Turkmenistan: Briefing Note for the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and Central Asia Delegation on Turkmenistan
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Gaza: Suspicious Death in Custody
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should order a criminal investigation into the death of a man whose body was returned to his family five days after Hamas security officials arrested him, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Gaza: Suspicious Death in Custody
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should order a criminal investigation into the death of a man whose body was returned to his family five days after Hamas security officials arrested him, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Campaign under way to prevent Syria from being elected to UN Human Rights Council
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
Campaign to bar Syria from UN human rights body
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
China warns US not to interfere on human rights
China warned the United States on Tuesday not to overstep bounds in human rights talks this week that the State Department says will focus on an ongoing dissident crackdown that appears to be Beijing’s most severe in years.Continue Reading
Campaign to bar Syria from UN human rights body
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard woos China and presses on human rights
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, while seeking to boost trade with her nation’s biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard woos China and presses on human rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, while seeking to boost trade with her nation’s biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.Continue Reading
China warns US not to interfere on human rights
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says Beijing welcomes human rights talks with U.S. officials but warns Washington against interference in domestic affairs.Continue Reading
China warns against "interference" ahead of U.S. rights talks
The Chinese government warned on Tuesday against using human rights disputes as what it called a tool to meddle, ahead of talks with the United States that will focus on complaints about Beijing’s crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
China warns against "interference" in U.S. rights talks
The Chinese government warned on Tuesday against using human rights disputes as what it called a tool to meddle, ahead of talks with the United States that will focus on complaints about Beijing’s crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
Australia PM talks rights with China’s Wen
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a “backward step”.Continue Reading
Misrata: Ciudad de lágrimas
Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora sobre situaciones de crisis de Amnistía Internacional
Ayer, cuando las fuerzas leales al dirigente libio coronel Gadafi se retiraron de Gheiran –uno de los barrios de Misrata situado justo al sur del centro de est…Continue Reading
Australia PM talks rights with China’s Wen
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a “backward step”.Continue Reading