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Collection of human right news, found 175 news.

Policewomen allowed to wear headscarves

Indonesian policewomen will be allowed to wear headscarves on duty, according to a top police official. ...

Commonwealth leaders meet, Sri Lanka human rights under scrutiny

Leaders of the Commonwealth of mostly former British colonies gathered in Colombo on Friday for a biennial summit ...

Amnesty International highlights deteriorating human rights situation in Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of failing to live up to all promises to address the dire human rights ...

For International Women's Day, Women Deliver Highlights Social Enterprises that Improve the Health and Wellbeing

- Global online voters selected 10 inspiring start-up enterprises to competein the Women Deliver Social Enterprise ...

National Environment Quality Index still stagnant: minister

Indonesian Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya said the National Environment Quality Index in recent years is ...

Indonesia qualified to answer human rights challenges: Norwegian crown prince

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Magnus said that Indonesia is qualified to answer human rights challenges as the country ...

ASEAN adopts rights pact despite criticism

Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday endorsed a human rights declaration which they called a breakthrough for the region ...

Australia proud to support RI democracy

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said that her country was proud to support Indonesian democracy not only ...

Indonesian Human Rights Ministry plans to establish inter-ministerial forum

The Law and Human Rights Ministry has announced plans to set up an inter-ministerial forum, in an effort to develop a ...

Military not taking part in running detention houses for KPK

The military chief Admiral Agus Suhartono said the military only lends detention houses to the Corruption Eradication ...

Sunda Strait bridge not to burden state budget

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said the US$27.8 billion Sunda strait bridge project would not burden the state ...

General Mobile Receives Strategic Investment from SingTel Innov8 and Mitsui

-     General Mobile Corporation (General Mobile), a Cayman-based company, announced today it has ...

Annan warns Syria of grave concern

Peace envoy Kofi Annan expressed "grave concern" to Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday and Western nations ...

UN must probe Houla massacre: HRW

The United Nations, not Syria, must investigate the Houla massacre, Human Rights Watch said adding that witness ...

Meeting of OIC`s Human Rights Commission starts in Jakarta

The first meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation`s (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission ...