Read more human rights abuse stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12116/human-rights-abuse.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:34:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74331/watchdog-raul-just-as-bad-as-fidel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe perception that Cuba is less repressive under Raúl Castro than Fidel is false, Human Rights Watch says. Dissidents are still harassed by the state, subject to arbitrary detention—532 such cases in the first half of 2009 alone—fired. or denied work. The government also continues to pressure friends...http://www.newser.com/story/74331/watchdog-raul-just-as-bad-as-fidel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 14:45:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72791/cia-kept-prisoners-alive-so-it-could-torture-more.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDetainees tortured to the brink of death were sometimes given medical treatment to keep them alive so CIA operatives could torture them further, a human-rights lawyer alleges. “The CIA engaged in some horrendous abuses, but they appear to have taken precautions to have actually prevented people from dying—which might...http://www.newser.com/story/72791/cia-kept-prisoners-alive-so-it-could-torture-more.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 21:37:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72125/lay-off-israel-human-rights-watch-founder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHuman Rights Watch has lost its way, writes founder and chairman emeritus Robert L. Bernstein. The once even-handed organization has launched a jeremiad against Israel—a liberal democracy with a “vibrant free press”—while effectively ignoring abuses in closed, autocratic societies in the region it was created to address. Democracies...http://www.newser.com/story/72125/lay-off-israel-human-rights-watch-founder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 9:42:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69423/yemeni-child-bride-12-dies-in-childbirth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pregnant 12-year-old Yemeni girl has died after three days of excruciating labor that also claimed her baby, a human rights group tells CNN. Fawziya Ammodi's poverty-stricken family forced her to drop out of school last year to marry a 24-year-old man. More than half of Yemeni girls are married...http://www.newser.com/story/69423/yemeni-child-bride-12-dies-in-childbirth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 3:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63917/mexican-army-slammed-for-drug-war-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA growing body of evidence points to widespread human rights abuses by the Mexican military in its battle against drug cartels, the Washington Post reports. Human rights groups say the army has responded to the traffickers' brutal tactics with equal brutality, carrying out deadly campaigns of "disappearances," forced confessions, torture,...http://www.newser.com/story/63917/mexican-army-slammed-for-drug-war-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 3:26:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60006/spains-human-rights-probes-spark-backlash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJudges in Spain are pressing human rights cases against top officials around the world, prompting threats abroad and criticisms at home, the Washington Post reports. Invoking so-called universal jurisdiction, judges are probing 16 cases, including US approval of torture and Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. But nervous Spanish lawmakers...http://www.newser.com/story/60006/spains-human-rights-probes-spark-backlash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 19:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59969/pelosi-wont-slap-china-on-human-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike Hillary Clinton before her, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will sidestep Beijing's human rights record on her weeklong trip to China that began today, reports the Washington Post . Pelosi, who has been a vocal critic of the Tiananmen Square massacre and Chinese policies on Tibet, says the focus of her...http://www.newser.com/story/59969/pelosi-wont-slap-china-on-human-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 13:29:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59427/brit-families-can-sue-over-soldier-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British court has ruled that defense heads can be sued for neglecting soldiers’ human rights—meaning decisions made on the battlefield could be subject to litigation, the Times of London reports. The ruling stemmed from an inquest into the heatstroke death of a soldier due to what the coroner...http://www.newser.com/story/59427/brit-families-can-sue-over-soldier-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 8:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53281/brits-condoned-torture-aided-extraordinary-renditions-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBinyam Mohamed, a recently released Gitmo detainee, alleges that he was tortured in Morocco while asked questions on behalf of Britian’s MI5. His story so far has amounted to his word against MI5’s, but a new report supports the former detainee’s claim, the Economist reports. A UN report on human...http://www.newser.com/story/53281/brits-condoned-torture-aided-extraordinary-renditions-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 16:21:01 CDT