U.N. committee slams Iran over human rights record
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – 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
UN committee condemns North Korea over torture and rights
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – 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
North Korea rejects UN resolution on human rights
North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading
Detainees tortured in Libya: rights groups
Three human rights groups on Friday charged that torture was used in Libya and impunity was granted to perpetrators, citing for instance the case of an engineer who died shortly after his detention.Continue Reading
Student from Kenya Selected as First Recipient of ARAG Chad Hensley Diversity Scholarship at Drake Law School
ARAG scholarship recipient plans to work for human rights and better quality of life for people in Africa.Continue Reading
Libya: Investigate Death-in-Custody Case
(Geneva) – Recently obtained documents show that Libya’s security chief blocked an investigation into the death in detention in 2006 of a man being held under questionable circumstances, the human rights groups Alkarama, TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), …Continue Reading
UN accuses Iran, Myanmar, N. Korea of rights abuse
A UN General Assembly committee passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran, North Korea and Myanmar, provoking a furious reaction from their delegations.Continue Reading
Is the U.S. Training Cambodian Troops Linked to Human Rights Abuses?
Federal law bars U.S. forces from assisting foreign military units if there is evidence that theyhave gone unpunished after committing human rights violations. In Cambodia, thequestion of how Washington should interpret that law is far fromsettledContinue Reading
Accused abusers hit by UN condemnation
A UN General Assembly committee passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran, North Korea and Myanmar, provoking a furious reaction from their delegations.Continue Reading
Accused abusers hit by UN condemnation
A UN General Assembly committee passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran North Korea and Myanmar provoking a furious reaction from their delegations.Continue Reading
NATO/Afghanistan: Abusive Partners Undermine Transition Plan
(New York) – Leaders attending the NATO Summit meeting in Lisbon should make a public commitment to a security transition plan for Afghanistan that bars engaging with abusive and corrupt commanders, forces, and contractors, Human Rights Watch said toda…Continue Reading
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