Syria: Security Forces Kill Dozens of Protesters
(London) – Syria’s security forces should immediately stop using live ammunition against protesters in the southern town of Daraa, where the death toll has risen considerably in the last 48 hours, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should a…Continue Reading
Letter to Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd
The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Re: Attacks and Persecution against the Ahmadiyah Religious Community in Indonesia
Dear Minister Rudd,
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UN rights council votes for investigator on Iran
The UN human rights council on Thursday voted to step up international scrutiny of Iran by appointing an investigator to monitor the country amid a crackdown on dissent and surge in executions there.Continue Reading
UN creates human rights investigator on Iran
The U.N.’ top human rights body created a new special investigator’s job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
U.N. human rights body approves investigator on Iran
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council established a special investigator on Iran Thursday, a move spearheaded by Washington that will subject Tehran’s record to U.N. scrutiny for the first time in nearly a decade.Continue Reading
UN creates new post of human rights investigator to probe alleged abuses in Iran
GENEVA – The United Nations’ top human rights body created a new special investigator’s job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
UN creates human rights investigator on Iran
The United Nations’ top human rights body created a new special investigator’s job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
U.N. human rights body approves investigator on Iran
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council established a special investigator on Iran on Thursday, a move spearheaded by Washington that will subject Tehran’s record to U.N. scrutiny for the first time in nearly a decade.Continue Reading
UN creates human rights investigator on Iran
The United Nations’ top human rights body appointed a special investigator Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
UN creates human rights investigator on Iran
The United Nations’ top human rights body appointed a special investigator Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
Burma: Army Should Act to End Abuses
(New York) – The Burmese military leadership should adopt measures to end abuses and ensure that those responsible are held accountable, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the judge advocate general of the Burmese Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Yar …Continue Reading
Tales of terror as rockets fall on Benghazi
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International crisis researcher
Yesterday, at the home of the Dbeish family in Hay Dollar, a wealthy neighbourhood in the south-west of Benghazi, Hanan, a mother of six, showed me the smashed up bedroom where she had been…Continue Reading
Burma: Letter to the Judge Advocate General regarding the promotion of respect for International Humanitarian Law
Maj.-Gen. Yar Pyae
Judge Advocate General
Ministry of Defence
Naypyidaw
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Re: Promoting Respect for International Humanitarian Law
Dear Maj.-Gen. Yar Pyae,
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UN creates new post of human rights investigator to probe alleged abuses in Iran
GENEVA – The United Nations’ top human rights body appointed a special investigator to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading
UN creates human rights investigator on Iran
The United Nations’ top human rights body appointed a special investigator to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country’s internal affairs.Continue Reading