Syrian tanks step up shelling of Homs

euronews 11-FEB-12

Bahraini police fire tear gas at protesters

alertnet 11-FEB-12

Opposition hopes to hand subpoena to US court to Yanukovych in Tymoshenko's lawsuit

kyivpost 11-FEB-12

Syria: Tanks storm Homs amid fears of ground invasion

telegraph 10-FEB-12

U.S. visit marks 11th-hour test for China's heir apparent

montrealgazette 10-FEB-12

Diplomat stresses importance of Ombudsman in protecting citizen rights

angolapress 10-FEB-12

Sudan (the): Russia opposes more sanctions on Sudan

reliefWeb 10-FEB-12

Leaving 'No Child' law: Obama lets 10 states flee (AP)

news 10-FEB-12

Kashmir Solidarity awareness campaign raised in European Parliament

app 10-FEB-12

As many as 126 reported killed as Syrian attacks escalate

cnn 09-FEB-12

Maldives warrant for ex-president

bbc 09-FEB-12

Famous Spain judge convicted of misusing authority (AP)

news 09-FEB-12

New Tibet self-immolation report

bbc 09-FEB-12

'Dozens killed' in Homs shelling

bbc 08-FEB-12

Mohamed Nasheed resigns as Maldives president as soldiers clash with police

dailymail 08-FEB-12

Nigerian troops kill 8 militants in raid

dailytimesPK 08-FEB-12

FM: Negotiations only way to solution

b92net_en 08-FEB-12

Russia 'wants Arab role in Syria'

bbc 07-FEB-12

Maldives in crisis as president quits

aljazeera 07-FEB-12

Lawyer: US nonprofits caught in Egypt aid dispute (AP)

news 07-FEB-12

$4M needed to clean up lead, secure Nigeria mines (AP)

news 07-FEB-12

Liberia: Liberian Children’s Rights to Be Protected

reliefWeb 07-FEB-12

Syria's cry for help as Bashar al Assad's forces 'launch major offensive in Homs'

telegraph 06-FEB-12

Why China, Russia won't condemn Syria

cnn 05-FEB-12

Seven killed by Afghan car bomb 12:04 Explosion in Kandahar killed at least seven people, including five police, and wounded 19

irishtimes 05-FEB-12

Palestinian Rivals Hold Unity Talks in Qatar

ABCnews 05-FEB-12

Syria forces 'in Homs massacre'

bbc 04-FEB-12

Pakistan PM to visit Qatar to talk Afghan peace (AP)

news 04-FEB-12

Sri Lanka: Tamils must remind Britain of its obligations on February 04: Brian Senewirtane

tamilnet 04-FEB-12

Libyan diplomat dies 'under torture'

myjoyonline 04-FEB-12

Iran's supreme leader vows to confront 'cancerous tumour' of Israel

telegraph 03-FEB-12

Two killed, hundreds injured in Cairo after football protest

euronews 03-FEB-12

Russia refuses to sign draft UN resolution on Syria

telegraph 03-FEB-12

Libyan diplomat was tortured, died in detention, rights group says

cnn 03-FEB-12

Haiti Leader Says He Won't Meddle in Duvalier Case

ABCnews 03-FEB-12

Passage of Women Commission Bill lauded

dailytimesPK 03-FEB-12

Men sentenced to 18 years for slaying South African lesbian

cnn 03-FEB-12

Syria: UN deadlock breakthrough hopes raised

telegraph 02-FEB-12

Pak Supreme Court to charge PM Gilani with contempt

financialexpress 02-FEB-12

U.N. Security Council members at standstill on Syria

cnn 01-FEB-12

Sudan says South Sudan "hostile" in oil row (Reuters)

news 01-FEB-12

Al-Qaida claims attack on Iraqi government center (AP)

news 01-FEB-12

Rights groups condemn violence in Senegal

aljazeera 01-FEB-12

Spokesman for Nigeria's Boko Haram 'arrested'

aljazeera 01-FEB-12

The Indictment of Kenyas Big Four

newswatchngr 01-FEB-12

Arab League leaders addressing U.N. on Syria

cnn 31-JAN-12

US lawmakers take next step on new Iran sanctions

alertnet 31-JAN-12

Hernan Crespo most expensive player in Indian football auction

telegraph 31-JAN-12

Afghan police: Man kills wife for giving birth to daughter instead of son

cnn 31-JAN-12

China dissident tried over Skype messages, poem (Reuters)

news 31-JAN-12

US says Syria's Assad 'will go'

bbc 30-JAN-12

2 Dead in Senegal Protest against Wade Election Bid

naharnet 30-JAN-12

64 killed in Syria, activist group says

cnn 29-JAN-12

French 2011 deficit to be under 5.4 percent GDP: Sarkozy (Reuters)

news 29-JAN-12

Storm death toll rises to 14

news24 29-JAN-12

Libyan PM calls for security meeting over weapons

reuters 29-JAN-12

Arab League suspends mission in Syria

cnn 28-JAN-12

Nigeria army kills 11 Islamists

bbc 28-JAN-12

Defense asks ElBaradei to testify in Mubarak trial (AP)

news 28-JAN-12

Bahrain government refutes claims over protester deaths

cnn 28-JAN-12

U.N. Security Council to hold Syria talks

cnn 27-JAN-12

Security Council to discuss Syria crisis

aljazeera 27-JAN-12

IAEA chief urges Iran to cooperate with inspectors

dawn 27-JAN-12

As Israeli-Palestinian talks sink, fringe ideas gain traction (The Christian Science Monitor)

news 27-JAN-12

Jonathan urges Boko Haram to state demands

aljazeera 27-JAN-12

Egypt bars Americans working for aid groups from leaving

montrealgazette 26-JAN-12

Family: 21-Year-Old Freed by Syrian Authorities

ABCnews 26-JAN-12

Nigeria police chief tarnished over 2001 violence (AP)

news 26-JAN-12

Libyan detainees died after torture, human rights group says

cnn 26-JAN-12

Libyans face tough challenges in building a new nation

cnn 26-JAN-12

Zambian President arrives here

ena 26-JAN-12

Egyptians mass in Tahrir to honour uprising

aljazeera 25-JAN-12

Gulf states withdrawing monitors from Syria and urge U.N. action

latimes 25-JAN-12

Nigeria's chief of police sacked

telegraph 25-JAN-12

Human rights being distorted - PM

bbc 25-JAN-12

Clashes spread in Tibetan region in China (AP)

news 25-JAN-12

Arab League Syria mission extended by month

cnn 24-JAN-12

Nigeria makes Boko Haram arrests

bbc 24-JAN-12

Kenya 'won't sack' ICC suspects

bbc 24-JAN-12

Gadhafi loyalists seize Libyan town

washtimes 24-JAN-12

Plus is king now: Google shutters more products

register 24-JAN-12

Morocco: Repression Undercuts Reform Pledges

allafrica 24-JAN-12

Arab League calls for Assad departure

cnn 23-JAN-12

Egypt's new Parliament convenes

cnn 23-JAN-12

Gennady Gudkov [ said]: Today, together with Olga Romanova, we handed in the list to Mikhail Fedotov, Chief of the Council on Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation. He said that he knew some of the surnames and that they also had doubts concerning a number of the surnames,

kavkaz 10-FEB-12

Martin Nesirky [-says]: According to local sources, so far 78 people were reported killed, 68 wounded, nine missing and thousands are reported to be displaced. The team from the UN Mission observed 15 bodies that were still unburied. The humanitarian community will call an emergency meeting of all humanitarian and protection actors to coordinate a response while the Human Rights division of the mission will investigate the incident.

radiomiraya 02-FEB-12

Nesirky [ said]: The humanitarian community will call an emergency meeting of all humanitarian and protection actors to coordinate a response while the Human Rights division of the mission will investigate the incident,

xinhuanet_en 01-FEB-12

Douglas Carswell [said:]: The issue is not whether every ruling by the Human Rights Euro court is right. Rather it is whether this supranational quango has the right to be making these decisions in the first place.

independent 25-JAN-12

Roth [-expressed]: Human Rights Watch encourages the Western leaders to pressure the newly emerging Islamist governments to respect basic human rights and stand firm against the repression of political freedoms, when needed.

smh 22-JAN-12

Sarah Leah Whitson [ said]: >Arab League monitors began their mission in Syria on December 26, 2011. Attacks against security forces have also intensified in certain parts of the country. The mission’s credibility has been clouded since its inception by its lack of transparency and independence, Human Rights Watch said. The criteria for selecting the monitors have not been made available nor has any information about their monitoring experience. The mission has relied on the Syrian government for security and to transport monitors a

HumanRightsWatch 20-JAN-12

Rice [-said]: >High Commissioner for Human Rights on the basis of accounts by Syrian and international human rights groups, told the Council that more than 400 people had died since the Arab League deployed its team of monitors in Syria on Dec. 27. In his remarks, the Pakistan envoy said every effort should be made to get a credible figure of the casualties before taking any decision. Ambassador Haroon also underscored that any action by the Security Council must not infringe upon the sovereignty and territorial integrit

app 11-JAN-12

Green [-said]: We are upset with this ruling. It is unacceptable that the Human Rights Act is being used to prevent the removal of people with no right to be in this country , and we are changing immigration rules to stop them being abused,

bdnews24 03-JAN-12

Baird [-told]: Freedom of religion is one of the first things in the Charter, it's one of the first things in the Bill of Rights, it's front and centre in the UN Declaration of Human Rights – it's an essential human right; I don't see any concern about that at all,

CBC 02-JAN-12

Kravchuk [-said]: In my opinion, the European Court [of Human Rights] will take a democratic decision on Tymoshenko. And how should Ukraine treat it? I think that it should treat it with respect. For some reason I don't believe that our judicial system can change anything and show that it is guided by values and humanism, without forgetting about the letter of the law. But the law must be modern, and this should not be the law of 1960,

kyivpost 02-JAN-12

Sanchez [-said]: The Cuban Commission on Human Rights applauds these releases, but really it is a limited gesture as we calculate there are between 70,000 and 80,000 Cubans in prison,

antiguanews 27-DEC-11

Farhan Haq [ said]: We know from press reports about the arguments presented by the National Human Rights Defense Network in Haiti,

caribseek 22-DEC-11

Phillips [admitted:]: Almost every morning I am confronted with examples of how the Human Rights Act is being used — which any reasonable person would describe as thoroughly bonkers. Prison vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards. Paedophiles freed to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed their horrific crimes.

thesun 12-DEC-11

Elizardo Sanchez [ said]: Some 200 detentions for political motives have taken plan in the last nine days in the lead up to the international Human Rights Day,

antiguanews 10-DEC-11

Yanukovych [ said]: I congratulate everyone on the International Human Rights Day. I am deeply convinced that we will retain the system of human rights protection and ensure decent conditions for every citizen,

kyivpost 10-DEC-11

Netanyahu [-said]: International Human Rights Day is a day the State of Israel stands proud,

jpost 09-DEC-11

Putin [-also suggested]: I watched our American colleagues' first reaction. The first thing the Secretary of State did was to give an assessment of the elections, saying that they were unjust and unfair – even though she had no materials from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. She gave a tune-in for some activists in our country and she gave them a signal. They heard the signal and started to take action with the support of the US State Department.

rt 09-DEC-11

Putin [-said]: I noticed the first reaction of our U.S. colleagues. The U.S. Secretary of State was quick to evaluate the elections, saying that they are unfair and unfree, even before she received materials from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights observers,

xinhuanet_en 08-DEC-11

Pillay [-said]: Our hope is that through the various elements of this campaign – which we plan to extend well beyond Human Rights Day – we will engage large numbers of people all across the world, who up until now have not been aware we all have the same rights,

reliefweb 08-DEC-11

Putin [-also suggested]: I watched the first reaction of our American colleagues. The first thing the Secretary of State did was to give an assessment of the elections, saying that they were unjust and unfair even though she did not have any materials from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. She also gave a tune-in for some activists in our country and she gave them a signal. They heard the signal and started to take action with the support of the US State Department.

rt 08-DEC-11

Philip Davies [added:]: The fact paedophiles and murderers are using the Human Rights Act to launch these vexatious cases is simply outrageous and is yet another reason why the Act should be abolished. 'We need to urgently examine how public money is being handed out to offenders in ways like this, enabling them to heap more misery on their victims.

mailonsunday 04-DEC-11

Joe Stork [ said]: The independent commission's findings confirm what Human Rights Watch and others have documented since Bahraini authorities opened their punitive campaign of retribution against pro-democracy protesters in March,

trust 24-NOV-11

Joe Stork [ said]: The independent commission’s findings confirm what Human Rights Watch and others have documented since Bahraini authorities opened their punitive campaign of retribution against pro-democracy protesters in March,

HumanRightsWatch 23-NOV-11

Churov [-said]: More observers in charge of short-term monitoring will start working on Dec. 1, like observers from the ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights),

xinhuanet_en 15-NOV-11

Correa [-noted]: It is incredible to have to go to Washington to discuss Latin American affairs, when the United States does not recognize the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights,

prensa 11-NOV-11

Pillay [ said]: Today we welcome the seven billionth person born into the promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As a matter of law, she or he has been born 'free and equal in dignity and rights',

kuna 31-OCT-11

Tsvangirai [-said]: Property rights and title deeds must underpin the agrarian reform and therefore the constitution must recognise land and its ownership as a basic ground norm, which will be consistent with international conventions such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights,

financialgazette 26-OCT-11

Alekseeva [-said]: If our courts and law enforcement dealt with this case, as they should, we Human Rights activists would not have any need to appeal to the international community. I dream for these problems to be solved within our country by ourselves,

rt 24-OCT-11

Clarke [said:]: She has given her opinion. We all have our opinions. It is not my opinion, as it happens. 'I have never had a conversation on the subject with Theresa. I shall have to look into these strange cases she is throwing out. They are British cases and British judges she is complaining about and I can't believe that anybody has had deportation refused on the basis of owning a cat. 'I will have a small bet with her that nobody has ever been refused deportation on the grounds of a cat ... Certainly it has nothing to

mailonsunday 05-OCT-11

Theresa May [said:]: I can today announce that we will change the immigration rules to ensure that the misinterpretation of article eight of the ECHR [European Convention on Human Rights] the right to a family life no longer prevents the deportation of people who shouldn’t be here. The right to a family life is not an absolute right, and it must not be used to drive a coach and horses through our immigration system. Our opponents will say it can’t be done, that they will fight us every step of the way. But they said that ab

ruvr 05-OCT-11

May [said:]: We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act. The violent drug dealer who can't be sent home because his daughter, for whom he pays no maintenance, lives here. The robber who can't be removed because he has a girlfriend.

sundaymail 05-OCT-11

May [said:]: We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act. The violent drug dealer who cannot be sent home because his daughter for whom he pays no maintenance lives here. The robber who cannot be removed because he has a girlfriend. The illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because and I am not making this up he had pet a cat

deccanherald 04-OCT-11

May [ said]: We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act: the violent drug dealer who cannot be sent home because his daughter, for whom he pays no maintenance, lives here; the robber who cannot be removed because he has a girlfriend; the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat,

independent 04-OCT-11

Geir Lundestad [ said]: said Wang Songlian, a researcher with China Human Rights Defenders in Hong Kong. The harsh treatment of Liu Xia seemingly runs afoul of China's laws and might be the most severe retaliation ever suffered by the family of a Peace Prize laureate. As far as I know, the way she is treated is unprecedented in the history of the Nobel Peace Prize,

kuwaittimes 03-OCT-11

May [said:]: I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.

independent 02-OCT-11

Damian Green [added:]: It is not acceptable that the Human Rights Act limits our ability to remove foreign criminals.

thesun 08-SEP-11

Zuma [-said]: One of the most unfortunate incidents in recent times was when some people went to the Zimbabwe parliament (on June 23) and disrupted a hearing organised by the Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs and the Thematic Committee on Human Rights to debate the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill,

theindependent 06-SEP-11

Medvedev [-said]: As a rule, delegations of observers who are sent as part of the ODIHR (the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) procedures include a huge number of people, and international observers from the OSCE sometimes display an openly politicized approach toward assessing the way elections are prepared and held,

xinhuanet_en 03-SEP-11

Clegg [wrote:]: It has long been my party’s policy to use a Bill of Rights to deepen our commitment to the Human Rights Act and protect other ­British liberties, such as the right to jury trial.

express 27-AUG-11

Cameron [-says]: the Human Rights Act has been interpreted in a way that has undermined morality

ibtimes 15-AUG-11

Berman [-said]: By expropriating church properties, harassing worshippers, and refusing to grant full legal status to some Christian groups, Turkey has failed to fulfill its obligation as a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which requires freedom of thought, conscience and religion,

armenianow 20-JUL-11

Chakrabarti [said:]: For me the penny has finally dropped about why some of these newspapers hate the Human Rights Act so much. It’s all to do with the fact that Article 8 of the Human Rights Act protects everybody’s personal privacy. It wasn’t actually about foreigners or the attitude to crime, it was actually about personal privacy because it stood in the way of certain cultures.

icWales 14-JUL-11

May [added:]: We are indeed looking at the issue of the operation of the Human Rights Act in relation to immigration cases because I think everybody will be as displeased as I am when, for example, we are not able to remove from the United Kingdom somebody who has committed criminal offences in the United Kingdom.

kuna 05-JUL-11

Abdel Rahman [-said]: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is holding the authorities responsible for the stupidity committed by pro-regime militias against protesters,

channelnewsasia 29-JUN-11

Ann Widdecombe [said:]: We all know the Human Rights Act is a farce and everybody knows we don’t have to be in. We are not going to have to leave Europe if we come out of the Convention of Human Rights.

express 13-JUN-11

Cox [ says]: What makes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relevant is what has always made it relevant. That's the struggle of people for freedom and dignity,

cnn 28-MAY-11

Andrew Green [said:]: This is an obscene distortion of the whole purpose of Human Rights legislation. 'Asylum claims of this kind can be rejected but not human rights claims. This has to be changed or we will become a honey pot for torturers from around the world.

greatindaba 26-MAY-11

Clinton [-said]: We will be continuing the discussion of the recent US-China Human Rights Dialogue just held in Beijing. We have made very clear, publicly and privately, our concern about human rights. We worry about the impact on our domestic politics and on the politics and the stability in China and the region.

aljazeera 10-MAY-11

Haq [-said]: Meanwhile, staff of the Human Rights Office in Cote d'Ivoire are investigating reports of human rights violations in Yopougon earlier this week,

peopledaily 07-MAY-11

Josef Stalin [-wrote]: Human Rights & Democracy: The 2010 FCO Report.

rian 18-APR-11

Vivanco [-said]: Human Rights Watch recognizes that the Peruvian police have a duty to respond to protesters who engage in violence and prosecute those who break the law,

nieuwsbank 08-APR-11

José Miguel Vivanco [ said]: Human Rights Watch recognizes that Honduran police have a duty to respond to protesters who engage in violence and prosecute those who break the law,

HumanRightsWatch 30-MAR-11

Karugarama [-said]: Rwanda was once the best example of lack of unity. This is why we believe Unity and Human Rights are the key pillars to our success,

allafrica 29-MAR-11

Miliband [-said]: Events around in the world show the precious nature of peaceful dissent guaranteed by our Human Rights Act. This fundamental freedom was hard won and is still much envied elsewhere. It must not be jeopardised either by over-zealous policing or anyone looking for trouble.

guardian 26-MAR-11

Sarah Leah Whitson [ said]: The witness said the security forces had withdrawn from the center of the city and didn't interfere with the demonstrations, stoked by a range of political and economic grievances. The Human Rights Watch, among other groups, said on Thursday that around three dozen people were killed in clashes in a 48-hour period. Syria's security forces are showing the same cruel disregard for protesters' lives as their counterparts in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Bahrain,

cnn 25-MAR-11

Roth [-said]: Uzbekistan has now unambiguously joined a short list of repressive governments that prevent Human Rights Watch from carrying out our work on the ground,

reliefWeb 15-MAR-11

Kenneth Roth [ said]: With the expulsion of Human Rights Watch, the Uzbek government sends a clear message that it isn't willing to tolerate critical scrutiny of its human rights record,

reliefWeb 15-MAR-11

Roth [-wrote that]: With the expulsion of Human Rights Watch, the Uzbek government sends a clear message that it isn't willing to tolerate critical scrutiny of its human rights record.

rferl 15-MAR-11

Ronald K. Noble [said:]: INTERPOL's constitution provides a clear mandate for the widest cooperation among law enforcement authorities in its member countries, within the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the prevention of serious human rights abuses.

allafrica 04-MAR-11

Gadhafi [said:]: Plan A is to live and die in Libya, Plan B is to live and die in Libya, Plan C is to live and die in Libya. The New York-based Human Rights Watch has put the death toll in Libya at nearly 300, according to a partial count. Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said estimates of some 1,000 people killed were

news 25-FEB-11

Shami Chakrabarti [said:]: We have a Bill of Rights in this country: it's called the Human Rights Act and is thoroughly British, European and universal in its values.

telegraph 22-FEB-11

Shami Chakrabarti [said:]: We have a Bill of Rights in this country. It's called the Human Rights Act and is thoroughly British, European and universal in its values.

bbc 21-FEB-11

Bolkestein [remarked further that:]: judged by the standards of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the dominant civilization of Europe at present is superior to the Islamic civilization. All civilization is based on making judgments.

yediotaharonot 21-FEB-11