HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepageFears for syrian child protesters amid fresh reports of deaths 0
Post Views: 6 Reports that Syrian authorities tortured a 13-year-old sparked global outrage © Thorsten Strasas/Demotix Amnesty International urged the Syrian authorities to protect child protesters amid fresh reports of young people being tortured and killed. Video evidence has emerged in
Read MoreInvestigation into Pakistan student killing must lead to prosecution 0
Post Views: 7 Sarfaraz Shah was unarmed at the time of the shooting © AwazTV Network Any Pakistani investigation into the killing of an unarmed student by paramilitary police forces must be thorough and impartial, and lead to a conviction of
Read MoreSyrian soldier ‘ordered to fire’ on peaceful protesters 0
Post Views: 10 Many of the protesters carried roses to show they were peaceful © Private A former member of the Syrian Republican Guard has told Amnesty International that he and other soldiers were ordered to open fire on unarmed protesters
Read MoreThe Devil’s Experiments 0
Post Views: 13 Guatemalan Victims Still Haunted by US Syphilis Study Marta Orellana says she was playing with friends at the orphanage when the summons sounded: “Orellana to the infirmary. Orellana to the infirmary.” Waiting for her were several doctors
Read MoreUnesco debatirá el futuro de la palabra escrita en Italia 0
Post Views: 21 La Unesco realizará en Italia el segundo Foro Mundial sobre la Cultura y las Industrias Cultural (Focus 2011) en donde dedicará un importante espacio a El libro mañana, el futuro de la palabra escrita y sus desafíos
Read MoreDesaparecidos en Colombia 0
Post Views: 59 Cada rincón de la tierra contiene el llamado de nuestros desaparecidos: arrancados a la vida para silenciar las voces que molestan a los hombres-caja- fuerte. Durante la última semana del mes de mayo 2011 se celebró en
Read MoreColombia, amargo ‘record’ en presos políticos 0
Post Views: 44 7.500 personas encarceladas para callar sus voces. Urge solidaridad internacional Colombia es record amargo en presos políticos: con 7.500 presos políticos, de los cuales al menos 7.000 son civiles encarcelados bajo montajes judiciales: sindicalistas, maestros, estudiantes, académicos,
Read MoreMladic to face war crimes trial 0
Post Views: 7 Ratko Mladic is to face war crimes charges within days DAN McLAUGHLIN Ratko Mladic was flown from Serbia to the Netherlands last night to face trial for war crimes allegedly committed by his ethnic-Serb forces during Bosnia’s
Read MoreIs multiculturalism in Europe dead? 0
Post Views: 12 Amand PaulAfter the economy, the issue of immigration in country after country in Europe is affecting and influencing the outcomes of elections and usually not in a positive way. These days multiculturalism seems to be a dying
Read MoreBahrain: Formula One Should Take Account of Rights Crisis 0
Post Views: 11 Arrests, Detentions Should Raise Questions for Racing Officials (Washington, DC) – The international racing bodies responsible for scheduling Formula One events should take full account of continuing serious human rights violations when they consider rescheduling a 2011
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