Amnesty Seeks Human Rights Access in Morocco
Salil Shetty, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, is visiting Rabat on 17-18 March to meet Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and other government officials. The meeting is supposed to obtain…
Human Rights Defenders Attacked in Russia
The violent assault on human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is further evidence of the authorities’ abject failure to protect those who work to…
China Urged to Reform Rights-Abusing Laws
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) should reject or revise laws that undermine domestic and international human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to NPC Chairman Zhang Dejiang.…
Turkey Government Steamrolls Press Freedom: Amnesty
The government takeover of Zaman newspaper is the latest deeply troubling episode in the Turkish authorities’ ongoing onslaught on dissenting media, Amnesty International said Friday. According to the state news…
Security Council Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its existing measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),…
How the UN Plans to Protect Human Rights
At the opening of the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, senior UN officials emphasized the link between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the right…