‘No water for him. Let him die’: Horrifying moment Burmese Buddhists set fire to Muslim man in...
NOVANEWS The video was largely filmed by police in the town of Meiktila, Burma Intense bloodshed between Buddhists and Muslims last month Man is seen alive, but badly burned lying on the floor as police watch Sparked after row...Read more...
Can Leather Be Ethical and Eco-Friendly?
Bangladesh's tanneries, in which workers are daily exposed to toxic chemicals and permanent injury from antiquated machinery, are nearly devoid of safeguards according to a report issued by Human Rights Watch.Read more...
Burma the EU has been too quick to lift sanctions
Burma: the EU has been too quick to lift sanctions Human Rights Watch Saturday 18th May, 2013 Uzbekistan: A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History Eight years after the Andijan massacre, Uzbekistan remains a human-rights...Read more...
Questions linger over Baga ‘massacre’
The Presidency on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Many people have commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the move, while others have condemned the action that will invariably put the...Read more...
VARIOUS: Video that purports to show Syrian rebel biting organ of dead soldier sparks outrage
The Human Rights Watch and the U.S. State Department both condemned an amateur video that appeared to show a Syrian rebel commander mutilating the body of a dead soldier on Tuesday (May 14). The video, which was posted on the...Read more...
Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The United States should use the upcoming visit by Burma’s president to ask tough questions about the slowing pace of human rights reforms and insist on implementation of past commitments....Read more...
Syria's Inglorious Basterd | Jadaliyya
On 13 May 2013, Human Rights Watch released a statement attesting to the authenticity of a disturbing video that circulated first on Syrian pro-regime websites and then on social media. In it, a Syrian man cuts open a dead...Read more...
Western Sahara: Human rights in the occupied Western Sahara
Source: ISS Human rights in the occupied Western Sahara On 30 April, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) – which has been tasked since 1991 with maintaining a ceasefire and...Read more...
Controversial abuse ad in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has launched its first anti-domestic abuse ad campaign Domestic abuse is not currently criminalized in Saudi Arabia, and there are no laws protecting women from violence The King Khalid Foundation has timed the...Read more...
Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader
A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast’s 2010-11 post election violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country’s volatile...Read more...
Conviction of Ortega gunman draws int'l watchdog's praise
PhilippinesThe New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has lauded the Philippine government for the conviction of the hired killer of environmentalist Gerry Ortegathe first conviction of an extrajudicial killing since President...Read more...
From war zone to tourism: the transformation of northern Uganda
The people of Agoro in northern Uganda were some of the worst hit by the Ugandan civil war. As the village slowly recovers, Steve Hynd from the Mountain Club of Uganda visits Agoro to explore the surrounding mountains and what...Read more...
Activists: Rebel groups kidnap in Syria's Aleppo
Syrian activists say that a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels. Click to Continue »Read more...
Protesters dying from torture in Bahrain
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ralph Schoenman, political analyst, Berkeley, about the issue of ongoing and continuous torture in Bahrain particularly after the recently held Formula One Grand Prix event. The...Read more...
Is This the Most Disgusting Atrocity Filmed in the Syrian Civil War
Is This the Most Disgusting Atrocity Filmed in the Syrian Civil War? Human Rights Watch Saturday 18th May, 2013 Even by the standards of Syria's ever-worsening stream of atrocity and massacre videos, the latest footage from the...Read more...
U.N.: More than 1.5 million fled Syria, 4 million more displaced within nation
— The number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape the civil war has passed 1.5 million, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. “The Syrian conflict continues to have a devastating impact on the lives of those...Read more...
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Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH NEW YORK — Activist Cynthia Brown, one of the guiding forces at the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch, has died at age 60 after fighting cancer. Brown started with Human Rights...Read more...
China Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council
China: Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council Human Rights Watch Friday 17th May, 2013 Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on...Read more...
Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
BEIRUT (AP) - About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove...Read more...
Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado by admin © BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of...Read more...
Thailand: Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Three years on, the Thai government has failed to fulfill its promise to impartially prosecute all those responsible for the 2010 political violence. (New York) – Three years on, the Thai...Read more...
Iraqis mourn 2 Shiite fighters killed in Syria
Iraqis Mourn 2 Shiite Fighters Killed in Syria Iraqis in southern city mourn 2 Shiite fighters killed in Syria Torture Evidence Found in Syrian Prisons Torture Evidence Found in Syrian Prisons Human Rights Watch says it has...Read more...
Fox News Shows Video Of Israeli Special Forces Returning From A Mission In Syria
Source: News unlimited Syria/New York/ Washington Dc, May 15 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch and the U.S. State Department both condemned an amateur video that appeared to show a Syrian rebel commander mutilating the body of a...Read more...
Syria: Obama pins hopes on peace talks
• Obama maintains cautious approach on Syria • Russia insists Iran should take part in Syria talks • HRW finds government torture chambers in Raqqa Call the main Guardian and Observer switchboard: Welcome to Middle East Live....Read more...
China: Revise Disability Regulations for Education
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email (New York) – The Chinese government should demonstrate its commitment to the rights of people with disabilities by announcing on China ’s “Help the Disabled Day” that it will remove barriers...Read more...
Free Syrian Army Terrorists Sawed an Alawites Militiaman
Al-Hamad, who is Wahhabi (extremist Sunni) and harbors a sectarian hatred for Alawite and Shiite Muslims, said he has another gruesome video of his killing a government soldier from the Alawite faith. “Hopefully we will...Read more...
Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons by admin © BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under the control of the...Read more...
Officials Raise Alarm Over Poor Prison Conditions In Aweil > Gurtong Trust > Editorial
The Northern Bahr el Ghazal Prisons Service Officials have raised alarm on the poor conditions at the correction facility calling for government to expand the prison due to a high influx of inmates just three months after three...Read more...
[Uruknet 97632 17-may-2013 19:09 ECT] Does This Not Outrage You?
May 15, 2013 - Much has been said over the past two days in the world press about a sick video showing an FSA commander tearing the heart out of a dead Hezbullah fighter (sent to murder Syrians) in Qusayr, Homs and then eating...Read more...
Argentina: On the Death of Jorge Rafael Videla
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Jorge Rafael Videla participated in the March 24, 1976 coup d’etat, and acted as de facto president of Argentina until 1981. According to local human rights groups, approximately 30,000 people...Read more...
