May 20, 2012
- Guardian Newspaper : UK : Israel acquits Bassem Tamimi of inciting settlement rally but will sentence him over claims he urged protesters to throw stonesA Palestinian grassroots activist who was declared a human rights defender by the EU has been cleared of the central ...
- Guardian Newspaper : UK : At least 16 people killed in attack, while UN observers narrowly escape roadside car bomb in DamascusThe Syrian army has killed 16 people, including children, during shelling in the town of Souran in the central province of Hama, the ...
- Telegraph : UK : The human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in the United States to begin a new life after fleeing from house arrest in China.
- timesofmalta.com : MT : Alleanza Liberali this evening announced that it will be fielding Swedish Peter Lowe as one of its candidates for the 2014 European Parliament elections. On twitter, Mr Lowe describes himself as an urban European fighting for human rights and a ...
- Alarabiya.net : AE : At least 34 people, including three children, were killed in shelling by Syrian regime forces of a village in central Hama province, raising the death toll nationwide to 46 on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Thirty-four ...
- Sify : IN : U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived Sunday in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world rights chief.
- The Boston Globe : US : The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world human rights chief.
- Yahoo! News : US : DUBAI - A leading Bahraini opposition activist accused of insulting authorities remained in jail on Sunday, despite being granted bail, because he faces a second charge of organizing illegal protests, his lawyer said. Nabeel Rajab is the founder ...
- The Hindu : IN : The Human Rights Defence Forum has urged the Governor H. R. Bhardwaj to return the recommendation for appointment of two politicians as State Information Commissioners. In a representatio...
- FOX News : US : U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived Sunday in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world rights chief.