Politico
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 00:00
A U.S.-Colombia plan aimed at reducing violence against workers and strengthening labor rights in the Latin American country is failing on both counts, labor groups in the two countries said.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:11
But Tajikistan—with a human rights record that is nearly as bad—has been able to slide under the radar and become a major beneficiary of Pentagon largesse.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:10
American policy has done little for the country’s long-term security, promoting personal patronage networks instead of durable institutions to manage a peaceful transition of power in Uzbekistan.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:08
The Qatari government has, on at least two occasions, publicly ruled out using the U.S. base for operations against Iran—raising the question of just what all that fancy hardware is for.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:07
Meanwhile, Turkish anti-terror police have arrested citizens on trumped-up charges of terrorism, allowing some of those targeted to languish in jail during lengthy pre-trial hearings.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:06
In reality, the constitutional reform that garnered so much praise in Washington—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even called it a “model” for other countries in the region—confirmed and even strengthened autocracy in Morocco.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 07:10
Which leaves America uncomfortably close to where it was before Jan. 25, 2011: backing a client regime with barely a fig leaf of democracy.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 07:08
The primary culprit is the vacillating nature of U.S. policy, which has been neither staunchly supportive nor constructively critical enough to exert effective pressure for change.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 06:58
In 2010, it became clear that Washington’s support for both Akayev and Bakiyev had been a huge policy miscalculation, as democratic-leaning leaders took hold of the Kyrgyz government in a popular uprising.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 00:00
The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights of Honduras, an NGO, announced that it had received 5,000 reports of human rights violations last year in the country’s northern region alone.