UN calls on Pakistan to probe abductions, extrajudicial killings of journalists
Geneva, Aug.20 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) Human Rights office has urged the Pakistan Government to investigate numerous reports of abductions, disappearances and extrajudicial killings, particularly of journalists, in the country.Continue Reading
Sudan to allow UN mission to South Kordofan
Sudan says it will allow six U.N. agencies to take part in a government-organized mission to South Kordofan, where the U.N. human rights office has called for a probe into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.Continue Reading
Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Act Swiftly to Rein in Syria
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should immediately take action against Syria for violating the organization’s charter by systematically and brutally suppressing peaceful civilian protests.
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Human rights advocate Jerome Shestack dies
Jerome J. Shestack, a noted attorney, human rights advocate and supporter of Israel, has died at age 88.Continue Reading
US ‘disappointed’ Belarus leaving nuclear deal
The United States expressed disappointment Friday over the suspension of plans to eliminate highly enriched uranium from Belarus amid an escalation of a human rights row.Continue Reading
US: Case-By-Case Deportation Review Will Be Fairer
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The Obama administration’s decision to suspend deportation proceedings for non-citizens who are not security risks or convicted criminals is an important step to a fairer approach …Continue Reading
Bahrain’s Minister of Human Rights and Social Development Discusses Vigorous Implementation Plan for National Dialogue …
Contact: Jameela Al Kuhajee, jameelakooheji@gmail.com, Phone: +973-36070000Continue Reading
South Asian human rights forum condemns Hazare arrest
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) Friday condemned the arrest of social activist Anna Hazare and others before they launched their agitation for an effective Lokpal bill as ‘ultra vires’ of the Indian constitution.Continue Reading
All ears for Hazare, deaf to Sharmila’s crusade
The 38-page report, jointly prepared by Human Rights Alert, Manipur, London-based rights group Redress and Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission, urged the Centre to repeal the act immediately and investigate and prosecute rights violators. The…Continue Reading
Israel: Attacks in South Unlawfully Target Civilians
Attacks by unidentified gunmen that killed at least six Israeli civilians and wounded dozens more in southern Israel on August 18, 2011, were an egregious assault on the right to life.
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Libya: 10 Protesters Apparently Executed
Libyan government forces appear to have executed 10 protesters following an anti-government demonstration in the town of Bani Walid on May 28, 2011. Earlier on that day government forces fired on apparently peacef…Continue Reading
UN report says brutal crackdown in Syria ‘may amount to crimes against humanity’
GENEVA – Government forces in Syria may have committed crimes against humanity by conducting summary executions, torturing prisoners and targeting children in their crackdown against opposition protesters, a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thurs…Continue Reading
UN sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria
Government forces in Syria may have committed crimes against humanity by conducting summary executions, torturing prisoners and targeting children in their crackdown against opposition protesters, a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday.Continue Reading
Highlights – U.N. human rights report on Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian forces have fired on peaceful protesters across the country, often at short range and without warning, killing at least 1,900 civilians in what could amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. human rights investigators said on T…Continue Reading
UN rights chief asks UN to act against Syria
The U.N. human rights chief is asking the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court for investigation of alleged atrocities against protesters during the five-month uprising.Continue Reading