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Abuses in Myanmar despite reforms: Rights group

A Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday says violence and ongoing rights abuses continue unabat...

Mugabe plans to retire after next polls: Reports

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seeking immunity from prosecution for a string of human rights...

`Army has zero tolerance for human rights abuse’

Asserting that the Army had institutionalised the aspect of human rights even before the NHRC was es...

US sanctions Iranian officials for rights abuses

The US has slapped sanctions on two senior Iranian officials for "serious" human rights abuses aim...

Sri Lankan minister criticises SM Krishna

A Sri Lankan minister criticised the External Affairs Minister`s suggestion for investigation into a...

Jamaica must probe human rights abuses: Amnesty

More than 2,220 fatal shootings by police were reported from 2000 to 2010.

Satellites can track human rights abuses

They can be monitored by inferring into the digital images that satellites transmit.

Syria among worst for rights abuses: HRW report

Syria jailed lawyers and used violence to repress ethnic Kurds, said HRW.

S Korean PM`s department searched over rights abuse

South Korean prosecutors raided the Prime Minister`s department on Friday over allegations that its...

Top panel to review Lanka ethnic conflict, probe rights abuses

The government will soon set up a top reconciliation panel to review the bloody three decades ethn...

Over 3.7 lakh complaints against police on rights abuse

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) got over 370,000 complaints against the police force rel...

US slams China for `poor` rights record, Beijing hits back

US on Friday slammed China for its "poor" human rights record of repressing Tibetans and other ethni...

Sri Lankan general returns from US without being grilled

General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka`s Army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels ...

Lanka to probe US report on war crimes allegations

Amid growing global pressure to probe allegations of human rights abuses, Sri Lanka on Monday said i...

EU could cut Sri Lanka trade over rights abuses

The European Union (EU) could freeze key trade privileges to Sri Lanka worth tens of millions of eur...

EU to cut trade benefits to Lanka over alleged rights abuses

The European Commission is to recommend withdrawing trade benefits from Sri Lanka over alleged human...

`EU to cut trade benefits to Lanka over alleged rights abuses`

The European Commission is to recommend withdrawing trade benefits from Sri Lanka over alleged hum...

Rights abuse reports surface on Nepal`s festival of lights

As Nepal on Friday began celebrating its five-day festival of lights, the merry-making was marred by...

Russia must speak out on rights abuses: Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today urged Russia to take a stronger line on rights abuses,...

UN asks Maoists to cooperate in rights abuse cases

The United Nations on Friday asked former Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda to instruct his party ...

Abuse by Mexican military up 600%: HRW

Human Rights Watch has said the number of human rights complaints levelled against the Mexican milit...

UN for actions against Nepal army personnel for rights abuses

The UN rights body in Nepal on Friday expressed serious concern over slow investigation in various...

Iran may allocate $20 mn to probe US abuses

Iranian state radio says Parliament plans to debate a bill to allocate USD 20 million to investigate...

Significant evidence of rights abuse in Gaza: Pillay

Contending that there was "significant" evidence of human rights violation by Israeli forces in Gaza...

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