Human Rights News

Human Rights News

Here is a preview of human rights related news compiled from a non exhaustive selection of various news sources originating from a number of organisations, national and international, working in the field. This information is updated twice a day.

Israel: Strengthen White Phosphorus Phase-Out

Human Rights Watch - 11 hours 55 min ago

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Israel should strengthen an announced reduction of its military use of white phosphorus munitions by banning all use of “air-...

Armanshahr Issue 31-32 published

FIDH - Human Rights for All - 1 day 5 hours ago

a periodical on human rights and civil society - Afghanistan

Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms

Human Rights Watch - 1 day 8 hours ago

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...

China: Revise Disability Regulations for Education

Human Rights Watch - 1 day 11 hours ago

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...

Thailand: Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence

Human Rights Watch - 1 day 16 hours ago

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...

Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution

Amnesty International - 1 day 21 hours ago

Headline Title:  Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution 17...

WFP and OCHA Educate On Humanitarian Assistance

WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - 1 day 21 hours ago

The National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (SINAPRED) of Nicaragua, government institutions, the United Nations Emergency Technical Team (UNETE), participated in a Category...

Support for Press Freedom Day debates in North Kivu

Reporters without border - 1 day 22 hours ago

Reporters Without Borders provided funding for two round-table meetings that local journalists' groups organized for media personnel in the cities of Butembo and Goma, in the Democratic Republic...

Argentina: Death of former military leader who did not escape justice

Amnesty International - 1 day 23 hours ago

Headline Title:  Argentina: Death of former military leader who did not escape justice 17...

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