Indonesia Tom Lantos Commission Hearing Testimony
"Human Rights in Indonesia" Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you for inviting me to testify today, and thank the committee for focusing on Indonesia’s human rights record, which too often today does not receive the attention...Read more...
Myanmar reforms bear fruit growth to accelerate IMF
Myanmar's economy expanded 6.5 percent last year and is set for further modest acceleration, the IMF estimated Wednesday, as sweeping reforms herald hopes of a renaissance for the impoverished nation. At the end of a mission to...Read more...
Russia Developing Killer Robots to Defend Against Terrorists
Susanne Posel Occupy Corporatism May 22, 2013 Russia has endeavored to create their own killer robots that will be designed to eliminate terrorists. Deputy Prime Minister Dimitry Rogozin, who also oversees defense, explained...Read more...
Dark future for womens rights in Afghanistan
determined that some 400 women and girls were locked away in Afghan prisons and juvenile detention facilities for the 'moral crime' of running away from home or having sex outside of marriage. My organisation, Human Rights...Read more...
Greek Far Right Hangs a Target on Immigrants
NOVANEWS ed note–since publishing the story this morning concerning the threat supposedly sent by Greece’s Golden Dawn political party, we here at TUT have been inundated with complaints, asserting that the story had to be a...Read more...
United States: Facebook Makes Human Rights Commitment
United States: Facebook Makes Human Rights Commitment (Washington, DC) - Facebook has taken a critical step toward increasing respect for human rights by joining the Global Network Initiative. Facebook joined the Global Network...Read more...
SE Asia Stocks-Singapore up on earnings hopes Thai shares fall
BANGKOK, May 22 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose to new highs on Wednesday on light to moderate volume and ahead of U.S. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in Congress, with expectations of improved...Read more...
Chinese premier visits Pakistan praises ties
A man walks next to huge portraits of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, left, displayed near the presidency in Islamabad, Pakistan. Keqiang will arrive in Islamabad on May 22 on a two...Read more...
Ukraine: Allow Equality March, Protect Participants
Email Ukrainian authorities should allow the Kiev Pride Equality March, scheduled for May 25, 2013, in Kiev, to proceed and protect its participants from violence, Human Rights Watch said today. In a letter sent to Kiev’s city...Read more...
Focus on politics problems would help Ivory Coast recovery
Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:46 Written by knolotics-writer1 (0 votes, average 0 out of 5) Long-term recovery in Ivory Coast would be supported by focusing on the country's political problems, Human Rights Watch said. Ivory Coast...Read more...
Ukraine: Allow Equality March, Protect Participants
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ukrainian authorities should allow the Kiev Pride Equality March, scheduled for May 25, 2013, in Kiev, to proceed and protect its participants from violence, Human Rights Watch said today. In a...Read more...
IFEX Daily Digest for 22 May 2013
Daily Digest 22 May 2013 _______________________________________ --------- TOP STORY --------- Nepal In Nepal, press faces litigation for critical coverage of courts Committee to Protect Journalists Judicial authorities in...Read more...
United States: Facebook Makes Human Rights Commitment
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Facebook has taken a critical step toward increasing respect for human rights by joining the Global Network Initiative. (Washington, DC) – Facebook has taken a critical step toward increasing...Read more...
Kazakhstan: Drop Religious Incitement Charges - Reuters AlertNet -- 11:06
Source: Human Rights Watch - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:45 AM Kazakh authorities should drop criminal charges against a journalist and immediately release him from a psychiatric clinic where he is under forced observation. On May 13,...Read more...
New York Rabbi’s Awful Award
Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities? Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono listens to a remark by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at...Read more...
Human Rights Watch Spins Another Israel-hater Into a Hero
The Times of Israel 22 May 2013 By Gerald Steinberg One would think that someone who openly supports terror attacks on Israeli civilians would be disqualified for a human rights award. Remarkably, however, Human Rights Watch...Read more...
Human Rights Watch Organization demands approval of Women’s anti-violence law
The Human Rights Watch organization has expressed its deep concerns over the disapproval of the recently rejected anti- violence law meant to protect Afghan Women that was rejected in the Lower House of Parliament. The draft...Read more...
Info Wars: IRS Official Invokes The Fifth, Angering Tea Party Patriots Group
Infowars.comMay 22, 2013 Lois Lerner told House investigators she didn’t do anything wrong and she didn’t break any laws, and then she invoked her Fifth Amendment Right to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination. But then,...Read more...
Afghan students protest women’s rights decree
KABUL — Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women’s rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal...Read more...
Watchdog probes RCMP in B.C.’s north
Lori Culbert (Vancouver Sun) – A civilian policing watchdog is launching an investigation into the conduct of RCMP officers in northern B.C. who have been accused of mistreating aboriginal girls and women. The Commission for...Read more...
Too Fast, Too Soon | Foreign Policy
Why Obama’s embrace of Myanmar is putting the cart before the horse. BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | MAY 21, 2013 On Monday, Myanmar President Thein Sein had a historic meeting with President Barack Obama — the first time a head of...Read more...
Saudi reportedly executes Yemeni gang members
Saudi Arabia has executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national and forming a gang that committed robberies across several towns in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.Read more...
A rebel army seizes control of Central African Republic
Christians in Central African Republic (CAR) are at risk from the rebel army, Seleka, and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). LRA is an occultic militia with sanctuary in southern Darfur, Sudan, and now believed to [...]Read more...
Mizzima News: UN praises Myanmar over child soldier issue
The United Nations on Monday praised the Myanmar government and army for its steps made toward ending the recruitment of child soldiers. “The signature of an action plan in June 2012 was a major breakthrough and I commend the...Read more...
Top Concerns in Asias Unfinished Development Agenda for the Post-MDG Era
More MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Asia and the Pacific face a daunting unfinished development agenda when the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) expire in 2015. The focus in this fast growing region should be on the glaring gaps in...Read more...
World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa’s Great Lakes – Reuters
By Anna Yukhananov KINSHASA | Wed May 22, 2013 9:19am EDT KINSHASA (Reuters) – The World Bank pledged $ 1 billion on Wednesday to fund development in central Africa’s Great Lakes region in return for peace, but fresh fighting...Read more...
ki fudbal u BiH kog
ki fudbal u BiH ?kog nogo, Human Rights Watch. means the force could now be much bigger."I urge all Bangladeshis to remain vigilan...Read more...
Reforming Telecommunications in Burma : Human Rights and Responsible Investment in Mobile and the...
Human Rights Watch, Reforming Telecommunications in Burma : Human Rights and Responsible Investment in Mobile and the Internet, 19 May 2013, ISBN: 978-1-62313-0121, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b46d44.html...Read more...
Alice Farmer: A Real-Life 'Hunger Games'
We all should know that for tens of thousands of migrant children, every day in Europe is a struggle to survive. And we should all want to do more - if these were our children, we'd want so much more.Read more...
African Union should prioritize women’s reproductive rights
The 10 worst countries to be a mother are all in sub-Saharan Africa. This editorial by two researchers with the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch urges the African Union, celebrating its 50th anniversary this week,...Read more...
