UN rights chief notes Russia’s setbacks on rights
The U.N’s top human rights official on Thursday decried violence in Russia against activists and journalists but said the country has made some incremental moves toward reform.Continue Reading
Human rights fantasy in Geneva
On Jan. 25 in Geneva, the Working Group on the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held its hearing on Nepal. The UPR happens once every four years for each UN member state and makes recommendations for improving the human rights …Continue Reading
Rights group wants funds cut to Palestinian forces
The U.S. and the European Union should cut off funds to Palestinian security services in the West Bank until the Palestinians investigate accusations of abuse against protesters, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Asian Centre for Human Rights condemns kidnapping of Malkangiri District Collector
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) on Thursday condemned the kidnapping of R Vineel Krishna, the District Collector of Odisha’s Malkangiri District by the Maoists.Continue Reading
Rights group wants funds cut to Palestinian forces
The U.S. and the European Union should cut off funds to Palestinian security services in the West Bank until the Palestinians investigate accusations of abuse against protesters, a human rights group said.Continue Reading
Amnesty South Africa – record-breaker!
By Lucy Macnamara, Demand Dignity Campaign Co-ordinator at Amnesty International
Demand Dignity is back on tour with U2, here in South Africa!
Last night, the concert experience in Johannesburg was simply breathtaking on so many levels. U2 hadn’t p…Continue Reading
Libya: Arrests, Assaults in Advance of Planned Protests
(New York) – Libyan Internal Security forces have arrested at least 14 people as protests began in connection with peaceful demonstrations planned for February 17, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
read moreContinue Reading
Palestinian Authority: Thugs, Police Abuse Peaceful Protesters
(Ramallah) – The Palestinian Authority should open criminal investigations into members of its security services who apparently beat, kicked, and sexually molested protesters in Ramallah, Human Rights Watch said today.read moreContinue Reading
Dismantling the Machinery of Oppression
Police states are labor-intensive. Those that try to keep a veneer of pluralism, like the Tunisia of deposed President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, are perhaps even more so.
read moreContinue Reading
Human rights laws to be reviewed after sex ruling
The government said on Wednesday it will review the way European human rights rules are interpreted in British law after Prime Minister David Cameron said he was appalled by a ruling in favour of sexual offenders.Continue Reading
UK to review human rights laws after sex ruling
Britain said on Wednesday it would review the way European human rights rules are interpreted in British law after Prime Minister David Cameron criticized a court ruling in favor of sexual offenders.Continue Reading
Nepal: Seventh Anniversary of the Killing of Maina Sunuwar
(Kathmandu) – Seven years after the arrest and killing of Maina Sunuwar, the government of Nepal should take immediate steps, with the full cooperation of the Nepal Army, to ensure that criminal proceedings move forward, Advocacy Forum (AF), Amnesty In…Continue Reading
Palestinian Authority: No Justice for Torture Death in Custody
(Jerusalem) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should order an independent investigation into the death of Haitham Amer, Human Rights Watch said today. Amer died 18 months ago, allegedly under torture by Palestinian security agents. A crim…Continue Reading
Iran: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions
(Paris) – Other nations and the UN should speak out against a wave of executions in Iran, the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and six human rights organizations said today. Shirin Ebadi and the human rights groups called on the Iranian Judiciary and …Continue Reading