Two human rights defenders arrested for complaining against to...

Tags: Violation, Human rights, Arrest, Corruption, Balkans SARAJEVO, May 14 (RAPSI) - The defense of the president of Bosnia's autonomous Muslim-Croat federation has complained to the Constitutional Court that his human rights have been violated ...

Plus, Bucharest flouts the EU with new anti-corruption appointments and police in the Balkans nab human traffickers. Police swoop down on human traffickers in Bosnia and Croatia Bosnian and Croatian law enforcement authorities have collaborated in ...

The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: May 10, 2013: In Angola's case, oil revenues have generated $3bn-6bn a year in government revenues, yet the ...

Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to ensure that corrupt judges are not only sacked but are also made to face criminal prosecution. In an interview he granted P.M.NEWS , Aturu stated that among other ...

The commemoration of International Human Rights Day gains more significance and urgency whenever civil liberties and human rights are under attack. Advocacy for civil liberties and human rights in the Philippines gained prominence during the dark ...

JUSTICE minister Wynter Kabimba JUSTICE minister Wynter Kabimba says the 2012 Zambia Human Rights Report does not reflect the correct picture of the overall human rights and governance situation in Zambuia. In his response to the 2012 Human Rights ...

Bhopal, May 15 : A state-level convention of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (Legal and Human Rights Cell) will be held at the state Congress headquarters here on May 19. MPCC Legal Cell President Vijay Chowdhary told reporters here today that ...

Canada says it will boycott this year's CHOGM in Sri Lanka due to the government's human rights failures, but Bob Carr has adopted a serendipitous attitude to Sri Lanka. The reason, writes Bruce Haigh, is boats. In the face of a great deal of ...

The abuses include torture, beatings, physical assaults, fines and arbitrary detentions of up to two years, as well as a failure to investigate crimes against sex workers by clients, bosses and state agents, according to the report. A police ...