Americas 

Venezuela: Government Targets Elected Opposition, 4 Arrested

August 12, 2017August 14, 2017 RMN News Amnesty International, Government, Human Rights, Venezuela

The arrest of four officials from the opposition in Venezuela, the removal from office of a further 11 and the

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Asia Pacific Political Issues Politics World 

New Pakistan PM Abbasi Extends Support to People of Kashmir

August 5, 2017August 7, 2017 RMN News Human Rights, Kashmir, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, PM, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Kashmir has always been a conflict area between India and Pakistan since 1947 when both these countries got freedom from

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Americas 

UN Demands Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Honduras

July 30, 2017August 1, 2017 RMN News Corruption, Honduras, Human Rights, UN

At the end of a three-day visit to Honduras, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour, underlined “the paramount

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Asia Pacific World 

Tamil Community Faces Human Rights Abuses in Sri Lanka

July 19, 2017July 20, 2017 RMN News Human Rights, Sri Lanka, Tamil

A United Nations independent human right expert said Tuesday that “routine and endemic” use of torture is happening against people

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Asia Pacific World 

‘World Lost a Principled Human Rights Champion Liu Xiaobo’

July 14, 2017July 17, 2017 RMN News China, Human Rights, Liu Xiaobo

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed his grief on the death of jailed

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Asia Pacific 

Chinese Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dies in Police Custody

July 14, 2017July 15, 2017 RMN News China, Human Rights, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize

Jailed Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who was undergoing a prison term, died Thursday in a hospital after a

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