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The Mexican military has tortured and illegally killed citizens and committed other serious human rights violations as it battles the nation's drug cartels and organized crime groups, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday.
The United States pushed Monday for more scrutiny of human rights conditions in North Korea, telling the U.N. Human Rights Council that it is now impossible to verify claims of abuses in the isolated communist state.
Amnesty International is scheduled to release a report raising allegations of extrajudicial killings, torture and arbitrary detentions.
Amnesty International called on the Philippine government Tuesday to revoke martial law in a southern province, where troops cracked down on a powerful clan and its armed supporters blamed for the massacre of 57 people.
WASHINGTON — Republicans trying to slow action on the Democrats' health care plan are using the same tactics as the lawmakers who once tried to block progress on civil rights and women's rights, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.
Karin Bashir said students often talk and don’t take action, which is one of the reasons she participated in signing letters Tuesday at Case Hall as part of a week-long write-a-thon.
COPENHAGEN -- Say goodbye to Copernicus, Thomas Edison and Al bert Einstein. Meet the modern scientist. Or, more accurately, today's advocate-scientist. They're basically lobbyists with a background in science who get enormous amounts of money...
The United States and Russia faced off over Kosovo at the United Nation's highest court on Tuesday, with the U.S. arguing the world should honor Kosovo's declaration of independence while Russia insisted it was still part of Serbia. The Hague, Netherlands-... Kosovo - Serbia - United States - International Court of Justice - 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
A Filipino activist holds a mock axe painted with a slogan to dramatize their condemnation of martial law during a protest at the historic Mendiola bridge near the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday.
Decorating contest Community members are asked to nominate the best decorated home for the Sidney Herald’s holiday lighting contest. A People’s Choice award of $100 in Chamber bucks, sponsored by the Sidney Herald, will be given to the top decorated residence. Nominate a home by noon Friday through the Herald Web site, e-mail homespun@sidneyherald.com or by calling 433 ...
Hillary is sometimes characterized as a liberal hawk, an interventionist, a person who clings a little too tightly to rhetoric of "coersive diplomacy." But last night I heard a different Secretary of State.
To all of you who assume that the Democrats are the savior of women's rights or even of the right to choice, think again.
Amnesty International condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces today that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations
Amnesty International today strongly condemned a violent crackdown by Sudanese security forces on protestors gathered outside parliament in Khartoum and said it received reports that those arrested had been tortured while detained
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations.
Leonor Martínez has been subjected to violence and received death threats for her work with a civil society group.
