Human Rights
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 11:14
With a career in journalism that spanned over 40 years, Luis Eduardo Cardozo was killed in his home in western Colombia.
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 07:48
Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked to learn that Ilgar Nasibov, a journalist and human rights defender, was beaten unconscious yesterday in Nakhchivan, the capital of an autonomous western exclave of Azerbaijan. His wife, fellow journalist Malahat Nasibova, suspects the authorities.
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 07:30
Tony Blair has given the President of Kazakhstan PR tips for a speech defending the country’s human rights record in the wake of the killing of unarmed protesters by police.
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 07:08
The ambassador did not address the bogus charges of spying for Armenia made against Leyla and Arif Yunus, the fact that Ms. Yunus is being denied medicines and medical treatment or the fact that there are dozens of other political prisoners being detained or imprisoned in Azerbaijani jails.
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 06:43
Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (UKMK) reportedly has filed a libel lawsuit against an independent journalist in the country's southern region of Osh.
Friday, August 22, 2014 - 08:11
В реанимационное отделение Нахичеванской республиканской больницы помещен избитый 21 августа правозащитник Ильгар Насибов, его состояние медиками оценивается как тяжелое. Ильгар Насибов был избит из-за правозащитной деятельности, считает его супруга Малахат Насибова.
Friday, August 22, 2014 - 07:50
An Azerbaijani journalist and rights activist has been badly beaten by unknown assailants in the country's Naxcivan exclave.
Friday, August 22, 2014 - 07:46
Uzbek President Islam Karimov's once-powerful daughter has complained in secret recordings about being kept with her daughter under house arrest in Uzbekistan.
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 09:12
Human Rights First today said that the Bahraini government’s refusal to allow Congressman James McGovern (D-MA) and Human Rights First’s Brian Dooley to enter the country demonstrates the regime’s unwillingness to address its ongoing human rights abuses. Rep. McGovern and Dooley applied for access to Bahrain in early June, seeking permission to travel to the country in August to meet with Bahraini government members, and members of civil society and the opposition.
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 07:19
In the Lankaran Court of Grave Crimes today began the proceedings against Emil Mammadov - head of the NGO Promotion of Democracy from Salyan.