clip showing herself behind the wheel.Continue Reading
HRW: concerns about Libya hobbling action on Syria
Human Rights Watch says the U.N. Security Council has been slow to demand that Syria stop attacking civilians because of concerns Western governments used similar demands on Libya to justify a wide bombing campaign.Continue Reading
US: Say No to Proposal Allowing Indefinite Detention of Immigrants
Legislative proposals that seek to give the Department of Homeland Security expanded powers to indefinitely detain immigrants violate constitutional guarantees of due process and US obligations under international…Continue Reading
US: Say No to Proposal Allowing Indefinite Detention of Immigrants
Legislative proposals that seek to give the Department of Homeland Security expanded powers to indefinitely detain immigrants violate constitutional guarantees of due process and US obligations under international…Continue Reading