Human rights group CHRI raises concern over poor access to jus...

The incident of the reported killing of three suspected armed robbers at Paragon Pub at Mallam-Atta on April 12, 2013 raises important concerns about Police Accountability. Police who are dealing with violent crimes are often times responding to ...

\\r\\n\\r\\n Earlier this month the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published its annual Human Rights and Democracy report , which details the UK's efforts to promote Human Rights during 2012. Necessarily it covers very broad territory: there ...

There were recent media reports that British parliamentarians have called on their government to boycott this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka, at a debate held in the Houses of Parliament recently. The debate, ...

- An opportunity to put the new Commonwealth Charter into practice This week the Queen signed a charter setting out the Commonwealth's values and commitment to democracy, human rights and equality. The signing of the Charter of the Commonwealth the ...

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Gender, Gender Violence, Headlines, Human Rights, Regional Categories Rape Cases Highlight Colonial Police Practices NEW DELHI, May 8 2013 (IPS) - Harsh police handling of public protests eruptingacross ...

Australia, the present Commmonwealth chairman, today asked Sri Lanka to make progress on human rights issues and reconciliation ahead of CHOGM scheduled to be held here later this year, but refused to boycott the key summit despite international ...

Prominent NGOs have released a joint human rights brief accusing the Maldivian government of failing to create conditions conducive to free and fair elections, ahead of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) meeting to be held in London ...

On March 15, India backed a US-sponsored resolution in the UN Human RightsCouncil (UNHRC) which expressed concern at continuing reports of human rights violations, extra-judicial killings, torture and violations of the rights of freedom of ...

/PRNewswire/ --??The Genesis Prize Foundation announced today that Elie Wiesel , the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and human rights activist, joins distinguished individuals from, Argentina , Canada , Israel , Italy , the Russian Federation , the ...