More than 2,500 freed in Cuba amnesty: rights group
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 2,500 Cuban prisoners have been released in recent days under a New Year’s amnesty announced before a visit next spring by Pope Benedict XVI, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. Cuban President Raul Castro said last…Continue Reading
UN in Haiti accuses police of abuse
U.N. human rights officials in Haiti are accusing the national police department of excessive force, saying there is evidence officers may have killed at least nine people in the capital.Continue Reading
Policing lessons ‘may aid Pakistan’
Lessons from the reorganisation of policing in Northern Ireland could influence efforts to reform law and order in Pakistan, a human rights expert has said.Continue Reading
Oz Senator embarks on European mission to protect ‘Assange’s human rights’
Canberra, Dec 25 (ANI): An Australian Senator Scott Ludlam has embarked on a European mission to protect the human rights of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who continues fighting a legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crime c…Continue Reading
China to try another dissident for "subversive" online essays
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will try a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, on charges of “inciting subversion” for pro-democracy essays he published online, his wife said on Sunday, days after another dissident was jailed for nine years on similar charges. Chen,…Continue Reading
Report: Another Chinese activist charged with subversion amid government crackdown
BEIJING, China – A veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion, a human rights group said Saturday, after another dissident was jailed for nine years in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading
Report: Chinese activist charged with subversion
A veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion, a human rights group said Saturday, after another dissident was jailed for nine years in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading
Report: Chinese activist faces subversion trial
A human rights group says another veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion as Beijing tries to prevent the spread of Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings.Continue Reading
World leaders bid farewell to Vaclav Havel
PRAGUE (Reuters) – International leaders bade farewell on Friday to former Czech President Vaclav Havel, the anti-communist dissident who led the peaceful “Velvet Revolution” and inspired human rights campaigners around the world. U.S. Secretary of Sta…Continue Reading
Iraq/MEK: Ensure Camp Residents’ Safety
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All parties involved with the UN plan to resolve the situation of Camp Ashraf residents should work to make sure it is carried out safely and effectively, Human Rights Watch said today. …Continue Reading
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
Donors, who provide approximately half of Cambodia’s national budget, should make clear to the Cambodian government that the fourth draft of the Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO) must be revised to protect ci…Continue Reading
Debate abortion, unborn’s human rights says Tory MP Watson
Essex Conservative MP Jeff Watson supports a colleague’s call for parliamentary discussion about whether to give human rights to the unborn.Continue Reading
Afghan president to replace top human rights officials
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai will replace four people at the national human rights commission to bring fresh blood into the group, and not because he is seeking to remove some of his most outspoken critics, his spokesman said on Frid…Continue Reading
Afghan president to replace top human rights officials
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai will replace four people at the national human rights commission to bring fresh blood into the group, and not because he is seeking to remove some of his most outspoken critics, his spokesman said on Frid…Continue Reading
U.N. rights body denounces detention of China lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights body denounced on Friday the detention of one of China’s best known human rights lawyers, Gao Zhisheng, urging the government to release him. A Beijing court sent Gao back to jail earlier this month, th…Continue Reading