Sudan: End Mass Summary Deportations of Eritreans
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The Sudanese authorities are increasingly deporting Eritreans to their country without allowing them to claim asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 17, 2011, Sudan handed ove…Continue Reading
Court revives human rights case vs Rio Tinto
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing Rio Tinto Plc of human rights violations related to Papua New Guinea, where it once ran one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines.Continue Reading
UPDATE 1-US court revives human rights case vs Rio Tinto
Oct 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court has reviveda lawsuit accusing Rio Tinto Plc of human rightsviolations related to Papua New Guinea, where it once ran oneof the world’s largest copper …Continue Reading
Protección de los derechos humanos mientras los tunecinos votan finalmente por el cambio
Por Donatella Rovera, asesora general de Amnistía Internacional sobre respuesta a la crisis, Túnez
Aquí en Túnez, hay una gran expectación y esperanza, y también temor, en la víspera de las primeras elecciones multipartidistas reales de la hist…Continue Reading
Should rebel fighters pay for torturing Gadhafi before his death?
Human rights activists demand justice after cell phone photos of the deposed Libyan dictator’s last moments suggest he may have been torturedContinue Reading
Libya urged to investigate Gaddafi supporters’ "execution"
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – A human rights group called Monday for an investigation into a suspected mass execution of 53 Gaddafi supporters and urged Libyan authorities to crack down on violence or other crimes by fighters who helped oust the former Liby…Continue Reading
Egypt: Don’t Cover Up Military Killing of Copt Protesters
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The Egyptian military’s intention to control the investigation of the use of force against unarmed Coptic Christian demonstrators during a night of clashes on October 9, 2011, raises f…Continue Reading
US: Rights Groups Urge Rejection of Indefinite Detention Legislation
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The US Congress should reject provisions in a defense spending bill that would permit long-term indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.
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Libya urged to investigate Gaddafi supporters’ "execution"
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – A human rights group called Monday for an investigation into a suspected mass execution of 53 Gaddafi supporters and urged Libyan authorities to crack down on violence or other crimes by fighters who helped oust the former Liby…Continue Reading
US urges Libya to probe alleged executions
The United States on Monday urged Libya to uphold human rights and to probe a report of summary executions of Moamer Kadhafi loyalists, calling the allegations “extremely disturbing.”Continue Reading
Rights – not criminalization – for girls and women, says UN health expert
By Stephanie Schlitt, Amnesty International’s Researcher and Policy Advisor on Gender
Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, the UN’s expert on the right to health, Anand Grover, will present a ground-breaking report. The report exposes how…Continue Reading
Libya urged to investigate Gaddafi supporters’ "execution"
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – A human rights group called on Monday for an investigation into a suspected mass execution of 53 Gaddafi supporters and urged Libyan authorities to crack down on violence or other crimes by fighters who helped oust the former L…Continue Reading
Fired while pregnant, woman lodges complaint
The P.E.I. Human Rights Commission will hold a panel hearing into a complaint from a Charlottetown woman who says she was fired from a local hotel shortly after she told her supervisor she was pregnant.Continue Reading
Rights group finds mass grave in Gadhafi hometown
A human rights groups says it has discovered 53 decomposing bodies, apparently of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists, some of whom may have been executed by revolutionary forces.Continue Reading
Human rights group says 53 bodies found of Gadhafi loyalists, says some may have been executed
TRIPOLI, Libya – A human rights groups says it has discovered 53 decomposing bodies, apparently of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists, some of whom may have been executed by revolutionary forces.Continue Reading