Human Rights
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 06:44
The OSCE representative on freedom of the media has called on authorities in Azerbaijan to stop their crackdown on independent media and rights activists.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 06:41
Last week, eight U.S. lawmakers called for cuts to the planned U.S. security assistance package to Colombia for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 in response to continuing reports of human rights violations, violence and impunity in the country.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 06:37
Authorities at a penal colony in Kazakhstan have refused to let inmates' relatives see their loved ones following reports that the armed forces put down a prison riot.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 05:31
The heavy presence of Sudan's military during an investigation by international peacekeepers of an alleged mass rape incident in Sudan's western Darfur region has raised serious concerns at the Security Council, Australia's U.N. envoy said on Monday.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 13:54
Argentina, a country not commonly associated with the “drug war” in the same way as countries like Mexico or Colombia, is increasingly experiencing violence and corruption linked to drug trafficking.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 07:49
A well-known Azerbaijani blogger has been questioned by police after being prohibited from leaving the country.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 07:44
Egypt underwent its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in four years on November 5. Egypt’s three-hour UPR witnessed statements from Egypt and other member states, with over a hundred member states offering recommendations.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 07:41
20th Session of the Universal Periodic Review
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America
As delivered by
Ambassador Keith Harper
U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council
Geneva,
November 5, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:52
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Tajik Constitution President Emomali Rakhmon announced amnesty for 10,000 prisoners on November 3. Analysts, however, worry that the amnesty is simply a political game ahead of February 2015 elections, and that at least 10% of those released will be back in prison within a year.
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 13:15
The United States government made a mistake this month in relaxing a ban on lethal arms sales and transfers to Vietnam — a non-democratic, one-party state with an abysmal human rights record. The U.S. move, announced on October 2 as Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh was visiting Washington, undermines courageous activists in Vietnam and squanders important leverage that might have been used to encourage more reform.