U.S. report to UN Human Rights Council
(Reuters) – The United States under the scrutiny of the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council for the first time on Friday defended its human rights record as it faced criticism from foes including Cuba and Iran.Continue Reading
U.S. defends human rights record at U.N.
The United States weathered criticism of its human rights record from friends and foes alike on Friday in a United Nations forum that the former Bush administration had boycotted as hypocritical.Continue Reading
US defends human rights record before UN body
The U.S. stood accused Friday of human rights violations ranging from racial discrimination to prison overcrowding and abuses by its troops, as friends and foes lined up to chide Washington in a U.N. forum the U.S. has pledged to be an equal member of …Continue Reading
Top Syrian lawyer beaten in jail, rights groups say
International human rights groups said a leading Syrian lawyer was attacked in prison last week, and called on authorities in Damascus to guarantee his safety.Continue Reading
US weathers calls for torture probes at UN rights meet
The United States faced a barrage of calls to investigate allegations of torture and shut down Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday in its first review by the UN’s top human rights assembly.Continue Reading
US defends human rights record before UN body
The United States stood accused Friday of human rights violations ranging from racial discrimination to prison overcrowding and abuses by its troops, as friends and foes lined up to chide Washington in a U.N. forum the U.S. has pledged to be an equal m…Continue Reading
US faces calls for torture probes at UN rights meet
The United States faced a barrage of calls from its diplomatic foes on Friday to investigate allegations of torture, during its first review in the UN Human Rights Council.Continue Reading
Cuba and Iran blast U.S. human rights at U.N. forum
The United States defended its human rights record on Friday from criticism from foes including Cuba and Iran, who called for it to close Guantanamo prison and investigate alleged torture by its troops abroad.Continue Reading
Saving Pakistan
Ali Dayan Hasan, Senior South Asia Researcher for Human Rights Watch, spoke to Friday Times reporter Raza Rumi about the importance of respecting human rights while taking on the Taliban in Pakistan.
Is it possible to fulfill human rights’ obligations…Continue Reading
US defends human rights record before UN body
Senior U.S. diplomats have defended America’s human rights record at the United Nations while acknowledging imperfections and expressing willingness to engage other countries in a debate on the issue.Continue Reading
Guinea: Ensure Restraint by Security Forces During Elections
(Dakar) – The special unit to maintain security during the second round of Guinea’s presidential elections, on November 7, 2010, should act with discipline, minimum force, and neutrality, Human Rights Watch said today. While the first round of election…Continue Reading
Syria: Jailed Rights Defender Assaulted, Punished in Prison
(London) – Eight leading human rights organizations today called on the Syrian government to guarantee the safety of Muhannad al-Hassani, a human rights defender serving a three-year prison term, after he was assaulted last week in ‘Adra prison, Dama…Continue Reading
Criminalizing Identities
This 62-page report details how the government uses article 347 bis of the Penal Code to deny basic rights to people perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). The report describes arrests, beatings by the police, abuses in prison, …Continue Reading
Letter to the Government of Iran Regarding the Abuse of Sexual Minorities
His Excellency Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
Head of the Human Rights Council of the Judiciary
His Excellency Alireza Avai
Head of the Tehran Judiciary
His Excellency A…Continue Reading
Canada: Ignatieff Has Some Explaining to Do
It was not surprising that last week Stephen Harper’s government defeated a modest opposition private member’s bill that offered an opportunity to improve the human rights records of Canadian oil, mining and gas companies.
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