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In some of 2010’s most compelling images, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from her home after years in detention and an empty chair marked the absence of Liu Xiaobo from his Nobel prize ceremony.Continue Reading

Hollywood heartthrob and human rights activist George Clooney launched a Google-powered mapping project on Wednesday aimed at preventing abuses in Sudan, where an independence referendum looms.Continue Reading

Actor George Clooney is joining forces with Google and several human rights organizations to launch the Satellite Sentinel Project, an effort that will utilize satellite imagery to try to prevent a war between North and South Sudan.Continue Reading

Cuba’s Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence against a Cuban-American who was the last person remaining on death row in the island nation, according to a veteran human rights activist.Continue Reading

OVERLAND, Kan., Dec. 28, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Near East Human Rights Initiative (NEHRI) deplores the illegal and inhumane execution today of Ali Saremi, a member of the exiled opposition group the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran …Continue Reading

Egyptian human rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government take “immediate action” to help release hundreds of Eritreans reportedly held hostage by traffickers in the Sinai Peninsula.Continue Reading

A human rights group said Tuesday the U.S. government has refused assistance to Polish prosecutors investigating whether the CIA maintained a secret prison in Poland.Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

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