ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- An increase in Turkish police violence against civilians can be traced to the government's failure to punish abusive officers, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
STRASBOURG, France, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Counter-terrorism efforts rob citizens of basic privacy rights, which undermines rather than improves security, a leading European human rights official said.
PARIS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Relatives of Chechen nationals abducted or killed will receive $403,000 in compensation from Russia, the European Court of Human Rights decided.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The European Court of Human Rights says fingerprint and DNA samples obtained from individuals who were never convicted should be removed from databases.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- International human rights organizations say a court ruling in Lebanon that freed human rights activist Muhammad Mugraby was a major civil rights victory.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Hundreds of religious and political leaders gathered in New York for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The international treaty banning the use of cluster bombs to be signed in Oslo, Norway, will save thousands of lives, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Human rights abuses persisted in Iraq during the first half of 2008, despite improvements in general security, a U.N. report released Tuesday said.
ERBIL, Iraq, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Iraqi Kurdistan serves as a model for tolerance and respect for diversity, regional officials said, marking the 60th anniversary of a human-rights declaration.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Violence in Iraq, though a serious concern, has dropped substantially, contributing to an overall improvement in conditions, a United Nations report said.
ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will restore human rights as a central pillar of the country's policies.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Human rights activists called on Kazakhstan to clean up its political system before it begins its term as head of a European security alliance.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Sudanese authorities have arrested and detained three human rights advocates in Khartoum, a group said Wednesday.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi women are subject to repeated human-rights violations, honor killings and other abuses by coalition and national forces, U.N. officials said.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 500 people and detained about 1,000 more since elections were held two years ago, a group said.
