10,000 Jews, Arabs in Tel Aviv human rights march
Around 10,000 Jews and Arabs demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Friday in protest at a rising tide of extremist sentiment in Israel that they warn is posing a growing threat to democracy in the country.Continue Reading
Human Rights Day 2010: Forgetting Those Close to Home
Human Rights Day falls on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the United Nations adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This declaration helped and continues to help focus and intensify efforts to confr…Continue Reading
Over 10000 march for human rights in Tel Aviv
Around 10000 people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Friday to protest against the rising tide of extremist sentiment in Israel that they warn is posing a growing threat to Israeli democracy.Continue Reading
Las cartas de solidaridad nos dieron fuerza para luchar por los derechos de las mujeres en Nicaragua
A fin de aumentar la sensibilización en torno a la campaña Escribe por los derechos de este mes, Ana María Pizarro, defensora de los derechos de las mujeres en Nicaragua, recuerda cómo los mensajes de esperanza y apoyo que llegaron de todo el mun…Continue Reading
China’s rivals welcome Nobel for Liu; allies question
Western nations hailed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as a reminder of the importance of human rights, while Beijing and some of its allies said the prize had been politicised.Continue Reading
Billboard By Human Rights Activists Warns of Electronic Harassment
On Monday, December 6, 2010, a billboard in Milwaukee sponsored by human rights activists in Michigan and Wisconsin displayed the plight of thousands of organized stalking and remote electronic torture victims nationwide in an ad that may lead to hope …Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
GENEVA (AFP) – Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights.Continue Reading
Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair holds more than the Chinese realise
By Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International
There is going to be one empty place at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony. Amongst the pomp and circumstance, before a packed house of a thousand invited guests and dignitaries…Continue Reading
Hague risks Chinese anger by honouring Nobel winner
William Hague has used the occasion of international human rights day to praise imprisoned Nobel prize-winner Liu Xiaopo.Continue Reading
UN Human Rights Head ‘concerned’ Over Pressure on WikiLeaks
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said she is concerned over reports of government pressure on Internet service providers and other companies to stop doing business with WikiLeaks.Continue Reading
3,000 AFP, PNP personnel face human rights raps, conviction rate low
Figures from the Commission on Human Rights show that from 2005 to July 2009, a total of 3,196 members of the AFP and the PNP have been the subject of cases of alleged human rights violation filed with the commission.Continue Reading
Wellington-based Burmese refugee wins human rights award
A Wellington-based political refugee from Burma has won Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Human Rights Defender award.Continue Reading