Rights group: Ethiopia denying opposition aid
Human Rights Watch says in a new report Ethiopia is denying opposition supporters food and other aid in a widespread effort to suppress political dissent.Continue Reading
US justice head asks China to release Nobel winner
The U.S. attorney general Tuesday urged Beijing to release Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and live up to its human rights obligations, a day before he was scheduled to meet with top law enforcement officials in China.Continue Reading
Ethiopia: Donor Aid Supports Repression
(London) – The Ethiopian government is using development aid to suppress political dissent by conditioning access to essential government programs on support for the ruling party, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch …Continue Reading
Police CCTV in legal action threat
Human rights campaigners are to take legal action in a bid to force police to remove CCTV cameras placed in a city as part of a controversial scheme they have said.Continue Reading
EU: Act on UN Inquiry Into International Crimes in Burma
(New York) – Governments concerned about war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma should move beyond mere condemnation and establish a United Nations commission of inquiry as follow-up to a UN expert’s report on Burma released today, Human Right…Continue Reading
Burma: Letter to EU High Representative Urging EU Action on a Commission of Inquiry for Burma, October 2010
Baroness Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
200, rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Brussels, October 18, 2010
Dear High Representative,
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Library and Archives Canada Sign Memorandum of Understanding
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 10/18/10) – Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The Canadian Press. Mr. Stuart Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Righ…Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Where Fathers Rule and Courts Oblige
(New York) – Saudi judges have repeatedly granted fathers the right to interfere arbitrarily in their adult children’s private lives, in serious violation of their right to privacy and to establish families freely, Human Rights Watch said today.
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‘Gender Equality Principles Initiative’ to Be Launched by San Francisco Department on the Status of Women
CEDAW Women’s Human Rights Awards Given to Calvert and SymantecContinue Reading
McCausland call over Irish language
Nelson McCausland has rejected Human Rights Commission pressure for an Irish language act.Continue Reading
Roma community in Romania still treated like waste six years on
By Fotis Filippou, EU Team Campaigner for Amnesty International
Amnesty International recently visited Romania, where we met with a Romani community living behind a sewage treatment plant in Miercurea Ciuc, central Romania.
More than six years after …Continue Reading
Afghan talks include Iran, aim for ‘stability’
Iran took part for the first time on Monday in talks with the international contact group on Afghanistan that set “sufficient stability” and basic human rights as the most realistic aims for the war-torn nation.Continue Reading
Video shows Indonesian troops torture Papuans
Indonesian security forces have been captured on video torturing an alleged separatist in Papua province, burning his genitals as he screams out in agony and then threatening to shoot him in the mouth, human rights activists said Monday.Continue Reading
Kyrgyzstan’s Unjust Courtrooms
NOOKEN, Kyrgyzstan – The courtroom is packed with agitated relatives of the victim and uniformed policemen. The defendants’ relatives are not allowed in due to the "lack of space." The victim’s relatives shout insults and threats, then one th…Continue Reading
Turkish transgender rights activists face trial
ANKARA, Turkey – International gay and human rights organizations have called on Turkey to drop charges against five transgender rights activists who go on trial this week accused of resisting arrest.Continue Reading