The State Council Information Office (SICO) of China said Wednesday that they are in the process of drafting a new human rights plan to be fully implemented by 2015. Declaring the National Human Rights Action...
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The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) said Tuesday that violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people persists in the US and that violence disproportionately impacted transgender people and minorities. The report...
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled Tuesday that abuses by members of the military should be tried in civilian courts rather than military tribunals. The court issued a unanimous ruling ordering that military officers and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) said Wednesday the Myanmar military is committing war crimes by forcing convicts to serve as porters on the front lines. In a report [text,...
Judge Burton Lifland of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the first settlement payments to victims of the $65 billion Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, sending payments of approximately...
Bangladesh prosecutors on Tuesday filed war crime charges in the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) against Delwar Hossain Sayedee for genocide, murder and rape allegedly committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . Sayedee is a...
The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) Tuesday called for a judicial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the passage of a public referendum to adopt a new constitution. The group released a report that says it...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed support Tuesday for Senegal's decision not to send former dictator Hissene Habre back to Chad, where he is wanted...
The French National Assembly on Tuesday voted 482 to 27 to authorize France's continued participation in NATO operations in Libya. The military intervention began on March 19 in response to violent reactions...
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and two Cabinet officials of corruption and sentenced them to various prison terms. Nazif was sentenced to one year , while former interior minister Habib el Adly,...
