China: Human Rights Action Plan Fails to Deliver
(Washington, DC) – The Chinese government has failed to deliver on commitments in its first-ever National Human Rights Action Plan (2009-2010) to protect key civil and political rights over the past two years, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China’s human rights ‘action plan’ short on any action, say rights groups
A two-year government “action plan” to protect human rights in China has proved to be “largely a series of unfulfilled promises,” a leading international human rights watchdog has found.Continue Reading
China fails on human rights plan: rights group
The continued use of torture, illegal detention, censorship and other offenses means China has failed to deliver on its first human rights action plan, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Continue Reading
China fails on human rights plan, group says
A human rights group says the continued use of torture, illegal detention, censorship and other offenses mean China has failed to deliver on its first human rights action plan,Continue Reading
Vietnam: End Chokehold on Dissent Before Party Congress
(New York) – The Vietnam Communist Party should renounce its practice of tightening controls on peaceful dissent in the lead up to the Eleventh Party Congress and free those who have been imprisoned, detained, and censored, Human Rights Watch said toda…Continue Reading
Iran human rights activist jailed for 11 years
An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years for actions deemed “detrimental to national security,” the activist’s lawyer said on Monday.Continue Reading
US slams ‘unjust’ verdict against Iran rights lawyer
The United States condemned as “unjust” Monday a guilty verdict in Iran against a prominent human rights lawyer, calling it part of a systematic attempt to silence defenders of democracy and human rights.Continue Reading
Beijing’s Broken Promises on Human Rights
China’s first National Human Rights Action Plan committed the Chinese government to end the practice of "extortion of confessions by torture" and put police and security forces on notice that "it is strictly forbidden to extort confessio…Continue Reading
Beijing’s Broken Promises on Human Rights
China’s first National Human Rights Action Plan committed the Chinese government to end the practice of "extortion of confessions by torture" and put police and security forces on notice that "it is strictly forbidden to extort confessio…Continue Reading
India: Drop Charges Against Maternal Death Protesters
(New York) – Indian authorities should drop criminal proceedings against peaceful protesters who sought accountability for maternal deaths in a public hospital in Madhya Pradesh state, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Top Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Corrected: Iran human rights activist jailed for 11 years
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Iran human rights activist jailed for 11 years
An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years for actions deemed “detrimental to national security,” the activist’s lawyer said on Monday.Continue Reading
Top Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Mosley takes privacy campaign to European court
Former world motorsport chief Max Mosley, who was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago, will go to the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday to seek a major restraint on press freedom.Continue Reading