Rights group slams Malaysian proposal to lock up migrant workers
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Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned Malaysia's plan to introduce tough laws that curb the movements of migrant employees and allow employers &quot;to lock up workers.&quot;
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Libya on Friday defended plans to carry out a massive expulsion of illegal immigrants, rejecting criticism from a human rights group that doing so would violate international law.
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Hundreds of civil rights campaigners staged on Sunday a protest outside a prison in London against foreign nationals being held under anti-terror laws which allows foreign suspects to be jailed indefinitely without trial.
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Newmont Mining Corp. wants to bar shareholders from voting on a proposal that would require a company review of waste disposal programs in Indonesia, where it is accused of poisoning villagers.
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A document calls for an independent group that could block hirings and firings and conduct investigations.
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Britain's highest court on Thursday harshly condemned one of the most hotly disputed elements of the country's anti-terrorist strategy &#151; a law allowing some foreign suspects to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.
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KAMPUNG PULAU MELAKA, Malaysia  - Malaysia's Islamist opposition party called on non-Muslims on Thursday to back its election campaign to apply strict sharia law, including amputations and stonings, for the country's Muslims.
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A human rights group on Tuesday sharply  criticized the U.S. meat industry and the government for  hazardous working conditions at meat plants and accused  companies of using illegal tactics to suppress employee efforts  to report abuses.
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A civil rights group asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to block a new state law that denies some public benefits to illegal immigrants.
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Britain&#39;s highest court yesterday harshly condemned one of the most hotly disputed elements of the country&#39;s anti-terrorist strategy -- a law allowing some foreign suspects to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.
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Holding rooms to detain suspect illegal immigrants at Heathrow Airport are criticised for a second time.
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Five ethnic Indians held under a Malaysian law that allows detention without trial should be charged in court immediately to avoid the risk of rights abuse, Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday.
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Â· Civil liberties activists condemn proposalÂ· Conservatives back other counter-terror measures
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On the occasion of today's International Migrants' Day (18 December), Amnesty International reiterates its concern about the plight of millions of migrants around the world who are denied access to their ...
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A U.S.-based human rights group denounced on Tuesday the recent arrests of democracy activists by Syrian authorities and called for an investigation of alleged beatings during interrogations.
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Malaysia invoked a tough internal security law on Thursday to indefinitely detain five ethnic Indian activists from a group that had staged a mass anti-government protest last month.
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Companies that lay off workers would be barred from using H-1B visas under an amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill proposed by two U.S. senators.