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UK Foreign Office Calls for Sri Lanka War Crimes Inquiry
The British Foreign office has renewed pressure on Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of war...
“Crimes Against Humanity in Daraa,” says Human Rights Watch
Systematic killings and torture by Syrian security forces qualify as crimes against humanity, H...
Amnesty International Celebrates 50th Birthday
The world’s largest human rights organisation, Amnesty International, celebrated 50 years of hu...
Freed Journalist Thanks Human Rights Organisation
Eynulla Fatullayev, a journalist from Azerbaijan who was wrongfully imprisoned, was released ye...
Petition to Free Vietnamese Human Rights Activist
The petition to free legal activist, Dr Cu Huy Ha Vu, from his seven year imprisonment has been...
Australia: Mandatory Detention for Asylum Seekers “Damaging”
The Australian Human Rights Commission has warned about the damaging impact of the mandatory de...
Kenyans Protest Over Government HIV Funding
Hundreds of Kenyan activists took to the streets in the capital of Nairobi on Wednesday, demand...
Supreme Court Rules Fingerprint and DNA Guidelines “Unlawful”
Police guidelines which allow the retention of DNA and fingerprint samples given by innocent pe...
India Builds Pressure on Sri Lanka to Investigate War Crimes
Yesterday saw India break with past practice by applying pressure to Sri Lankan President Mahin...
Compulsory Vietnamese Drug Treatment Centres “Counterproductive”
International health experts have criticised Vietnam’s estimated 70 compulsory drug treatment f...
UN Launches Romania Judicial Reform Assessment
UN Special Rapporteur, Gabriela Knaul, will visit Romania this month to examine the country’s j...
Uganda Delays Anti-Homosexual Bill
The internationally disputed anti-gay bill, which was due to be debated on Wednesday, was cance...
Delays for Detained US Hikers in Iran
The trial of two American hikers on charges of espionage and illegal entry has been postponed y...
FCO Raise Concern over Bangladesh
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office remains concerned over the Bangladeshi government’s failure...
Uproar over 'Virginity Testing' Revealed in the 70s
More than 80 women were put through ‘virginity’ testing at UK airports to question their marita...
Teenager Raped to 'Correct' Sexuality
A 13-year-old lesbian from South Africa was a victim of ‘corrective rape’ on Friday despite pla...
Amnesty International Honours Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama holds the position at the head of Buddhist religious officials of the "Yellow Ha...
MPs and Taxpayer Groups Criticise European Human Rights Laws
The British Human Rights Act under the European Convention on Human Rights has been criticised...
Yemen’s President Shouldn’t Get Immunity
A human rights organisation has claimed that Yemen’s President and his allies must not be given...
Students Support Their Right to Education
Hundreds of students attended the 10th annual Human Rights Day at the Terre Haute Indiana State...
Malaysia Sends Teenage Boys to Anti-Gay Counselling
Malaysian authorities have sent 66 effeminate schoolboys to a four day camp encouraging masculi...
Misrata Civilians Killed in Bread Queue
Eight civilians were reported dead on Sunday following a rocket attack by Libyan government for...
Guatemalan Native Families Evicted by Force
Around 2,500 people have been left homeless, with evictions set to continue even further as Gua...
First Human Rights Defenders Awards Celebrated in Ghana
An inaugural Human Rights Defender’s Awards ceremony was celebrated in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesd...
Suspected ‘Witches’ Jailed in Malawi
Around 45 people have been jailed in Malawi on charges of witchcraft, even though there are no...
US Fails to End Child Soldier Use
Human rights organizations have urged the Obama administration to follow the Children Soldiers...
Lack of Medical Care as Over 200 Dead in Latest Syrian Protests
Thousands of unarmed Syrians gathered in the city of Daraa to form a peaceful protest to call f...