5 January 09 - The U.S. section of Amnesty International sent an "urgent" letter Friday to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling on her to end what it called Washington’s "lopsided response" to the ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza Read

31 December 08 - The entire team at the Tribune Rights Tribune sends you Best Wishes for 2009…. Read

24 December 08 - It is well known, particularly in this holiday season, that Christians follow the teachings of Jesus. What is less well understood is that Muslims also love and revere Jesus as one of God’s greatest messengers to mankind, says Ibrahim Hooper, from the Council on American-Islamic (...) Read

22 December 08 - Press Emblem Campagn, Geneva - During the past year, ninety-five journalists* in 32 countries paid with their lives for exercising their profession, according to the 2008 Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) report published Monday. This figure is lower than the record 115 journalists killed last year, (...) Read

19 December 08 - SPECIAL 60th - "I serve those who lived in 1600 and I’m serving those who will live in 2200", says Librarian and Archivist of Canada Ian Wilson. He promotes digitization and free acess to archives, which can play a crucial role in the fight against human rights (...) Read

17 December 08 - GENEVA, PRETORIA, VIENNA, WASHINGTON DC / OSCE - The freedom of expression rapporteurs of the United Nations, the OSCE, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) released a joint declaration today (monday 15 of december) on (...) Read

17 December 08 - The effectiveness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains unsatisfactory, according to experts at an international conference in Bern. Read

15 December 08 - SPECIAL 60th - Early in the decade, a woman raised her voice against Hindu fundamentalism asserting Aryan superiority. And she was heard. Her name: Romila Thapar. The famous Indian historian explains here how spurious identities founded on pseudo-historical arguments affect human rights. (...) Read

12 December 08 - Release from UNRWA - Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) , today warned that unless the Agency’s financial outlook improves significantly in the coming months UNRWA faced “the very real prospect of having to make cuts in basic (...) Read

11 December 08 - The United Nations Wednesday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) against the backdrop of widespread political repression — most notably in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Burma (Myanmar), Iraq, Afghanistan and in the Israeli-occupied territories (...) Read