World news about “Human Rights” published by euronews.
India: fake violence for real rights – nocomment Protesters from the Tibetan Peoples’ Solidarity Movement in Delhi enacted a play to portray the clashes between Tibetans and Chinese soldiers. 09/02/2012
Historical gift to the American people unveiled A 715 year old copy of Magna Carta is set to go on display in the National Archives in the U.S. after conservation work. It is owned by a Washington… 03/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War In our first edition of Women and War, we go to Brazil to meet Sonia, Sheyla, and Antonia. Week by week, we will travel from the capital Brasilia, to the… 02/02/2012
Indian tribe lead attacks with bows and arrows Pictures of the Mascho-Piro Indians believed to be the most detailed sightings ever recorded on camera have been published. The previously isolated tribe has… 01/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War – Sonia’s tale In Brazil, more than 1,500 people have been killed in a war over the use of the land. Despite the mountain of murders, there have been scarcely 100 trials… 01/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War – Sheyla’s tale In the heart of London, in front of BNDES, the Brazilian Development Bank, Sheyla Yakarepi Juruna leads a vocal protest. “We’re here at the BNDES to demand… 01/02/2012
Brazil’s Women and War – Antonia’s tale Antonia Melo de Silva is leading a battle against plans to build the world’s third biggest dam in the Amazonian rainforest. She told euronews: “They try to… 01/02/2012
Aid charity accuses Libya of torturing prisoners Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has ended its work in the Libyan city of Misrata amid claims that it is being asked to patch up tortured detainees… 26/01/2012
Revised immunity law angers Yemeni opposition Human rights groups and the opposition in Yemen have condemned a draft law granting immunity to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The bill, which will… 20/01/2012
French official denied visit to former Ukraine PM France has expressed fresh concerns over the plight of Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. It comes after France’s human rights… 19/01/2012
Orban gives way in dispute with EU Hungary’s premier Viktor Orban has yielded in a dispute with the European union over contested laws tightening his government’s control over institutions… 19/01/2012
Pinochet judge faces Madrid court Internationally known as the Spanish judge who indicted the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Baltazar Garzon left a Madrid court after finding himself in… 18/01/2012
Ten years on and calls continue for “Gitmo” to close Human Rights protesters dressed in orange prison-style jumpsuits to demand the closure of Guantanamo Bay on the 10th anniversary of the US military detention… 12/01/2012
Leading human rights campaigner backs right to protest Alex Taylor says, “Even if the economic model is perhaps not widely held up as an example around the world at the moment Europe has always prided itself on… 01/12/2011
Activist slams Russian ‘cover-up’ of lawyer’s deathLyudmila Alexeyeva, human rights activist and a founder of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, gestures during a news conference in Moscow on Monday after the… 28/11/2011
Amnesty Int’l slams the “broken promises” of Egypt’s revolutionThe claims of many protesters in Cairo that the promises made after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak have not been honoured have been backed by a… 22/11/2011
Human rights activists riot in ChileHuman rights groups have been protesting in the Chilean capital, Santiago, at the launch of a controversial new book they say celebrates the career of retired… 22/11/2011
Debate rages about forced marriages in Europe There is growing debate in Europe about forced marriages. It has been the focus of a conference at the European Parliament this week, just months after… 10/11/2011
CoE condemns failures to protect media freedom Five years after Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered, the picture is far from complete. It is understood that she was killed for her… 07/10/2011
UK: travellers to be evicted at the Dale FarmThe daughter of a traveller carries cases at the Dale Farm traveller site, near Billericay in southern England. Bailiffs were expected to begin clearing the… 19/09/2011
Yeoh plays Aung San Suu Kyi in ‘The Lady’ There was a warm welcome at the Toronto International Film Festival for Michelle Yeoh, who portrays democracy campaigner and Myanmar political leader Aung San… 15/09/2011
Workers rights must be defended, ILO chief says While deficit reduction and growth may be the current priority of most governments, workers rights must also not be forgotten. That was the clear message from… 14/09/2011
Reding faces the public’s questions in I talk Welcome to I talk from the European Parliament in Brussels, your chance to put your questions to our continent’s leading decision makers. Our guest today is… 12/09/2011
Film rejected by studios becomes box office hit Based on the best selling novel of the same name, written by Kathryn Stockett, ‘The Help’ is a box office hit that nearly did not make it as a film, after a… 31/08/2011
Christopher Street Day in Berlin – nocomment The Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lifestyles and denounces discrimination and… 25/06/2011
Is Europe moving toward gender equality? “Hello my name is Emilie is the European Union working towards harmonising equality between men and women is anything being done at European level?” Cécile… 24/06/2011
Human Rights award goes to Russian group The Russian organisation, The Committee against Torture, has won the 2011 Human Rights Prize. It was awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council… 23/06/2011
EU, Russia in ‘protectionist’ spat A Europe-Russia summit this Thursday and Friday is likely to be dominated by a dispute over Moscow’s ban on EU vegetable imports. Europe’s E.coli outbreak is… 08/06/2011
CoE backs anti-death penalty site Calling for a Europe where no one is executed, the Council of Europe has passed a resolution urging Belarus to end the practice once and for all. Observer… 14/04/2011
Women driving in Saudi Arabia In saudi arabia, it is forbidden for women to drive but many of them drive in secret. (filmed by Myriam de Chanrond) 14/04/2011
Council of Europe encouraging religious dialogue The representatives of five religions have been taking part in debate at the Council of Europe, surrounding a freshly adopted report in the human rights… 12/04/2011
Gaddafi plays hardball with his people As the violence spreads across Libya, strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s has vowed that he will not bow to pressure from the street to step down Read our… 21/02/2011
Tunisian who sparked rare protests diesA young fruit-seller who set himself on fire and sparked a rare wave of violent anti-government demonstrations in Tunisia has died of his… 05/01/2011
Shirin Ebadi on human rights in Iran Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel peace prize winner. She recently accepted, on behalf of Abdulreza Tajik, an Iranian… 17/12/2010
Human rights: judging the top judge Human rights in Europe is the specialist subject of Jean-Paul Costa. This French judge presides over the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The… 29/10/2010
Berlin haven for Iranian victims of torture Is Iran a ‘torture state’? How does Tehran treat political opponents? After the controversial presidential election last year, many opposition members fled… 16/10/2010
Support for the families of Peru’s missing Two decades of conflict in Peru left some 15,000 people missing. Today great efforts are being made to help the families left behind. The remains of some… 17/09/2010
EU award for Sakharov’s Memorial in Russia While the governments of the EU favour realpolitik in their relations with Russia, the European Parliament plays a role as guardian of conscience. It has… 04/12/2009
Turkish Armenians march for Dink actionTwo hundred Turkish Armenians have demonstrated in Istanbul, accusing the government in Ankara of dragging its feet over the murder of a prominent… 26/12/2011
Arab League moves forward with Syria monitors planArab League observers from roughly 10 nations in the region are due to arrive in Syria on Monday evening, to oversee a peace plan aimed at stopping nine… 26/12/2011
Bloodshed in Syria ahead of peace team arrivalSyrian Forces have been accused of killing more than 200 people in the run up to today’s arrival of an advance group of Arab League peace plan… 22/12/2011
Huge rally in Syria as UN resolution hopes growSome 200,000 people have taken part in anti-government protests in Homs, activists say, amid fresh hope of a United Nations resolution on Syria. Despite… 16/12/2011
Back in the day: Andrei Sakharov is released from exileDecember 19, 1986 Soviet nuclear physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov is released from exile in Gorky, along with his wife, Yelena Bonner. As a… 16/12/2011
UN reports rapid increase in Syria death tollThe uprising in Syria is accelerating and the death toll is greater than earlier thought – that is the finding of the UN’s human rights chief in a report to… 13/12/2011
German minister claims 5,000 now killed in SyriaIt is now feared the number of people who have lost their lives in Syria’s nine month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime may be far higher… 13/12/2011
Exile flotilla puts on a display for Cuba dissidentsCubans living in exile marked the upcoming International Human Rights Day on Friday by sailing a flotilla of boats about 20 kilometres off the coast of the… 10/12/2011
Human rights groups urge Russia to show restraintWith Russian opposition forces planning a protest on Saturday several human rights groups have urged the Russian government to show restraint over its mass… 08/12/2011
Back in the Day: Montgomery Bus BoycottOn December 5 , 1955 the Montgomery Bus Boycott began in earnest. Led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, it followed Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on a bus… 05/12/2011
Belarus jails rights activist for tax evasionA court in Belarus has sentenced a leading human rights activist to four and a half years in prison for tax evasion, in a case the EU has attacked as… 24/11/2011
UNHRC denounces Syria for violent crackdownSome 122 countries on the UN Human Rights Committee have voted in favour of a resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown on protesters. The resolution was… 23/11/2011
Artist Ai Wei Wei: Chinese authorities ‘robbed’ meChinese dissident artist Ai Wei Wei says he wants to use his battle with the tax authorities to expose the Communist regime. Aided by wellwishers’… 16/11/2011
Ai Weiwei pays bond to fight tax billChina’s most famous critic, Ai Weiwei, has paid a bond of nearly one million euros as he sets about appealing a huge tax demand. The dissident artist has… 15/11/2011
Donations pour in for dissident artistIn China people have been donating money as part of a campaign to help Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei pay a tax bill of 1.7 million euros imposed by the… 07/11/2011
‘Angel of Death’ jailed for life in ArgentinaA former Argentinian navy captain known as the Blond Angel of Death has been jailed for life in Buenos Aires for mass torture and murder during the country’s… 27/10/2011
Libya’s NTC ends the grim Gaddafi sideshowLibya’s new administration has said the body of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi will no longer be shown to the public. The announcement came as new… 24/10/2011
Eviction at Dale Farm travellers site sparks violencePolice moved in to clear 49 illegal plots on the Dale Farm travellers site in south east England expecting violence. Authorities said they had received… 19/10/2011
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ mourn leader PollanTributes have been paid to Laura Pollan, one of Cuba’s best known opposition figures, who has died after a short illness aged 63. Pollan led the ‘Ladies in… 16/10/2011
Myanmar frees some political prisonersMyanmar started releasing political prisoners on Wednesday as part of an amnesty announced by the government. Reports say between 150 and 300 ‘prisoners of… 12/10/2011
Myanmar begins prisoner amnestyMyanmar began a prisoner amnesty on Wednesday that included a number of political detainees. The country formerly known as Burma said on Tuesday that it… 12/10/2011
Myanmar regime ‘to free 6,300 prisoners’Myanmar is set to free more than 6,300 detainees, state television reported on Tuesday. The report failed to specify if any of the 6,359 people to be freed… 11/10/2011
Murdered Russian journalist rememberedMourners have gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya. The journalist, who was a well known critic of Vladimir… 07/10/2011
Russia under spotlight over media freedomsBeing a reporter is no longer just an ‘interesting job’. Journalists sometimes pay a very high price for telling people the truth. Over the last year… 07/10/2011
Desmond Tutu celebrates 80th birthdayAnti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu is 80 years old today. Celebrations are in full swing despite a spat between the archbishop and South Africa’s government… 07/10/2011
Kosovo organ trafficking trial beginsThe trial of seven alleged organ traffickers in Kosovo has begun with the accused pleading not guilty. The men are said to have lured donors from Moldova… 05/10/2011
US hikers’ lawyer is barred from leaving IranThe Iranian lawyer who represented two US hikers held on espionage charges has been barred from leaving the country. Masoud Shafii was prevented from… 03/10/2011
EU blamed for mistreating migrants in GreeceHuman Rights Watch is accusing the EU of subjecting migrants captured along Greece’s border with Turkey to inhuman and abusive conditions. The organisation… 22/09/2011
UK travellers win legal reprieveResidents of Britain’s biggest unauthorised travellers’ site celebrated on Monday after winning a last minute legal reprieve preventing them from being… 19/09/2011
Travellers win temporary reprieve in UK eviction rowThe stand-off is over, for now. Families facing eviction from Britain’s biggest unauthorised travellers’ site have won a last- minute legal reprieve, at… 19/09/2011
Clashes feared in UK as travellers are evictedIt is Britain’s biggest unauthorised travellers’ site. But the fear is that Dale Farm could turn into a battleground today as bailiffs try to evict dozens… 19/09/2011
Argentines demand justice for missing witnessThousands of Argentines have demanded justice for a key witness who disappeared five years ago. Julio Lopez helped convict a former police commander of… 19/09/2011
Report accuses both sides in Libya of war crimesBoth sides in the Libya conflict have committed war crimes and must be held to account according to a report by Amnesty International. It details… 13/09/2011
UN team to probe Syrian human rights violationsThe United Nations named a panel to investigate reports of human rights violations in Syria on Monday. The world body’s Human Rights Council agreed to set… 13/09/2011
Five arrests at British “slavery” denPolice in Britain have rescued 24 men they say have been enslaved for forced labour in an operation that led to the arrest of five people. Some of the men… 12/09/2011
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ ask Church to help stop violenceLeaders of the Cuban dissident group the “Ladies in White” have met Catholic Church officials to seek their help over what they claim is violence and… 31/08/2011
US commission slams 1940s Guatemala testsA US presidential commission has admitted vulnerable Guatemalans were treated like animals during a 1940’s experiment to test the then-new drug… 30/08/2011
Syrian violence tops UN agenda in GenevaThe violence in Syria has put President Bashar al-Assad’s leadership under the microscope at an urgent session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The… 22/08/2011
Russia charges two doctors over lawyer’s deathIn Russia, two years after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in custody, two prison doctors have been charged with negligence. The Kremlin’s human rights… 12/08/2011
Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader freed from jailThe ringleader of US soldiers who abused suspected Iraqi insurgents at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison has been freed from jail. Charles Graner served more than… 07/08/2011
Belarus rights activist arrestedLeading rights activist Ales Beliatski has been arrested by police in Belarus and his home and the office of his human rights group searched. The move comes… 05/08/2011
Eight EU nations ‘could do more to stop human trafficking’Eight EU countries have been told by the United States that they could do much more to combat human trafficking. In the US State Department’s annual report… 28/06/2011
Protesters dog Wen’s UK tourNoisy protesters have dogged Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao’s visit to Britain. Free-Tibet demonstrators gathered outside his Knightsbridge hotel and there… 27/06/2011
Freed Chinese activist Hu Jia may face house arrestHigh-profile Chinese human rights activist, Hu Jia, has been released from prison. Jia who campaigned for a range of issues including AIDS in rural… 26/06/2011
China says Ai Weiwei still under investigationChinese authorities said on Thursday that artist Ai Weiwei is still under investigation for suspected economic crimes, despite his release from jail. … 23/06/2011
Prominent British anti-war campaigner diesBrian Haw, the man who became the face of peace protests in Parliament Square in London after setting up a tent in June 2001 died this weekend of lung… 20/06/2011
Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist diesRussian human rights activist Yelena Bonner has died aged 88. She had come to prominence through her marriage to Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet Union’s leading… 19/06/2011
Yelena Bonner Russian human rights activist diesThe Russian human rights activist has died, Yelena Bonner has died aged 88. She had come to prominence through her marriage to Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet… 19/06/2011
Albertina Sisulu funeral held in SowetoThousands of people have turned out for the funeral of one of South Africa’s leading anti-apartheid figures. President Jacob Zuma called Albertina Sisulu a… 11/06/2011
Amnesty calls to end 40-year solitary in USHuman rights group Amnesty International has urged the US state of Louisiana to remove two prisoners from solitary confinement, where they have been placed… 07/06/2011
Khodorkovsky’s human rights “violated” – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights has backed claims by jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky that his human rights were violated during his time on… 31/05/2011
Syrian government denies mass grave claimsIn Syria, the government has denied that a mass grave has been found near the southern city of Deraa. But footage seeming to show bodies being dug up appears… 17/05/2011
Iran: ‘‘They do not like talking to us,’‘ Amnesty saysIt is Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary and the organisation has just published its annual report, reflecting the state of human rights around the… 13/05/2011
Amnesty slams Iran over death penaltyIran has sharply stepped up its use of public executions, according to Amnesty International. More than a dozen men, including juveniles, have been hanged… 13/05/2011
Dictators can use social media too, warns AmnestyGiving its annual health check of human rights worldwide, Amnesty International has warned that the internet can be a double-edged sword. Mobile phone and… 13/05/2011
Ex-F1 boss loses privacy caseThe European Court of Human Rights has said ‘no’ to Max Mosley (pictured), the former chief of motor sports, who wanted more curbs imposed on the press when… 10/05/2011
Syrian women ‘demand release of menfolk’Hundreds of women in Syria are said to have marched in protest at mass arrests of men in their town. Reports from Jordan quote human rights activists as… 13/04/2011
Human rights groups point finger at SyriaSyria’s main human rights organisation says the number of people killed amid recent protests has reached 200. The Damascus Declaration opposition group… 12/04/2011
Chinese artist held for ‘economic crimes’The internationally-acclaimed Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei is being investigated for ‘economic crimes’. That is how his arrest was reported on the official… 07/04/2011
Former Argentinian general jailed for rights abusesA former Argentinian army general and three ex-intelligence agents have been sentenced to long jail terms for human rights abuses. The charges relate to… 01/04/2011
Jasmine Revolution ‘impossible’ in China: analystChina has been watching events in the Arab world with some unease; the country has itself dealt with pro-democracy protesters very harshly in the past. And… 30/03/2011
Woman dragged away after Tripoli rape claimsShe was held for two days by Gaddafi’s militia and raped by 15 men. With this explosive accusation, Iman al-Obeidi strode into a Tripoli hotel full of… 26/03/2011
