Wellington-based Burmese refugee wins human rights award
A Wellington-based political refugee from Burma has won Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Human Rights Defender award.Continue Reading
Cuban dissidents jeered ahead of Human Rights Day
Government supporters jeered the dissident group “Ladies in White” on Thursday as the women marched through Havana on the eve of international Human Rights Day.Continue Reading
Cuban dissidents jeered ahead of Human Rights Day
Government supporters jeered the dissident group “Ladies in White” on Thursday as the women marched through Havana on the eve of international Human Rights Day.Continue Reading
Human rights laws ‘not sufficient’
New research argues the ACT’s human rights laws do not sufficiently protect a person’s economic, social and cultural rights.Continue Reading
Egypt: End Traffickers’ Abuse of Migrants
(New York) – Egyptian authorities should rescue migrants held for ransom and abused by human traffickers in the Sinai desert, Human Rights Watch said today. The government has neither prosecuted the traffickers nor closed down their detention sites, Hu…Continue Reading
1,000 Ready to Take Action for Health and Human Rights in South Los Angeles Tomorrow
On Friday, December 10, 2010—International Human Rights Day—a broad-based coalition of at least 1,000 policymakers, healthcare workers, activists and residents will gather for the 2nd Annual South Los Angeles Health and Human Rights Conference to t…Continue Reading
Group says Russian rights worker beaten
A human rights worker was beaten unconscious by a member of Russian security forces, his boss at the rights organization Memorial said on Thursday.Continue Reading
UN rights chief urges China to free Nobel laureate
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Thursday called for the release of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the award ceremony in Oslo.Continue Reading
China: Freedom for Liu Xiaobo and All Imprisoned by the Chinese Government for Exercising Their Rights
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The Nobel Crackdown
On Dec. 10, for the first time since 1936, when Nazi Germany prevented Carl von Ossietzky from traveling to Norway to receive his Nobel Peace Prize, neither the laureate nor any of his family members will be able to attend the Nobel ceremony in Oslo.
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Lead-Contaminated Roma Camps in Kosovo Shut Down
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Report: Indian border guards killing with impunity
India’s security forces routinely gun down cattle smugglers and other civilians crossing the border with Bangladesh despite scant evidence of any crime, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Continue Reading
Chile: Overhaul Prison System
Chile should immediately overhaul its prison system to end overcrowding and improve prison conditions, Human Rights Watch said today.
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