Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
Far more spent on pets than human rights – Pillay
GENEVA (Reuters) – Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday.Continue Reading
South Sudan: A Human Rights Agenda
On July 9, 2011, South Sudan will become Africa’s 54th state, following the referendum in January. The people of South Sudan deserve congratulations for the peaceful conduct of the referendum provided under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end…Continue Reading
Iraq: Attacks by Government-Backed Thugs Chill Protests
Iraqi authorities should order a prompt and impartial inquiry into the role of state security forces in attacks by pro-government gangs against peaceful demonstrators in Baghdad on June 10, 2011. The groups of mai…Continue Reading
Sri Lanka: Diplomatic Offensive Won’t Make Killing Fields Disappear
(New York) – The Sri Lankan government continues its diplomatic offensive, denying and dismissing the growing evidence of war crimes during the final bloody battles between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam…Continue Reading
South Sudan: Put Human Rights First
(Nairobi) – South Sudan should mark its independence on July 9, 2011, by taking key steps to further a robust human rights agenda, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
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Steve Goose Delivers Statement on Interpretive Issues of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on interpretive issues at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva.
U.N. rights boss raps China for not arresting Bashir
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official chided China on Thursday for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for alleged war crimes when he visited Beijing this week.Continue Reading
UN rights chief trusts Bahrain probe to meet standards
The UN’s human rights chief welcomed Thursday Bahrain’s move to launch an independent probe of recent unrest and said she was confident it would meet international standards.Continue Reading
U.N. rights boss raps China for not arresting Bashir
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official chided China on Thursday for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for alleged war crimes when he visited Beijing this week.Continue Reading
China cracking down on rights lawyers: Amnesty
Beijing has unleashed an “uncompromising” assault on China’s legal profession, targeting human rights lawyers in an effort to head off social unrest, Amnesty International said Thursday.Continue Reading
Security agencies involved in Balochistan killings: Pak Human Rights Commission
Islamabad, June 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said credible evidence exists about the involvement of state agencies, especially the Frontier Corps (FC), in the killing and enforced disappearance of Pakistani citizens in B…Continue Reading
Tunisia: Police Inaction Allowed Assault on Film Screening
(Tunis) – Police were slow to respond to violent protesters who broke into a Tunis cinema showing a controversial documentary on June 26, 2011, and who attacked theatergoers, Human Rights Watch said today. The dismissive response by the police to reque…Continue Reading
China cracking down on rights lawyers: Amnesty
Beijing has unleashed an “uncompromising” assault on China’s legal profession, targeting human rights lawyers in an effort to head off social unrest, Amnesty International said Thursday.Continue Reading