Group: US refuses Poles help in CIA prison probe
A human rights group says the U.S. government has refused assistance to Polish prosecutors investigating whether the CIA maintained a secret prison in Poland.Continue Reading
Harmful US hypocrisy on freedoms abroad
Times are tough for organizations around the world working on sensitive issues such as human rights, governance, religious freedom, and humanitarian aid. As individual human rights and political liberties have declined over the past few years, governme…Continue Reading
Malaysia’s Shiite Muslims seek to legally worship
Shiite Muslims in Malaysia have made a rare public plea for authorities to let them legally worship amid fears of a clampdown on outlawed religious groups, a human rights official said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Malaysia’s Shiite Muslims seek to legally worship
Shiite Muslims in Malaysia have made a rare public plea for authorities to let them legally worship amid fears of a clampdown on outlawed religious groups, a human rights official said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Boyle facing further probe into Price son jokes
Scottish funnyman Frankie Boyle’s woes are worsening – he is facing a possible probe by a human rights watchdog over his jibes about model-turned-reality TV star Katie Price’s disabled son.Continue Reading
Sexual Violence in Haiti’s Camps
As told by Liesl Gerntholtz and Meghan Rhoad
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Iran: Rescind Execution Order for Kurdish Student
Update: December 29, 2010
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Gbagbo’s government denies Ivory Coast rights violations
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The government of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo on Sunday rejected U.N. allegations of widespread human rights violations by its security forces.Continue Reading
Gbagbo’s government denies Ivory Coast rights violations
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The government of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo on Sunday rejected U.N. allegations of widespread human rights violations by its security forces.Continue Reading
Gbagbo’s govt denies Ivory Coast rights violations
The government of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo Sunday rejected U.N. allegations of widespread human rights violations by its security forces.Continue Reading
Angolan rights activists freed, colleague says
Angolan human rights activists imprisoned after a separatist attack have been freed in time for Christmas, a colleague said Saturday.Continue Reading
60-year-old Indian rights activist jailed for life
An Indian court has convicted a human rights activist of aiding communist rebels in eastern India and sentenced him to life in prison, his attorney said Saturday.Continue Reading
60-year-old Indian rights activist jailed for life
An Indian court has convicted a human rights activist of aiding communist rebels in eastern India and sentenced him to life in prison, his attorney said Saturday.Continue Reading
Pakistan: The Last Word
Ali Dayan Hasan, country representative of Human Rights Watch, spoke with Newsweek Pakistan’s Fasih Ahmed recently. Excerpts:
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China bars political dissident access to lawyers
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s most prominent human rights advocates, who was charged in June for subversion, has been denied access to his lawyers, a move that rights activists say sets the stage for a hasty and covert trial.Continue Reading