Human Rights Groups stories:
U.N. cautions Brazil on human rights before World Cup
Nov 13th, 2009 - Washington Post
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil must be careful to respect human rights as it moves to contain violence in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2014 soccer World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the top U.N...
Italy Convicts 23 in CIA Kidnap Case
Nov 4th, 2009 - AOL News
MILAN (Nov. 4) — An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions...
Italy convicts 'U.S. agents' in CIA kidnap trial
Nov 4th, 2009 - CNN
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Two dozen Americans -- most thought to work for the CIA -- were sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday by an Italian court for their role in the seizing of a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan in 2003...Kimberley investigators: Zimbabwe should be suspended because of diamond smuggling, violence
Nov 4th, 2009 - StarTribune
JOHANNESBURG - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say Zimbabwe should be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling gems out of a diamond field in the troubled country's east.
Opposition figure Maksharip Aushev gunned down in Russia's North Caucasus
Oct 25th, 2009 - Washington Post
MOSCOW -- A popular opposition figure in Russia's restive Ingushetia province was gunned down Sunday morning in the latest killing of a government critic in the North Caucasus...
Human Rights Groups videos from YouTube:
2:23Human rights group accuses Israel of torture - 16 Apr 2008
Al Jazeera's Amani Soliman reports on the Israeli human rights group report that says it's confirmed that Israel is resorting to "psychological torture" when interrogating Palestinian prisoners ...
2:38Human Rights Group Campaigns To End Use Of Child Politicians In Africa
Jim and Tracy learn that in nations like Sierra Leone children as young as 12 are forced to smile, wave, and shake hands until they drop from exhaustion.
3:03Israel questions rights groups' motives - 13 Aug 09
Human Rights Watch has accused Israeli soldiers of unlawfully killing 11 Palestinian civilians during the January Gaza offensive. Civilians Killed Holding White Flags in Gaza, is HRW's third ...
2:39Rights group condemns Israeli drone attacks - 30 Jun 09
A new report by Human Rights Watch says missiles fired from Israeli drone aircraft killed many innocent civilians during the war on Gaza. The unmanned aerial vehicles are supposed to carry the most precise weapons ...
