UN body can help bring international justice for Gaza conflict victims
By Rachel Campbell, Amnesty International Campaigner for Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Today, the UN Human Rights Council will meet to begin debating a crucial report on seriously flawed Israeli and Palestinian investigations into g…Continue Reading
EU: Decision on ICC Aids Court
(Brussels) – The adoption on March 21, 2011, of a revised Decision on the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the European Union’s 27 foreign affairs ministers is an important step, Human Rights Watch said today. The move reaffirms EU support for the…Continue Reading
Bahrain: New Arrests Target Doctors, Rights Activists
(Manama) – Bahrain should end its campaign of arrests of doctors and human rights activists, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Algeria: End Public Assembly Ban in Algiers
(Washington, DC) – The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Algeria: End Public Assembly Ban in Algiers
(Washington, DC) – The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
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CHR condemns ‘torture’ of military, police trainees
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) denounced on Sunday denounced hazing rites in the military and the police.Continue Reading
Bahrain briefly detains human rights activist
Bahraini security forces briefly detained the outspoken head of the country’s main human rights group on Sunday, days after a crackdown that drove mainly Shi’ite protesters off the streets.Continue Reading
Bahrain detains human rights activist – colleague
Bahraini security forces detained the outspoken head of the main human rights group early on Sunday a colleague said days after a crackdown that drove mainly Shi’ite protesters off the street.Continue Reading
Bahrain detains human rights activist – colleague
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces detained the outspoken head of the main human rights group early on Sunday, a colleague said, days after a crackdown that drove mainly Shi’ite protesters off the street.Continue Reading
Bahrain rights activist questioned by authorities
The wife of a leading human rights monitor in Bahrain says he has been questioned by security agents.Continue Reading
Gaza: Stop Suppressing Peaceful Protests
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should punish those responsible for attacks on peaceful demonstrators calling for Palestinian political reconciliation, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The Security Council Has At Last Lived Up To Its Duty
Just when the “responsibility to protect” doctrine seemed to have become irretrievably tainted at the United Nations, the Security Council at last lived up to its duty to prevent mass atrocities.
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US: Suspend Military Aid to Yemen
(New York) – The United States should immediately suspend military assistance to Yemen until President Ali Abdullah Saleh ends attacks on largely peaceful anti-government protesters and prosecutes those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.
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U.S. attacked by opponents at U.N. human rights body
The United States was attacked for its human rights record on Friday as opponents including Cuba and Iran slammed its failure to close Guantanamo Bay and its decision to maintain military trials for terror suspects.Continue Reading
Obama to visit human rights activist’s tomb
President Barack Obama will visit the tomb of slain Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during his visit to El Salvador next week, a gesture that some say is U.S. recognition of the slain human rights activist’s cause.Continue Reading