UAE: Spousal Abuse Never a ‘Right’
(Dubai) – A decision by the United Arab Emirates Federal Supreme Court upholding a husband’s right to "chastise" his wife and children with physical abuse violates the right of the country’s women and children to liberty, security, and equali…Continue Reading
Rights group: Saudi courts limit women’s rights
A leading human rights watchdog said courts in Saudi Arabia empower men to abuse their positions as guardians of female relatives — sometimes jailing adult women for “disobedience” when they seek control of their personal lives.Continue Reading
Iran puts top human rights lawyer on trial: report
Iran has put on trial Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, a founding member of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi’s rights group, on charges of spreading propaganda against the regime, an opposition website said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
Indonesian activists reject Suharto for ‘hero’ gong
Human rights activists on Tuesday slammed proposals to honour late Indonesian dictator Suharto as a national hero.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Hidden Justice
The first question was the obvious one. Why are you known as Mullah Tractor? "I read one or two Islamic books, so people call me Mullah. And then I bought a tractor. So I am Mullah Tractor."
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Rights group: Ethiopia denying opposition aid
Ethiopia is denying opposition supporters food, other aid, loans and government services in a widespread effort to suppress political dissent, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday.Continue Reading
Indon activists reject Suharto
Human rights activists on Tuesday slammed proposals to honour late Indonesian dictator Suharto as a national hero.Continue Reading
Rights group: Ethiopia denying opposition aid
Human Rights Watch says in a new report Ethiopia is denying opposition supporters food and other aid in a widespread effort to suppress political dissent.Continue Reading
US justice head asks China to release Nobel winner
The U.S. attorney general Tuesday urged Beijing to release Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and live up to its human rights obligations, a day before he was scheduled to meet with top law enforcement officials in China.Continue Reading
Ethiopia: Donor Aid Supports Repression
(London) – The Ethiopian government is using development aid to suppress political dissent by conditioning access to essential government programs on support for the ruling party, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch …Continue Reading
Police CCTV in legal action threat
Human rights campaigners are to take legal action in a bid to force police to remove CCTV cameras placed in a city as part of a controversial scheme they have said.Continue Reading
EU: Act on UN Inquiry Into International Crimes in Burma
(New York) – Governments concerned about war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma should move beyond mere condemnation and establish a United Nations commission of inquiry as follow-up to a UN expert’s report on Burma released today, Human Right…Continue Reading
Burma: Letter to EU High Representative Urging EU Action on a Commission of Inquiry for Burma, October 2010
Baroness Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
200, rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Brussels, October 18, 2010
Dear High Representative,
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Library and Archives Canada Sign Memorandum of Understanding
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 10/18/10) – Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The Canadian Press. Mr. Stuart Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Righ…Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Where Fathers Rule and Courts Oblige
(New York) – Saudi judges have repeatedly granted fathers the right to interfere arbitrarily in their adult children’s private lives, in serious violation of their right to privacy and to establish families freely, Human Rights Watch said today.
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