US State Department Concern Over Human Rights Abuses in Iran
The United States is deeply concerned that Iran continues to deny its citizens and other persons within Iran their human rights. Judicial cases, trials, and sentences continue to proceed without transparency and the due process rights enshrined in the...
NATIONAL BODIES KEY TO SAFEGUARDING OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS – UN OFFICIAL
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
HOMOPHOBIC HATE CRIMES ON THE RISE, UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WARNS
PAKISTAN: Military threatens food security of farmers by illegal land grabbing in Punjab
The peasants living in Okara, Punjab have been confronting serious food insecurity by military-run corporations and family members of retired military officers who have illegally occupied the land the peasants have been cultivating for generations.
Former City of Newark Employee Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Extortion
A former City of Newark, N.J., official was sentenced today to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for attempted extortion, after admitting that he accepted a $10,000 corrupt payment in order to assist a contractor in obtaining...
Former Kershaw County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Department Officer Sentenced for Assaulting a Handcuffed Arrestee
The Justice Department announced today that Oddie Tribble, 51, a former deputy sheriff with the Kershaw County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan...
UN officials warn of escalating human rights violations across Middle East
Syrians protest in Damascus on 24 April 2011
In Brief: Bangladeshi monks call for demilitarization of CHT
The CHT has a largely Budhist population
Community Relations Teams Visit Disaster-Damaged Areas
In an effort to help people recover from the April 15-28 tornadoes and storms that struck Mississippi, community relations specialists from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are contacting...
MOZAMBIQUE: North overwhelmed by asylum seekers
Police have picked up asylum seekers and returned them to the camp
