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Human Rights Groups Sue Obama
A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday by The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, challenging the CIA’s authority to kill a U.S. born cleric. The two groups filed their
Read More »Human Rights Activists Arrested At U2 Gig
by Mick Meaney On Wednesday, 25th August, Russian police detained a number of Amnesty International workers outside a U2 gig in Moscow. The activists were handing out leaflets and collecting signatures outside the Luzhniki
Read More »Police Association Supports Marijuana Legalization
by Mick Meaney The National Black Police Association has endorsed Proposition 19, which if passed, would legalize marijuana in California, allowing people over 21 to grow marijuana and possess up to an ounce. The
Read More »UN To Form Sri Lanka War Crimes Panel
Colombo – Sri Lanka on Wednesday criticized the appointment of a panel by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to investigate allegations of human rights violations during the last months of the government’s war against
Read More »Human Rights Watch calls Gaza destruction ‘unlawful’
The Israeli army unlawfully destroyed civilian property in its 22-day offensive in Gaza in 2008 and 2009, a report by Human Rights Watch says, BBC informed. Israeli forces destroyed buildings that had “no military
Read More »Pentagon must lift ban on Guantanamo reporters
The American Civil Liberties Union and several other rights groups today sent a letter to the Pentagon expressing concern over the banning of four reporters from future Guantanamo military commissions proceedings. The reporters were
Read More »Refugees Increasingly Being Refused Asylum
By Lisa Schlein The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders to asylum seekers. He says the number of places where people fleeing conflict and persecution
Read More »Zimbabwe’s secret police arrests top human rights lawyer
Zimbabwe’s secret police on Thursday arrested top human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama on as yet unspecified allegations, colleagues said. Muchadehama was apprehended by three officers of the notorious “law and order” section of the
Read More »Hypocritical Yahoo hosts human rights summit
By Aharon Etengoff | Chicago (IL) – Yahoo is currently hosting a summit on business and human rights at its Sunnyvale campus. Journalists and social entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia and the Middle East are
Read More »Human Rights Groups Still Waiting for Obama to Deliver
While human rights and open-government groups are generally pleased with President Barack Obama’s rhetoric during his first 100 days, some are skeptical that he will deliver on his promises. Caroline Fredrickson, head of the
Read More »Pastor testifies that he was tortured in the Philippines
Claims made by the Philippines government to a good human rights track record “are utterly false”, the Rev Berlin Guerrero told the United Nations Committee against Torture this week. A victim of torture himself,
Read More »Rights group: Pentagon to release new prisoner abuse photos
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Xinhua) — The Pentagon will release “a substantial number” of new photos that show abuse of prisoners at U.S.-run prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan, a civil rights group said Friday. The
Read More »UK torture collusion ‘widespread’
British involvement in the mistreatment of terrorism suspects abroad is wider than previously reported, a human rights group has claimed. Cageprisoners – which campaigns on terror detention – said there were 29 cases of
Read More »1 in 50 Children in US is Homeless
By Cynthia Hubert | In and out of classrooms, sleeping in shelters, shielded by parents, homeless children can seem invisible to society at large. A national study released Monday finds that one in 50
Read More »Fate of Guantánamo Detainees Still Murky
By William Fisher | Human rights groups are hailing reports that President-elect Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order on his first full day in office directing the closing of the Guantánamo Bay
Read More »Rumsfeld blamed in detainee abuse scandals
A bipartisan Senate report calls decisions made by the former Defense secretary a ‘direct cause’ of inhumane treatment of prisoners of war. Other Bush officials also are faulted. By Greg Miller and Julian E.
Read More »FDA Scientists Revolt Against Corrupt Food and Drug Administration Officials
By Mike Adams | A group of scientists working in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health division has revolted against the corrupt managers of its own department, accusing them of committing crimes
Read More »Close Gitmo and End Unconstitutional Military Commissions Now
By Robert Greenwald | We have the chance to help President-elect Obama reclaim democracy and restore the rule of law in our country, which he can do on his first day in office. By shutting
Read More »Amnesty calls on Afghan government to halt executions
London – Amnesty International has called on the government of Afghanistan to repeal the death sentences against 111 people who are on death row. In a statement released in London Thursday, to coincide with
Read More »Britain: Forty percent of children live in poverty
By Peter Reydt | More than 40 percent of children in the United Kingdom are living in poverty, according to the latest research. That is some 5.5 million children. Whilst official measures of child
Read More »Human Rights Watch: Indian forces, Maoist rebels use child fighters
New Delhi – Indian security forces and Maoist rebels should end the use of child fighters in their long conflict in the central state of Chhattisgarh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. The New
Read More »‘No to Olympics without human rights’
A protester tried to set himself alight outside the Chinese embassy in Ankara on Friday as Chinese Muslims denounced human rights violations in China ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games. About 300 people,
Read More »Court Confirms President’s Dictatorial Powers
By Andy Worthington | Wake up, America! On July 15, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled by 5 votes to 4 in the case of Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli (PDF) that the
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