Human Rights Video and Articles

Panama's Ex-Dictator Noriega Ill

05 Feb 2012

…absentia for crimes committed in Panama, including the murder of critics. He also faces a series of other complaints for human rights abuses. Noriega spent 20 years in a Miami prison on drug charges after his overthrow, and was then extradited to France… ...

Clinton: Strengthen Syrian Sanctions

05 Feb 2012

…it is regrettable that these reasonable concerns are not taken into account." Meanwhile, human rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that 19 civilians, including at least four children, and 21 army troops were killed… ...

Syrian Opposition Criticizes UN

05 Feb 2012

…clearly desire the attainment of their rights and freedoms." As the SNC expressed its anger, human rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that 57 more people had been killed in Syria, adding to the weekend's ever-increasing… ...

More Than 300 Dead In Syrian Massacre

04 Feb 2012

…Sky News reported. Citing Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman, AFP put the Homs death…
…reported. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian forces also opened fire on a funeral procession… ...

Obama decries 'unspeakable…

04 Feb 2012

…portray them as victims of alleged shelling. Two main opposition groups, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees, said the death toll in Homs was more than 200 people and included women and… ...

UN Security Council Plans Syria Vote

03 Feb 2012

…105 people and left hundreds more injured in the central Syrian city of Homs late Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The observatory said the mortar fire had hit the Al Khalidiya district of Homs, which has become a flashpoint… ...

Mexican Cops Take Refuge from Gangs

01 Feb 2012

…Murguia stood by his police chief, Julian Leyzaola, a controversial former soldier who has also been asked to resign by human rights groups for his alleged heavy-handed policing. "The chances that he resigns or that they force him to resign are… ...

Russian envoy reportedly says…

01 Feb 2012

…At least six army defectors were killed in the fighting, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said some of the regime forces battered the towns of Deir Qanoun and Ein al-Fija, causing an unconfirmed… ...

Obama Defends US Drone Program

31 Jan 2012

…has faced increased scrutiny -- from international human-rights groups but particularly in Pakistan. US officials…
…have been killed there. Pakistani officials and some human-rights group say the number of civilian dead is far higher… ...

When will the West act against…

30 Jan 2012

…Leo wrote. After Hosni Mubarak ’s regime collapsed, 100,000 Christians fled Egypt in what the Egyptian Union of Human Rights called a “mass exodus.” In the Gaza Strip , which is controlled by the radical Islamic terror group Hamas, 3,000… ...

Embattled Yemeni President Saleh…

28 Jan 2012

…from prosecution, a move condemned by detractors and human rights activists as a violation of international law…
…those who express dissent," the global organization Human Rights Watch said in a statement Monday. Nevertheless, U… ...

Taliban Tries to Sell Softer Image

28 Jan 2012

…an effort to appear a more moderate force, promising peaceful relations with neighboring countries and respect for human rights. The big unknown is whether this new rhetoric represents a meaningful transformation -- or is merely designed to sugarcoat… ...

Florida's election laws…

27 Jan 2012

…of citizens. The Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights on Friday held a field hearing in Tampa on the state’s changes, suspecting that they are aimed at suppressing the vote… ...

Ex-Dictator to Face Genocide Charges

27 Jan 2012

…Guatemala from 1982-83 after a military coup, is accused in 266 incidents that resulted in 1,771 deaths, 1,400 human rights violations and the displacement of 29,000 indigenous Guatemalans. The case also involves the country's first genocide… ...

More Deaths as Syrian Violence Spreads

27 Jan 2012

…The count, based on reports from human rights groups, included children under…
…based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other activists. They said…
…director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told the AP on Friday. He called… ...

Egypt Bans Travel for US Official's Son

27 Jan 2012

Egypt has banned at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, hiking tensions with Washington over a campaign by Egypt's military against groups promoting democracy and human rights. ...

The message we need to send Iran

26 Jan 2012

…whatsoever to the United States. Their charismatic leader, Madam Maryam Rajavi, whom I know and admire, embraces human rights for all, the same principles every American cherishes. Courts throughout the United Kingdom , the European Union… ...

Islamists, Liberals Face Off in Egypt

25 Jan 2012

…of perpetuating their former mentor's authoritarian system, bungling the transition and committing large-scale human rights violations. The Brotherhood says the generals should go, but are willing to accept their promise to step down by the… ...