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Collection of rights group news, found 74 news.

HRW denounces "pattern of serious abuses" in Venezuela

Venezuelas security forces have engaged in a "pattern of serious abuses" against anti-government protesters, including ...

Pakistan journalism `under siege`, warns amnesty

Journalists in Pakistan are "under siege", Amnesty International warned Wednesday, living with the constant threat of ...

Amnesty says some Israeli West Bank killings may be war crimes

Israeli forces are using excessive, reckless violence in the occupied West Bank, killing dozens of Palestinians over ...

Australia asylum policy `draconian`: Rights group

Australia has damaged its human rights record by persistently undercutting refugee protections, including a ...

Xinjiang military chief punished after Beijing attack

China's Communist Party has expelled the military commander of Xinjiang from its ranks, state media reported Sunday, ...

China lifts 17-year ban on Dalai Lama photos at Tibet monastry- group

Chinese officials have lifted aban on Tibetan monks displaying photographs of the Dalai Lama at a prominent monastery, ...

China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment

China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations ...

Stop Abusing Freedom of Speech And Drop Double Standards

Although it was not for the first time that the United Nations General Assembly debated on the issue of religious ...

Myanmar urged to stop violence against rohingya muslims

The violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has drawn serious attention from many parties including ASEAN ...

ASEAN demands Myanmar`s explanation on Rohingnya conflict

ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan expects a detailed explanation by the Myanmar government on the bloody conflict ...

Amnesty: Israel must end imprisonment without trial

Israel must free all Palestinians held without charges under so called "administrative detention" orders or give them ...

Seven dead in clashes in Libyan oasis town

Seven people were killed and more than 20 wounded as gunmen raided the oasis town of Ghadames on the border with ...

Sri lanka offers information on war detainees

Sri Lankan authorities released information for the first time on Sunday about thousands of people held under ...

Civilian deaths up in 2011 Israeli-Palestinian fighting: NGO

The past year saw a sharp rise in the number of civilians killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an Israeli human ...

Thailand blocks 5,000 `royal insult` web pages

Thai authorities have blocked thousands of web pages deemed insulting to the monarchy in the past three months, police ...