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Human Rights Now combines aspects of investigations, advocacy, campaigns, education and technical cooperation with other organizations. HRN prioritizes most serious human rights violation, such as extrajudicial killings and military’s attacks against civilians. HRN also prioritizes human rights violations against those who are more vulnerable, such as women and children.

News Archive

2013/09/13
Bangladesh: Open Letter to Release Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan

2013/09/12
Statement: HRN Makes Oral Intervention at the 24th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

2013/09/04
Statement: HRN Submitted Written Statements for 24th United Nations Human Rights Council

2013/08/30
Human Rights Now Urges the Immediate Cessation of the use of Chemical Weapons in Syria and the Immediate Resolution of the Facts, and it States its Utmost Concern with the Plan to Intervene with Military or Similar Action by the US

2013/08/09
Statement: Protest Against Remarks of the Government, "Definition of Aggression is unsettled."

2013/08/09
Statement: Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Financial Minister Taro Aso's Statement Regarding the Nazi Regime Concerning Constitutional Revision

2013/07/15
Open Letter: A Call to Release the WHO Report on Congenital Birth Defects in Iraq

2013/05/31
Speech by Former Mayor of Futaba, Fukushima, Katsutaka Idogawa

2013/05/31
Video: Japanese Government (Mr. Takashi Okada) Appears Before UNHRC

2013/05/31
Video: Watch the United Nations Special Rapporteur Report on Fukushima to the UNHRC

2013/05/30
Fukushima Coverage Increases After United Nations Special Rapporteur's Report

2013/05/30
HRN Hosts Side Event on Special Rapporteur's Report to the UNHRC

2013/05/30
Video: HRN Presents at UNHRC Requesting Japanese Government Follow Special Rapporteur's Recommendations

2013/05/20
Event: On May 28, 2013, HRN Will Organize a Side Event at the UNHRC on the Right to Health in Fukushima

2013/05/20
Civil Society Strongly Condemns Osaka Mayor Hashimoto's Remarks on "Comfort Women"

2013/04/18
Report: 10 Years After the War. Human Rights Now Releases Report from Fact Finding Mission on Congenital Birth Defects in Fallujah, Iraq.

2013/04/01
Video: From Fukushima to New York: Continuing Dangers of Nuclear Power

2013/03/21
Statement: Human Rights Now Send Open Letters to President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron

2013/03/04
Event: Experts Call for Immediate Action to Protect the Right to Health of Women, Children and Others Affected by the Nuclear Accident in Fukushima

2013/02/12
Statement Submission to the Human Rights Council: NGOs Call for Immediate Action to Protect the Right to Health and Life of Women and Children Affected by the Nuclear Accident in Fukushima, Japan

2013/02/12
Statement Submission to the Human Rights Council: Grave Human Rights Violations During the War and Occupation in Iraq

2013/02/12
Statement Submission to the Human Rights Council: Myanmar. "Overseas aid and investment to Myanmar without principles inhibits democratization and conflict resolution, accelerating human rights violations against ethnic minorities."

2013/02/10
The OHCHR Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Human Rights Now

2013/01/22
Statement: HRN expresses concern over Sri Lanka's impeachment and dismissal of Supreme Court Chief Justice, the independence of the country's judiciary, and the overconcentration of power in the hands of the president

2013/01/21
Statement: Human Rights Violations in Burma, Amidst Air Strikes on the People of Kachin by the Burmese Military

2013/01/19
Statement: A 23-year-old Indian Woman's Death. HRN Calls for Sweeping Reforms to End all Forms of Violence Against Women

2012/12/15
Statement: Civil Society Makes Statement on the Right to Health of the People Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

2012/12/11
HRN welcomes the admission of Palestine as a non-member observer "State" by the UN General Assembly, and objects to Israel's retaliatory measures and its opposition to Palestine's accession to the ICC.

2012/12/11
[Press Release] Fukushima: Requests for a Drastic Policy Change in Compliance with the Recommendations Made by the UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Anand Grover

2012/12/08
[Media]11/16 NY : Health Related Issues After the Nuclear Accident

2012/11/27
Statement: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Holds Press Conference

2012/11/27
Statement: The UN Human Rights Council Held a Universal Periodic Review: Member-State Governments Severely Criticized the Human Rights Situation in Japan

2012/11/22
Statement: "Overseas Aid and Investment to Burma (Myanmar) Without Principles Inhibits the Democratization and Conflict Resolution, and Thus Accelerates the Human Rights Violations of Minorities."

2012/11/20
[Press Release] Fukushima: the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health is now in Japan

2012/11/13
Comment: Kazuko Ito, Secretary General of Human Rights Now Comment on HRC Election

2012/11/12
Statement: UNHRC Membership Elections Joint Letter to Candidates

2012/11/05
Statement: HRN Expresses Concern Over Recent Situation of the Repatriation of Burmese Refugees

2012/10/29
[Report] HRN published a Report "In Cambodia, People are Deprived of Land."

2012/10/23
[Sales] Human Rights Now 2013 Calendar

2012/09/25
Statement: Joint Open Letter Concerning Cambodia Regarding GDCC