human rights

UN human rights investigators have said up to 1,400 people were killed when Hasina and her government used systematic, deadly violence against protesters in the failed bid to hold onto power.

Petro then told new police officers that intelligence would be shared with the United States as long as "they commit to not using it in violation of human rights treaties."

Human rights groups accuse the kingdom of inviting international stars and "art-washing" to obscure its poor human rights record, including a high rate of executions.

A wily politician, Enrile never spent a day behind bars for his role in the Marcos dictatorship despite its human rights abuses.

European lawmakers are expected on Thursday to back weakening a set of EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly push against red tape that has split parliament.