UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Seven people, including slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, were honored for their human rights efforts Wednesday by the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
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.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush tried to make the right call by attending the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, but he failed by trying to satisfy two conflicting forces at the same time.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch says indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes caused most of the 900 civilian deaths during the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
NEW YORK, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. objections to proposed reform of the U.N. Human Rights Commission could deny the new panel credibility without improving it, the New York Times reports.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A new human rights council will be a top priority for the United Nations in 2006 as it juggles other avenues of reform, the New York Times reported Sunday.
HONG KONG, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Chinese citizens are being attacked, beaten and intimidated for attempting to petition Beijing authorities over grievances, a human rights group said Thursday.