Civil Society
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 08:33
The Mexican Federal Police, Mexico’s primary public security institution, does not have a public manual on the use-of-force, meaning no current standards define when a member of the police can use force, including lethal, on another person.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:09
There are many conspicuous ways to fight terrorism and extremism: militarily, financially, ideologically. In the case of Oral, Kazakhstan, the effort is also theatrical.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:07
Tajikistan has opted for a forgiving approach for those who had no previous affiliation with terrorist or extremist groups and who repent for joining IS.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:58
Call for top officers to face war crimes inquiry as report based on hundreds of interviews and leaked files alleges widespread abuses in campaign against Boko Haram
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:56
The Nigerian military, including nine senior commanders, should be investigated for their role in shooting, starving, suffocating and torturing thousands of people to death during the fight against Boko Haram.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:53
Rule of Law index, a new global report that ranks countries’ adherence to the rule of law, puts Botswana in the top spot for Africa.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:17
President Ilham Aliyev's increasing repression is sounding alarms across Europe and in the USA. On 13 April 45 former US officials, experts, organizations and activists wrote to John Kerry, the US Secretary of State.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 05:59
After stalling for almost two years, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has overwhelmingly passed a bill that will have a chilling effect on the Central Asian country’s vibrant civil society, if it becomes law.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 05:56
Afghanistan is increasingly relying on a "cheap but dangerous" national militia of some 30,000 fighters, some of whom have committed serious abuses in the communities they are supposed to protect.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 06:18
Nursultan Nazarbayev suggested that Kazakhstan must transition from its super-presidential system to a more balanced one with greater checks and balances.