UN expresses ‘deep concern’ about Iran rights
The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee expressed “deep concern” Thursday about Iran’s use of flogging, stoning and amputations as punishment in an annual review of the rights situation in several countries worldwide.Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Blogger Is Free, but 2 Journalists Remain Jailed
(New York) – The November 18, 2010 release of the blogger Adnan Hajizade was a positive step, but the Azerbaijani government should also immediately free the imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev and another blogger, Emin Milli, Human Rights Watch s…Continue Reading
U.N. committee slams Iran over human rights record
A U.N. General Assembly committee Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States and its allies.Continue Reading
U.N. committee slams Iran over human rights record
A U.N. General Assembly committee on Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States and its allies.Continue Reading
Suu Kyi and UN chief make call for prisoner release
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar on Thursday while a UN committee condemned human rights in Myanmar despite Chinese opposition.Continue Reading
UN committee criticizes NKorea human rights
A key U.N. committee is expressing “very serious concern” at North Korea’s widespread and grave violation of virtually all human rights, from its use of torture to severe restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly and religion.Continue Reading
UN committee condemns North Korea over torture and rights
A UN committee on Thursday passed a resolution condemning human rights in North Korea, but the communist government rejected the action as “confrontational” and said it would not change.Continue Reading
EU should press Croatia on disability rights
One of the two key ‘chapters’ of negotiations that Croatia must close before it can join the EU is, as you have written, the chapter on the judiciary and fundamental rights ("Approaching the finishing line", 4-10 November).
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UN Finds Canada and Ontario Violate Human Rights
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND–(Marketwire – 11/18/10) – The UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) has ruled that Canada and Ontario, through Ontario’s ban on farm unions, violate the human rights of the more than 100,000 migrant and domestic agriculture …Continue Reading
Deloitte Achieves 100 Percent Rating on Human Rights Campaign’s 2011 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for Fifth …
Deloitte today announced it has earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year. Â The CEI ranks businesses on workplace policies and benefits provided to their lesbian, gay, bisexual …Continue Reading
US: Ghailani Trial Shows Federal Courts Up to the Task
(New York) – The trial without incident of a former Guantanamo detainee in US federal court shows the superiority of civilian courts over the discredited military commissions, Human Rights Watch said today. Ahmed Khalfan Ghaila
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Libya: Carry Out UN Calls for Reform
(London) – Libya’s rejection of United Nations Human Rights Council proposals casts serious doubt on the government’s professed commitment to reform, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
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Egypt blogger released after 4 years in jail
An Egyptian blogger has been released after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the president, a human rights group and an interior ministry source said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Sweden slams EU court for Iraqi asylum reviews
Sweden’s immigration authority has criticized the European Court of Human Rights for being inefficient in handling complaints from Iraqi asylum-seekers.Continue Reading
Egypt blogger released after 4 years in jail: rights group
An Egyptian blogger has been released after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the president, a human rights group said on Wednesday.Continue Reading