AP Interview: Chile president to ask for CIA files
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Tuesday that he’ll accept President Barack Obama’s invitation to formally request classified U.S. intelligence documents that may identify Chilean agents responsible for more than 1,200 human rights violations du…Continue Reading
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Focus on Promotion of Human Rights and Increasing Total Number of …
Participants in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights have gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the two-day Annual Plenary Meeting. ÂContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Council: A Stunning Development Against Violence
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European Court of Human Rights hears case of alleged forced sterilization of Gypsy woman
PARIS – Europe’s human rights court opened a hearing Tuesday into a Gypsy woman’s allegation that she was wrongly and forcibly sterilized at a state-run hospital in her native Slovakia because of her ethnicity.Continue Reading
U.N. rights office calls on Bahrain to uphold law
Activists and medical staff have been arrested or harassed in Bahrain where up to 100 people have been reported missing since a crackdown last week the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
ONU puede ayudar a procurar justicia internacional a las víctimas del conflicto de Gaza
Rachel Campbell es adjunta de investigación y acción de Amnistía Internacional para Israel y los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se reúne hoy para empezar a debatir un informe crucial sobre las muy deficie…Continue Reading
Equality commission faces reform
The Equality and Human Rights Commission faces “radical reforms” and will have to prove it is using taxpayers’ money wisely the government has announced.Continue Reading
US should not preach India on human rights: Modi
Gandhinagar, Mar 22 (PTI) Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi today said the US need not preach India on human rights in the wake of its concerns on this issue in his state as reflected in leaked diplomatic cables from an American Consul.Modi at the s…Continue Reading
Aumenta la tensión en Bengasi mientras las fuerzas de Gadafi se preparan para atacar
Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre la crisis
La situación se ha deteriorado acusadamente en Bengasi y otros lugares del este de Libia en los últimos días. Desde ayer, aunque el portavoz del coronel Gadafi insiste en…Continue Reading
Senegal: Accept AU Plan for Hissène Habré Case
(Dakar) – Senegal should accept an African Union (AU) plan for the trial of Hissène Habré during discussions set for March 23 and 24, 2011, in Addis Ababa, a coalition of human rights organizations said today in a letter to Senegal’s president.
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Interlocutors to study Amnesty report on Kashmir
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) The central government-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will study rights watchdog Amnesty International’s report alleging human rights abuses in the state under the Public Safety Act, informed sources said.Continue Reading
Interlocutors to study Amnesty report on Kashmir
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) The central government-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will study rights watchdog Amnesty International’s report alleging human rights abuses in the state under the Public Safety Act, informed sources said.Continue Reading
Pressed to apologize for US intervention in Chile, Obama says he’ll help human rights probes
SANTIAGO, Chile – President Barack Obama said he’s ready to help Chile solve human rights crimes committed during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, but avoided agreeing Monday to a U.S. apology for meddling in the country’s affairs.Continue Reading
Syria: Government Crackdown Leads to Protester Deaths
(Cairo) – Syria should cease use of live fire and other excessive force against protesters, as it did on March 18 and 20, 2011, in the southern town of Daraa, leaving at least five people dead, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Obama administration presenting first US call for gay rights at the UN Human Rights Council
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will introduce its first statement calling for the United Nations’ top human rights body to combat discrimination against gays and lesbians around the world, completing a U.S. reversal from years of ambiguity on th…Continue Reading