She was held for three nights in the V.I.P. cell of a police station, then placed under house arrest. ... Several higher-ranking judges criticized the arrest, and so did journalists and other human-rights groups. ..…

Department of Justice and FBI on violations of in United States, addition to consulting all the primary sources, by United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, International Crisis Group and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, many of. ..…

The appellants contest the legality of their detention, asserting that it is contrary to the obligations assumed by the United Kingdom with regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and thus with the Human Rights Act 1998, which integrates this convention into British law. . In its..…

Also, White House deputy Ben Rhodes said that Obama administration had called on Saudis to exercise restraint concerning respect for human rights... ..…

Barry Grossman made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Sunday when asked about the US’ call for Saudi Arabia to have fair judicial proceedings and respect human rights following the execution of Sheikh Nimr and 46 other people on Saturday. . “Indeed, the House of Saud..…

Where such detentions are consistent with US and international law, develop and implement a clearly articulated strategy to house transgender women in safe and humane conditions that ensure respect for their human rights. ... The Santa Ana unit was initially designated to..…

Dharamsala US Congressman Jim McGovern, Democrat from Massachusetts, Co-Chair of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the author of Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, on Tuesday welcomed the passing of the in House of Representatives  . ..…

After the Paris massacre, according to Human Rights Watch, the French government expanded emergency powers, allowing its officials . to impose house arrest without authorization from a judge, conduct searches without a judicial warrant and seize any computer files it finds, and..…

After their release, most were subject to so-called 'control orders' that amounted to a kind of house arrest. . Human-rights activists criticized the government's plans. . 'What separates us from the terrorists is that we do not torture people or send them to be tortured. ..…

The senior lawyers in Department of Justice, White House, Department of Defense and the office have sought to justify actions that violate the most basic rights of all human beings, said the group's statement, signed by 130 officials and lawyers, including former FBI William S. ..…

Law and Security Program at Human Rights First, a rights advocacy group in New York and Washington. . At the heart of the White House argument to permanently detain a half-dozen militant figures in this country, as well as the Guantanamo Bay captives, was the fear that they could be..…

A witness told Human Rights Watch, “Muslims came into the house and pulled Ancien outside. ... A relative of Mahamat told Human Rights Watch, “Amin left the house at around 8:30 p.m. on September 25. ..…

When she said she did not have any, they set fire to the house. “I started to feel the heat so I turned and pressed myself against a wall,” she later told Human Rights Watch. ... Neighbors of Doloko, who were hiding, told Human Rights Watch that the two men..…

The passage of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Refugee Convention in 1951, and European Convention on Human Rights in 1953 was supposed to give the stateless the right to have rights. seventy-two House Democrats, Democratic senators, and Republicans aligned with..…

And under orders from the White House, U.S. diplomats cast the sole vote in the UN Human Rights Council against an investigation of charges that Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza. . ..…

I'll be marching in both sadness and anger, and also with intent to engage my fellow Minnesotans conversation urging both truth telling and new direction for our policy, Steve Clemons addresses the group assembling for the march to Loring Park. ..…

President Obama had threatened to veto the bill back May, when House passed one version of it, and again November, when Senate passed another, somewhat different version of it.. Human Rights Watch said that President Obama's decision not to veto the bill does enormous damage to..…

The bill passed 98 to 0 in the Senate, and then passed by voice vote in the House of Representatives and is considered one of the most significant pieces of human rights legislation. . ..…

It’s raised the issue of continuing persecution in China and Tibet, of the Muslim Uighars, of house-church Protestants and Catholics. It’s raised the issue of the abysmal state of human rights in North Korea, and particularly the fate of asylum seekers who are victimized in..…

United States must continue to impose targeted sanctions on specific abusers, through IRFA and Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, as Treasury Department did August 2018 and December 2017. The White House National Security Strategy prioritized freedom and..…

At the end of the mission, González Morales will share his preliminary conclusions and recommendations at a media conference on 8 October 2018 at 15h00, at the UN House . The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, will visit Niger from 1 to..…