Human Rights Law 
China human rights activists beaten for trying to visit Chen Guangcheng – The Christian Science Monitor
“There is no law in that area.” The violence marked the second weekend in a row that unidentified thugs have violently broken up efforts by human rights activists and ordinary citizens to visit Chen in a burgeoning campaign to win … Continue reading
Teesside family turns to human rights laws in battle over dad’s care – GazetteLive
THE family of a Teesside dementia sufferer is considering using human rights laws to fight their much-loved dad’s move to a care facility 35 miles away. Anne Calvert, 48, from Guisborough, was heartbroken to learn she could face a 106-mile … Continue reading
Did Clinton Go Soft on Human Rights in Uzbekistan Visit? – Atlantic Online (blog)
And that was it. Sukhrobjon Ismoilov, a lawyer and director of the Export Working Group on human rights related law told EurasiaNet that at first a US Embassy official telephoned him and seemed to be preparing him for a meeting … Continue reading
Local human rights hall of fame formed – Palladium-Item
The Richmond Human Rights Commission and the Student Initiative for Equality … After graduating from Howard University School of Law in 1958, Sawyer came to Richmond, with law book in hand, and went from restaurant to restaurant demanding …
Nigeria: ‘Same Gender’ Marriage Ban Would Attack Rights – Human Rights Watch
As Human Rights Watch documented in a 2008 report, this law is a Victorian-era provision that remained after the end of British colonial rule. Sharia penal codes, introduced in northern Nigeria in 1999, criminalize “sodomy” with death by stoning.
Libya taps engineer who lived in U.S. for decades as interim leader – CNN
Tripoli, Libya (CNN)– Libya’s transitional government picked an engineering professor and longtime exile as its acting prime minister Monday, with the new leader pledging to respect human rights and international law. The National Transitional …
Press Conference by Working Group on Mercenaries – UN News Centre
she said that, if there were allegations of human rights abuses committed by them, the home country of the perpetrators was obliged to bring them to justice under international human rights law.
Gay rights are human rights’ – Independent Online
“The fundamental human rights of sexual minorities are violated daily because … leaders failed to adopt a recommendation to call for an end to homophobic laws in the 41 member nations. Nigeria, a former British colony, is a member of … Continue reading
UN experts demand halt to China repression of monks – Reuters India
… can be arrested on the ground of peacefully exercising the rights and freedoms guaranteed under international human rights law,” said El Hadji Malick Sow, chairman of that group of independent experts. Tibetan areas in Sichuan province …
Francis A. Boyle’s United Ireland, Human Rights and International Law – Salem-News.Com
An extraordinary new book by Francis A. Boyle speaks truth about the struggle for independence in Northern Ireland. New book by Francis Boyle: United Ireland, Human Rights and International Law (WASHINGTON D.C.) – During the past three decades …
