U.N. rights chief waiting to send experts to Egypt
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay is awaiting permission from Egypt’s military authorities to send experts who would help in mapping the nation’s transition to democracy, U.N. aides said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Sex offender ruling prompts ‘imminent’ human rights review
A ruling on sex offenders has prompted an “imminent” reappraisal of the Britain’s acceptance of the Human Rights Act the prime minister has said.Continue Reading
Riots spread across Libya overnight
Riots broke out last night in Tunisia following demands to release a local Human Rights activist from jail.Continue Reading
Rights groups press UN to denounce wave of executions in Iran
PARIS – Human rights groups are pressing the U.N. and the international community to denounce a rash of executions in Iran.Continue Reading
Rights groups press UN to denounce Iran executions
Human rights groups are pressing the U.N. and the international community to denounce a rash of executions in Iran.Continue Reading
Syria releases activist who called for protests
Human rights groups say a Syrian activist arrested earlier this month for calling for anti-government protests has been released because of health problems.Continue Reading
Reporters roughed up near China activist’s home
Foreign reporters were roughed up this week as they tried to reach blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest in eastern China, journalists said Wednesday.Continue Reading
India: Leading by Example at the Security Council
NEW DELHI, India – As India takes the helm of the United Nations Security Council’s counterterrorism committee this year, its leaders would do well to think of Shahid, a young man who told me in harrowing detail of being tortured as a terrorism suspect…Continue Reading
Reporters roughed up near China activist’s home
Foreign reporters were roughed up this week as they tried to reach human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest in eastern China, journalists said Wednesday.Continue Reading
You’re Next–And You Know Who You Are
In the aftermath of Tunisia and Egypt, many are asking, "Who’s next?" My confident answer is this: each and every leader in this region who rules by force and fraud, who has neither credibility nor legitimacy, and who fears nothing more than …Continue Reading
Bahrain: Stop Attacks on Peaceful Protesters
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Will the Egyptian Army Work With the People?
(Cairo) – On the surface things are getting back to normal.
Shops have reopened, and the dust and din are back to choking, deafening levels. Motorcyclists have returned to their dangerous habit of speeding along pavements to avoid the epic traffic jam…Continue Reading
Alleged Terror Activist Lands Human Rights Post
Israel’s Supreme Court says Shawan Jabarin leads a double life, as a human rights activist who also has a secret association with a terrorist organization. Human Rights Watch says he does invaluable work for peace, but its founding chairman and others …Continue Reading
Many HIV/Aids patients suffer pain needlessly
Recently released global data by UNAids points to enormous progress in preventing and treating HIV. More people than ever before now live with HIV as a chronic disease, rather than dying from it, because they are getting antiretroviral treatment. Kenya…Continue Reading
US to boost support for cyber dissidents
The Obama administration will pump $25 million this year into helping cyber dissidents foil Internet repression in autocratic states and plans to broaden the reach of its online mini-appeals for human rights and democracy by creating Twitter feeds that…Continue Reading