CHR opposes Marcos burial at Libingan, military honors
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is strongly opposing the proposal to allow the remains of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, along with the option to give the former President full military honors.Continue Reading
No justice for victims of Islamic sect attack
Foreign governments and human rights groups say the relatively light sentences given to 12 men who participated in the brutal killings of three minority Muslim sect members sends a chilling message about growing religious intolerance in Indonesia.Continue Reading
Rights group hits posthumous clemency for political prisoner
Human rights group Task Force Detainees of the Philippines on Friday criticized President Benigno Aquino III’s granting of clemency to political prisoner Mariano Umbrero, who died on July 15.Continue Reading
What Women Want
In May, the ministry of information and broadcasting banned some television commercials for men’s deodorants claiming it wanted to curb ads “aimed at tickling the libidinous male instincts” and portraying women “a…Continue Reading
Kenya: Provide Land for New Refugee Camps
The Kenyan government should urgently provide land for new refugee camps in response to the humanitarian crisis in existing camps near its border with Somalia. Kenya should also allow recently arrived Somalis flee…Continue Reading
Visiting brave girls and women survivors of sexual violence in Nicaragua
By Jeremy Bloom and Vittorio Infante from the Central American team,
In Leon, a department in northwest Nicaragua, we visited the Centro Mary Barreda. Here they do amazing work supporting and protecting girls and women survivors of sexual violence an…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Verdicts a Setback for Religious Freedom
The light sentences imposed on Islamist militants for a deadly attack on a religious minority in Indonesia reflect the authorities’ weak efforts to prosecute the case.
(Jakarta) – The li…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Security Forces ‘Disappear’ Opponents in Balochistan
Pakistan’s government should immediately end widespread disappearances of suspected militants and activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the southwestern province …Continue Reading
Uganda: End Trials of Civilians in Military Courts
The Ugandan government should stop prosecuting civilians in unfair military courts, effective immediately, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Military and civilian prosecutors should work together…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Prominent Rights Advocate to Lead Supreme Court Bar
The election of a prominent human rights activist to the presidency of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan is a victory for human rights in Pakistan and for the country’s transition to genuine civilian…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Prominent Rights Advocate to Lead Supreme Court Bar
The election of a prominent human rights activist to the presidency of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan is a victory for human rights in Pakistan and for the country’s transition to genuine civilian…Continue Reading
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors
The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged. Council me…Continue Reading
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors
The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged. Council me…Continue Reading
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors
(Juba) – The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged, Human Rights Watch said today.
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US pledges to press rights with Russia
The United States said Wednesday it will keep pressing Russia on human rights but hoped to maintain cooperation after Moscow responded angrily to a ban on officials linked to a lawyer’s death.Continue Reading