Data protection: EU citizens' rights must...
Data protection: EU citizens' rights must be "Updated And Upgraded" EU rules on data protection must be "updated for new technological advances and upgraded", said European Socialists and Democrats today in Brussels, as the European Commission unveiledmore
Viewpoint: Obama's poor human rights record
President Barack Obama?s recent campus visit, following his highly touted State of the Union address, has elicited a predictable upsurge of sycophantic praise for the president. A recent viewpoint written on behalf of the University?s chapter of themore
Activists say US must pressure China to free lawyer
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will use a trip to Washington to further his foreign relations credentials. [ABC] AUDIO from Connect Asia Genser discusses 'horrific' case of Gao Zhisheng Created: 30/01/2012 Human Rights groups are planning to usemore
Thai human rights contradictions abound
After successful defence of its first Universal Period Review (UPR) report last October in Geneva, the concerned Thai authorities have started to examine all recommendations from their peers at the United Nations. A total of 172 suggestions were given bymore
India slammed for its poor human rights record
Human Rights Watch comes down heavily on the government's inaction in preventing police abuses, including torture and custody deaths.more
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Review: Amnesty International benefit shows Bob Dylan?s craftmanship
Published Jan 29, 2012 10:47PM MDT Grade: A- ?Chimes of Freedom? is a new four-CD collection of mostly newly recorded covers of Bob Dylan songs, with proceeds going to Amnesty International, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Themore
Turkey not in rush on anti-France sanctions over Armenian genocide bill
Turkey delayed the releasing of sanction measures towards France over its approval of a "Armenian genocide" bill, arousing soaring debates of Turkey's dilemma among experts. The French Senate voted last Monday 127 to 86 in favor of the draft bill aftermore
Charities warn reforms will affect legal recourse over human rights abuses
Poorer victims of land grabs and police brutality will be unable to afford to go to UK courts, Oxfam and Amnesty warn Victims of oil spills, pollution or land grabs in developing countries will no longer be able to pursue claims in British courtsmore
Activists say US must pressure China to free lawyer
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will use a trip to Washington to further his foreign relations credentials. [ABC] AUDIO from Connect Asia Genser discusses 'horrific' case of Gao Zhisheng Created: 30/01/2012 Human Rights groups are planning to usemore
Saudi human rights group upset over packed classrooms
The Saudi National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has raised concerns with the education ministry about overcrowded school classes in certain parts of the kingdom, Saudi Gazette has reported. The NSHR also raised issues including problems with themore
Activists say US must pressure China to free lawyer
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will use a trip to Washington to further his foreign relations credentials. [ABC] AUDIO from Connect Asia Genser discusses 'horrific' case of Gao Zhisheng Created: 30/01/2012 Human Rights groups are planning to usemore
Swaziland: Dlamini nominated for Irish human rights award
President of the Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS), Maxwell Dlamini, has been nominated for the 2012 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The award is presented by Front Line, an Irish-based human rights organisationmore
Political bias concerning China human rights "deeply rooted": People's Daily
BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Prejudice resulting from differences between political systems has become deeply rooted in interpretations of China's human rights situation, according to an editorial in the Sunday edition of the People's Daily, the flagshipmore
Spain divided over new corruption charge against superjudge who arrested Pinochet: Protest march in support of human rights advocate Garzon also on trial over Franco-era prosecutions
The already astonishing drama surrounding Spain's crusading "superjudge", Baltasar Garzon, hit a new peak yesterday as corruption was added to the charges against him and thousands of his supporters blocked streets around the supreme court in Madrid. Themore
Human Rights Watch nails India on human rights
Custodial killings, police abuse including torture, and failure to implement policies aimed at protecting vulnerable communities marred India's record in 2011, according to the Human Rights Watch World Report Source The Sangai Expressmore
HRW criticises India on human rights in 2011
New York: India's human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a leading global rights group for its "failure" to protect vulnerable communities and rapped the government for custodial killings, police abuses, including torture. Human Rights Watchmore
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'Human Rights Watch's report on China lacks objectivity, impartiality'
The World Report 2012 report released by the New York-based NGO Human Rights Watch lacks objectivity and impartiality in examining China's human rights scenario, a report in a Chinese daily has said.A China Daily report accused the Human Right Watch ofmore
Yemen: Governments Should Oppose Saleh?s Immunity
(New York) ? YemeniPresident Ali Abudllah Saleh?s arrival in the United States for medical treatment highlights the need for international action to serve justice for serious crimes in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said today. Saleh arrived in the US onmore
29 JanAt least 66 people were killed in violence across Syria on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Bangladesh sees threats to foil war crimes trial
Bangladesh General Secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday said there is a plot to create political tension in the country, which the AL-led 14-party alliance will face with united efforts. "We are very cautious. Themore
Sri Lanka: Boyle: US should publicly accuse Colombo of committing war crimes
Pointing to the recent investigative reports in media outlets noting US may possess crucial supporting material to incriminating evidence from senior military commanders of Colombo committing war-crimes, to exposures on Wikileaks of Colombo-based USmore
Helen Wilson: Beyond Abu Qatada: Why The UK Shouldn't Split From the European Court of Human Rights
David Cameron's alleged plans to remove the UK from the European Court of Human Rights have gained an alarming level of support over the past few days. No doubt distracted by the furor surrounding the recent overruling of the UK's deportation of Islamicmore
Human rights a far cry in India?
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UN agency condemns air raids on refugee site in South Sudan
(U.N. - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees) The United Nations refugee agency today condemned two air raids near a refugee transit centre in South Sudan, saying that 14 people went missing during the attacks and that a teenage boy was injured. "Bombing ofmore
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Today, Secretary of State Clinton met with Professor Dinah Shelton, President of the (IACHR), and the members of the Commission. This is an historic moment for the Commission, which welcomes three newly elected women Commissioners to serve on themore
India's Human Rights Record In 2011 "Disappointing": HRW
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- India's human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a leading global rights group for its "failure" to protect vulnerable communities and rapped the government for custodial killings, police abuses including torture.more