EU: A Commitment to Disability Rights
(New York) – The European Union’s ratification of the major international treaty on disability rights is a significant milestone in the global effort to promote the rights of people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today.
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U.S. worried by reports of Pakistan detentions: report
The United States is voicing concern over reports from human rights groups that Pakistan’s security forces are holding thousands of political separatists without charge, The New York Times reported on Thursday.Continue Reading
U.S. worried by reports of Pakistan detentions: report
The United States is voicing concern over reports from human rights groups that Pakistan’s security forces are holding thousands of political separatists without charge, The New York Times reported on Thursday.Continue Reading
Asian ‘martyrs’ underscore poor year for human rights
In some of 2010’s most compelling images, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from her home after years in detention and an empty chair marked the absence of Liu Xiaobo from his Nobel prize ceremony.Continue Reading
Asian ‘martyrs’ underscore poor year for human rights
In some of 2010’s most compelling images, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from her home after years in detention and an empty chair marked the absence of Liu Xiaobo from his Nobel prize ceremony.Continue Reading
Clooney map project aims to shed light on Sudan
Hollywood heartthrob and human rights activist George Clooney launched a Google-powered mapping project on Wednesday aimed at preventing abuses in Sudan, where an independence referendum looms.Continue Reading
Clooney, Google Partner on Satellite Monitoring in Sudan
Actor George Clooney is joining forces with Google and several human rights organizations to launch the Satellite Sentinel Project, an effort that will utilize satellite imagery to try to prevent a war between North and South Sudan.Continue Reading
Cuba commutes death sentence against US man
Cuba’s Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence against a Cuban-American who was the last person remaining on death row in the island nation, according to a veteran human rights activist.Continue Reading
NEHRI Deplores the Execution of Ali Saremi, MEK Member Associated with Camp Ashraf
OVERLAND, Kan., Dec. 28, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Near East Human Rights Initiative (NEHRI) deplores the illegal and inhumane execution today of Ali Saremi, a member of the exiled opposition group the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran …Continue Reading
Egyptian rights groups urge action on abducted migrants
Egyptian human rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government take “immediate action” to help release hundreds of Eritreans reportedly held hostage by traffickers in the Sinai Peninsula.Continue Reading
Group: US refuses Poles help in CIA prison probe
A human rights group said Tuesday the U.S. government has refused assistance to Polish prosecutors investigating whether the CIA maintained a secret prison in Poland.Continue Reading
Group: US refuses Poles help in CIA prison probe
A human rights group says the U.S. government has refused assistance to Polish prosecutors investigating whether the CIA maintained a secret prison in Poland.Continue Reading
Harmful US hypocrisy on freedoms abroad
Times are tough for organizations around the world working on sensitive issues such as human rights, governance, religious freedom, and humanitarian aid. As individual human rights and political liberties have declined over the past few years, governme…Continue Reading
Malaysia’s Shiite Muslims seek to legally worship
Shiite Muslims in Malaysia have made a rare public plea for authorities to let them legally worship amid fears of a clampdown on outlawed religious groups, a human rights official said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Malaysia’s Shiite Muslims seek to legally worship
Shiite Muslims in Malaysia have made a rare public plea for authorities to let them legally worship amid fears of a clampdown on outlawed religious groups, a human rights official said Tuesday.Continue Reading