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
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
US diplomat attacked by Vietnamese police
An American diplomat was attacked by police in central Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading
Indonesia rights body denounces torture in Papua
Indonesia’s top human rights body on Thursday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take action against “serious” rights violations by security forces in eastern Papua region.Continue Reading
US diplomat attacked by Vietnamese police
An American diplomat was attacked by police in central Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday. A media report said the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading
US human rights diplomat attacked in Vietnam
An American diplomat was attacked by police in central Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday, following a report that the human rights officer was roughed up while trying to meet with a prominent dissident.Continue Reading
India: Repeal Sedition Law
(New York) – The Indian parliament should immediately repeal the colonial-era sedition law, which local authorities are using to silence peaceful political dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indian government should drop sedition cases against…Continue Reading
US lawmaker targets Vietnam on rights
Vietnamese officials complicit in human rights abuses would be barred from coming to the United States and doing business with US firms under a bill introduced Wednesday in the US Congress.Continue Reading
Israeli rights groups: Inquiry is war on dissent
Human rights groups expressed outrage Wednesday after Israel’s parliament moved toward approving a formal inquiry into their sources of funding, describing it as a step to stifle dissent and limit democracy.Continue Reading
Speak up on human rights
Tasmania’s anti-discrimination commissioner wants the community to have its say on the State’s proposed charter of human rights.Continue Reading
Belarusian human rights group reports police raid
A human rights group in Belarus said Wednesday police have raided its office and detained its director, the latest in a wave of actions against activists and opposition supporters in the authoritarian country.Continue Reading
Belarusian human rights group reports police raid
A human rights group in Belarus says police have raided its office and detained its director, the latest in a wave of actions against activists and opposition supporters in the authoritarian country.Continue Reading
Security forces kill 1 in Ivory Coast attack
The head of the U.N.’s human rights office in Ivory Coast says at least one person was killed and as many as 130 arrested during an early morning raid on the headquarters of a party allied with the internationally recognized winner of last month’s pres…Continue Reading
US regrets OSCE office closure in Belarus
The United States on Monday sharply criticized Belarus for ordering the closure of the OSCE office in Minsk, saying it was a “step backwards” for democracy and human rights in the country.Continue Reading
US regrets OSCE office closure in Belarus
The United States on Monday sharply criticized Belarus for closing the OSCE office in Minsk, saying it was a “step backwards” for democracy and human rights in the country.Continue Reading