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15 Countries Join UN Human Rights Council Voice of America Photo: AP The UN General Assembly has elected 15 countries to join the 47-member UN Human Rights Council. The lead-up to Friday's vote was overshadowed by Syria's uncontested candidacy which was widely criticized because Damascus has been locked in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
UN Rights Envoy Says Little Progress in Burma Despite New Government Voice of America Photo: AP A UN envoy for human rights in Burma says the new government is failing to address the widespread abuse of ethnic-minority groups. The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintan, says the new government is doing little ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Bahrain's top human rights activist targeted two days after Obama speech MiamiHerald.com By ROY GUTMAN ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Teargas grenades were fired in the middle of the night into the home of the leading human rights activist on Bahrain - in what may be the answer of hardliners running Bahrain to President Barack Obama's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Rights Groups Call on US to Protect Against LRA Rebel Attacks Voice of America Photo: AP A coalition of nearly 40 human rights and humanitarian organizations is calling on the Obama administration to step up efforts to protect civilians against LRA rebels. For many years the Lord's Resistance Army was based in northern Uganda, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Rights Group Says Guinea Needs Rule of Law Voice of America Photo: AP Human Rights Watch says Guinea's new government should address what it says are profound rights and governance problems that have underscored decades of abuse. Guinean President Alpha Conde took office in December of last year amid high hopes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Netanyahu's Comments Draw Praise From Jewish Human Rights Group Wall Street Journal (blog) (European Pressphoto Agency/Michael Reynolds) "I was delighted," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, a Jewish human rights group. "The prime minister decided while the press was there that he was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
US Sanctions Syria for Human Rights Abuses Voice of America Photo: AP The United States on Wednesday invoked sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and six senior officials in his government for human rights abuses. Administration officials announced the sanctions one day before President Barack Obama ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Human Rights Campaign Lauds NV Legislature for Passing Transgender Protections FoxReno.com WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today lauds the Nevada legislature for passing two vital pieces of legislation, SB 331 and SB 368. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Government ... By campaign The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has previously documented, in its December 2010 report, Punishing Stars, that the Iranian government systematically discriminates against hundreds of Baha'i students, alongside student ... International Campaign for Human... - http://www.iranhumanrights.org/ | ||
Azerbaijan: Activist Sentenced in Political Trial | Human Rights Watch By Human Rights Watch (New York) - The Nizami District Court of Ganja city sentenced a youth activist to two years in prison for military draft evasion on May 18, 2011, in a politically motivated trial, Human Rights Watch said today. - http://www.hrw.org/en/rss/news | ||
Human rights at home | Red Brick By stevehilditch Human rights and equalities, like Health and Safety, get a bad press. The media associate them with overweening European institutions and bureaucratic interference with the ability of people to do whatever they like. ... Red Brick - http://redbrickblog.wordpress.com/ | ||
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Release Women's ... By campaign (25 May 2011) Iranian judicial authorities should immediately release two recently detained women's rights activists, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Campaign added that the Judiciary should end the ... International Campaign for Human... - http://www.iranhumanrights.org/ | ||
US/Central Africa: Protect Civilians From LRA ... - Human Rights Watch By Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - The United States government should step up efforts to protect civilians in central Africa from abuses by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a coalition of 39 human rights and humanitarian organizations said ... - http://www.hrw.org/ |
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