The California State Assembly’s approval on August 16, 2012, of a bill to allow review of life without parole sentences for youth offenders is a step toward justice. The vote came just weeks after a United States Supreme Court decision barring the mandatory sentencing of juvenile

The United Nations Security Council and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should ensure the continuation of human rights monitoring in Syria after the expiration of the current mandate. The mandate of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) is set to end on August 19, 2012, and

The Philippines’ ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention will bring the groundbreaking international treaty into legal force, promising better working conditions and key labor protections for millions of domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said on August 06. The convention

Authorities Burmese security forces committed killings, rape, and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims after failing to protect both them and Arakan Buddhists during deadly sectarian violence in western Burma in June 2012. Government restrictions on humanitarian access to the Rohingya

The trial of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone’s armed conflict was a largely well-run proceeding, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The trial benefited from a high-quality defense, sound handling

Human Rights Watch is acknowledging a number of women who risk their safety – and even their lives – in the name of human rights with The Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, our highest honor. These women come from Mexico, Iran, and Indonesia, and all of them work

The South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) has organized a day-long workshop on Mediation on Saturday (21 July 2012) in Dhaka.The Course aims to orient the Participants on the concept, purpose and techniques of Mediation, and it’s global context,

The South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) has organized a day-long workshop on Mediation on Saturday (21 July 2012) in Dhaka. The Course aims to orient the Participants on the concept, purpose and techniques of Mediation, and it’s global context,

The US government should continue to press Bangladesh to improve on labor issues and women’s rights, reform abusive security forces, and meet its obligations to refugees, Human Rights Watch said today in a hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress.“The

The authorities should withdraw criminal charges against Limon Hossain, who was shot last year by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a bungled operation, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The government has previously admitted that Limon, who was 16 at the time of the shooting and had

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should make a public commitment to ensure that the forthcoming ASEAN Human Rights Declaration will fully comply with international human rights standards. The foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on July 8, 2012,

Syrian soldiers on the border with Jordan appear to be shooting indiscriminately at anyone - including civilian women and children - trying to flee from Syria, Human Rights Watch reports.  The Syrian authorities should immediately order its armed forces on the border to end all

The ancient Egyptians used to wear wigs to shield their shaved, hairless heads from the sun. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the use of wigs fell into abeyance in the West for a thousand years until they were revived again in the 16th century as a means of compensating for hair loss

Beyond any reasonable doubt in science and technology the domination of either of the British or of America is still unabated even ranging from parliament to the court premises in many parts of the world. Whether we like it or not we are to cite the British or America as the pioneer of

Several thousand ethnic Kachin refugees from Myanmar are isolated in Yunnan, China, where they are at risk of return to a conflict zone and lack needed humanitarian aid. The Chinese government should immediately provide temporary protection and allow United Nations and humanitarian

The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing indigenous pastoral communities in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo valley without adequate consultation or compensation to make way for state-run sugar plantations, Human Rights Watch said in its report. The report documented how government security

Flawed processes, unlawful detentions, and dire conditions in South Sudan’s prisons reflect the urgent need to improve the new nation’s fledgling justice system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The report documents violations of due process rights, patterns of

Human Rights Watch, a US based human rights watch dog has urged the government of Bangladesh to stop forcibly returning of ethnic Rohingya fleeing sectarian violence back to Myanmar. The report also  says that at least 18 Rohingya asylum seekers, including three young children, are in

The US Based human rights watch body has relesed a report on the plingh of the Rohingyas in Myanmary. The report said that the neighbors of Myanmar should press the Burmese military government to end systematic abuses of Rohingya Muslims and protect those who flee to their shores. Human

09 June 2012- Prime minister Sheikh Hasina advised the members of the parliaments to be careful while talking about country’s judiciary. She came up with the suggestion while attending Awami League executive committee meeting on Friday night. Addressing the party members, the premier