Human Rights
School crucifixes 'do not breach human rights'
March 19, 2011Displaying crucifixes in schools in Italy does not breach the rights of non-Catholic families, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The court ruled there was no evidence that a crucifix hung in a classroom would influence pupils. The ruling...
US says Chinese Nobel peace awardee should attend Oslo ceremony
December 09, 2010The Obama administration Wednesday reaffirmed its intention to attend the Oslo ceremonies at which jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo will be given the Nobel Peace Prize, and said Liu and his wife should be allowed to take part as well. China is reportedly...
Rights commission: Afghan war kills 1,325 civilians this year
August 09, 2010An Afghan rights group says more than 1,300 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, an increase of about five percent from this time last year. Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission said Sunday the Taliban is responsible...
36.5% of Moldovans think HR were observed better during USSR
December 09, 2009According to a poll released by the Institute for Public Policy and conducted by IMAS INC, 36.5 percent of Moldovans think that human rights were respected better during the Soviet Union than now. About 24 percent think the situation is better after the...
Report: Moldovan police beat over 300 peaceful protesters in April
October 14, 2009Moldovan police beat and otherwise ill-treated at least 300 peaceful protesters of the nearly 700 they detained following the parliamentary elections in April, says a report released today by the Soros Foundation – Moldova. In at least 100 cases...
Moldova's interior minister assures police shall be respecting HR
October 05, 2009The just appointed Minister of the Interior MG Victor Catan has stated the Moldovan police shall be strictly observing citizens' human rights and freedoms. He was invited to parliament today to report on the current crime situation in the republic. Reviewing...
Moldovan NGOs March Against Police Abuse, Torture
July 03, 2009Activists from several Moldovan human rights groups have held a march in downtown Chisinau to protest police brutality which, they say, in many cases amounts to torture, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Members of Amnesty International's Moldovan branch...
NGO publishes list of persons to be blamed for ECHR decisions
February 08, 2008The Lawyers for Human Rights public organization published the list of persons and organizations, which were guilty of decisions, taken by the European Court of Human Rights (ЕСHR) for the period from December 2006 to December 2007. All in all,...
Israeli power cutoff called unlawful
October 30, 2007Human Rights Watch said Israel's partial cutoff of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip is illegal retaliation for rocket attacks. The limitation amounts to collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza, and will likely worsen the...