Jackmont Hospitality Inc. Supports National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights today announced the late Mayor Maynard Jackson’s daughter, Brooke Jackson Edmond, partner Daniel Halpern and widow Valerie R. Jackson are leading an effort among ten minority business owners to raise $2….Continue Reading
What Would a Human Rights Logo Look Like?
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Palestinian rights body slams Fatah, Hamas, Israel
Palestinians face human rights abuses by Israel, the government of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian rights group said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
NACO urged to focus on preparing human rights framework
New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) As the NACO formulates the fourth phase of National AIDS Control Programme, civil society groups have appealed to it to make the process more participatory and focus on preparing a human rights framework to address social margin…Continue Reading
‘Kinse’ tells human rights stories
Now on its fifteenth year of providing news and human interest stories, the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) launches “Kinse,” a collection of short films on human rights directed by the country’s highly-acclaimed filmmakers.Continue Reading
Homicidios por venganza y disparos indiscriminados en la zona oriental de Libia, bajo control de la oposición
Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre situaciones de crisis
En la unidad de cuidados intensivos de uno de los hospitales de Bengasi volví a encontrarme con una mujer a la que había conocido unas semanas antes en otro …Continue Reading
Sri Lanka takes the wrong road to peace
On the A9 highway that runs from the south to the northern tip of Sri Lanka, we left the last military checkpost, and crossed to the office where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam processed our documents to enter Vanni, the area under their control….Continue Reading
Student loan plan could breach human rights – HRC
A plan to restrict older people’s access to student loans has sparked calls of age discrimination, with the Human Rights Commission saying it could breach human rights law.Continue Reading
Vietnam: Investigate Crackdown on Hmong Unrest
(New York) – The government of Vietnam should conduct a full, impartial, and transparent investigation into recent unrest among thousands of Hmong Christians in northwestern Dien Bien province and the government’s response, Human Rights Watch said toda…Continue Reading
Nigeria: Post-Election Violence Killed 800
(Dakar) – Deadly election-related and communal violence in northern Nigeria following the April 2011 presidential voting left more than 800 people dead, Human Rights Watch said today. The victims were killed in three days of rioting in 12 northern sta…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: 800 killed in Nigeria post-election riots that swept northern states
LAGOS, Nigeria – At least 800 people were killed in postelection violence that swept across northern Nigeria as it became clear that a northern candidate would not succeed in unseating the southern president, an international human rights group said Mo…Continue Reading
US/Uganda: 2011 Candidates for Homophobia “Hall of Shame”
A member of the Ugandan parliament and an American pastor are top 2011 candidates for the Homophobia Hall of Fame, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch made the announcement in advance of the Intern…Continue Reading
US/Uganda: 2011 Candidates for Homophobia “Hall of Shame”
A member of the Ugandan parliament and an American pastor are top 2011 candidates for the Homophobia Hall of Fame, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch made the announcement in advance of the Intern…Continue Reading
Burma: Prisoner ‘Amnesty’ Mocks Pledge to Improve Rights
(New York) – The Burmese government’s decision to grant a one-year sentence reduction to all prisoners is a slap in the face to a senior United Nations’ envoy who had just called for the release of all political prisoners in Burma, Human Rights Watch s…Continue Reading
Letter to President Ouattara on Recommendations to his New Administration
Mr. Alassane Dramane Ouattara
President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Presidential Palace
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Dear President Ouattara,
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