Human Rights
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 07:21
Rights activists in Uganda have been voicing concern over police brutality towards journalists. Some detect a policy of coercing media outlets into reporting favorably on the government ahead of the 2016 elections.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 07:45
The incarceration and subsequent show-trial for Azerbaijani hostages in Azerbaijan's occupied lands is a complete provocation, declared a Moldovan human rights activist.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 07:22
The Obama administration’s decision to engage Egypt is “a case of realpolitik over idealism,” concedes one official. But it’s also the right policy choice.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 06:53
Milenio — a generally pro-government newpaper — has unearthed military records that indicate the Army was aware of the events in Iguala the night of 26 September, but either failed to act, or… though negligence or design, released students to be taken by the police and gangsters.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 06:49
Venezuela's Ministry of Defense has authorized the military to use firearms against demonstrators as a last resort in the demonstrations taking place in the country.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 06:38
More than 1,300 young Somali men have been jailed in prisons abroad for piracy since 2005. Most have been sentenced to life in jail.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 07:04
A week ago, Egypt's customs services in Alexandria port confiscated 400 copies of a book that documents the Egyptian revolution through graffiti. A government official told a local paper the book was confiscated because it "contains elements that give advice on confronting police and army forces" and, therefore, a cause for concern.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 06:56
The reign of terror by Uganda's once brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), could be drawing towards an end after it suffered mass desertions, a leading rights group has said.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 06:45
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its deep concern over the situation regarding the rule of law in Venezuela and its consequences for the full observance of human rights.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 06:43
The campaign, which has been initiated in Azerbaijan, seeks to reveal the horrors which Armenia's officials conducted against Azerbaijan in the 1990s. Launched in January the petition succeeded in collecting over 100,000 signatures, thus calling for the UN to hold Armenia's incumbent president liable for the war crimes he committed.