N.Korea rejects UN human rights resolution as conspiracy
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
N.Korea rejects UN human rights resolution as conspiracy
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
N.Korea rejects UN human rights resolution as conspiracy
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
N.Korea rejects UN human rights resolution as conspiracy
North Korea snubbed a UN resolution condemning its human rights conditions, calling it a US-led conspiracy to topple the communist regime through pressure.Continue Reading
Burma: Does Suu Kyi Still Matter?
Read the full text of Suu Kyi’s speech after her release here.
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Burma: Heed UN Call to Free Political Prisoners
(New York) - Burma’s military government should heed the call in the November 18, 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the release of all political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today.
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North Korea rejects UN resolution on human rights
North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading
North Korea rejects UN resolution on human rights
North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading
Post Ghailani Verdict, Federal Trials Still Make Sense
Many critics have pounced on the recent verdict against Ahmed Ghailani as a blow to the Obama administration’s plans to prosecute the 9/11 defendants in civilian court. They have it wrong. The facts show that the administration is on the right track.
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Enforcement of Islamic Dress Code for Women in Chechnya
In the past few years the situation of women’s rights in Chechnya has deteriorated significantly, requiring immediate attention from the Russian government and Russia’s international partners.
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Bail laws ‘inconsistent’ with Human Rights Act: judge
An ACT Supreme Court judge has raised issues about the operation of the Territory’s Human Rights Act, as part of a judgement about a bail application.Continue Reading
U.N. committee slams Iran over human rights record
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. General Assembly committee Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States and its allies.Continue Reading
UN committee condemns North Korea over torture and rights
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – A UN committee on Thursday passed a resolution condemning human rights in North Korea, but the communist government rejected the action as “confrontational” and said it would not change.Continue Reading
North Korea rejects UN resolution on human rights
North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading
Detainees tortured in Libya: rights groups
Three human rights groups on Friday charged that torture was used in Libya and impunity was granted to perpetrators, citing for instance the case of an engineer who died shortly after his detention.Continue Reading