US: Victory for Rights in Alabama
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A decision by a federal appeals court to block two major provisions of Alabama’s immigrant law is a significant victory not just for immigrants but for the rights of all residents of A…Continue Reading
UNESCO: Disappointing Vote on Obiang Prize
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A split vote by UNESCO’s Executive Board to approve a prize sponsored by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea puts the president’s interests above UNESCO’s …Continue Reading
Delegation Presents Human Rights Education Initiative to President of Taiwan
President Ma acknowledges work of Youth for Human Rights International to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 Taipei, Taiwan. In a meeting with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou March 6, Y…Continue Reading
China's rights record worsened in 2011: group
China's human rights record worsened in 2011, making it the most repressive year in a decade, after Beijing launched a crackdown following protests across the Arab world, a group said Friday.Continue Reading
Japan: A Year After Fukushima, Response Falls Short
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Many residents of Fukushima prefecture still lack basic information and clear answers about the level of radiation in their food and environment. Although the explosion at the Daiichi pl…Continue Reading
Vietnam slams 'inaccurate' human rights report
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Vietnam slams 'inaccurate' human rights report
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Vietnam slams 'inaccurate' human rights report
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) – Vietnam decried the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human rights.Continue Reading
Belgium/Senegal: World Court Should Order Habré Extradition
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) should order Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium.
(The Hague) – The International…Continue Reading
Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal not working, says minister
Nunavut's Justice Minister told the legislature that the territory's Human Rights Tribunal is not working. Only two of 64 complaints since 2003 have gone to hearings.Continue Reading
China mulls human rights, torture in criminal law reform
Beijing, March 8 (IANS) China is planning to introduce major changes in its criminal procedure law that seek to insert in writing the principle of "safeguarding human rights" and exclude confessions extorted through illegal means, according t…Continue Reading
Iran: Quash Convictions and Free Rights Advocates
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Iran’s judiciary should immediately overturn a lower court ruling against a lawyer sentenced to 18 years in prison for his human rights activities and set him free, Human Rights Wa…Continue Reading
Nigeria: Boko Haram Targeting Schools
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The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has set more than a dozen schools on fire in northern Nigeria. Since the beginning of 2012, suspected Boko Haram members have attacked, damaged, an…Continue Reading
iShares Files ‘Human Rights’ ETF
BlackRock ’s exchange traded fund unit, iShares , has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch another socially responsible ETF that excludes companies associated with countries that …Continue Reading
Solidaridad con las sobrevivientes de violencia sexual en Colombia
Por Ulrike Beck, del equipo de trabajo sobre Colombia de Amnistía Internacional
Mientras personas de todo el mundo se preparan para celebrar, el 8 de marzo, el Día Internacional de la Mujer, miles de mujeres y niñas colombianas c…Continue Reading