Top Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Sudan: Deteriorating Situation in Darfur
(New York) — A coalition of human rights and advocacy groups today warned of rising levels of violence in Darfur during and after the referendum on southern self-determination, scheduled to begin on January 9, 2011.
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Saudi Arabia: Rescind New Online Restrictions
(New York) – Saudi Arabia’s minister of culture and information, Dr. Abd al-‘Aziz Khuja, should rescind the regulation issued on January 1, 2011, that restricts expression online and through other electronic means, Human Rights Watch said today.
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US warns sources linked to leaked cables
US diplomats are warning hundreds of human rights activists, journalists, and foreign government officials they are in danger after the massive WikiLeaks dump, the State Department said Friday.Continue Reading
Hungary: Media Law Endangers Press Freedom
(Brussels) – European Union member states and the European Commission should press Hungary as it assumes the EU presidency to address its own serious human rights shortcomings, beginning with a problematic media law, Human Rights Watch said today.
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A Legacy Obama Should Avoid: Allowing Detentions Without Trials
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Saudi rights group: Put interior minister on trial
A Saudi human rights group has asked King Abdullah to fire the kingdom’s powerful interior minister, Prince Nayef, and prosecute him for what it says are systematic human rights violations in the country.Continue Reading
US: Stop Returns of Guantanamo Detainees Fearing Mistreatment
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US: Reject Proposal to Mark Birth Certificates
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State legislatures in the United States should reject a proposal to mark birth certificates of US citizens on the basis of their parents’ immigration status, which would violate the in…Continue Reading
US: Reject Proposal to Mark Birth Certificates
State legislatures in the United States should reject a proposal to mark birth certificates of US citizens on the basis of their parents’ immigration status, which would violate the internationally protected rig…Continue Reading
An Assassination in Pakistan
LAHORE, PAKISTAN – The cold-blooded murder this week of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab Province, answers a few questions with stark clarity, just as it raises others.
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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights Responds to Misconceptions in the Media
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA–(Marketwire – 01/06/11) – Misconception: There will be only 2 galleries in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), one on the Holocaust and the other on Aboriginal peoples. Fact: There are 12 permanent zones (galleries) in the …Continue Reading
British firm supplied US death drug: rights group
A British human rights organisation claimed Thursday that a small company based in the office of a London driving instructor had supplied drugs to carry out executions in the United States.Continue Reading
US protests over treatment of diplomat in Vietnam
The U.S. government has strongly protested to Vietnam over the treatment of an American diplomat, the ambassador said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading