Human Rights
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 07:49
The United States has voiced "deep concern" after Azerbaijani authorities charged prominent human rights activist Leyla Yunus with treason.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 07:06
Authorities in northern Mali say a former jihadist leader in the town of Gao has been arrested by French military forces.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 07:03
A Ugandan court on Friday invalidated an anti-gay bill signed into law earlier this year, saying the measure is illegal because it was passed during a parliamentary session that lacked a quorum.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 06:59
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag arrived in New Hampshire on Thursday evening with her American husband and her children.There was global condemnation when she was sentenced to hang for apostasy by a Sudanese court earlier this year.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 06:43
For the upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, civil society actors from the U.S., Africa and the international community are urging the Barack Obama administration to use the summit as an opportunity to more thoroughly address some of Africa’s most pressing human rights violations.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 06:39
Durante once años Plazas Acevedo se mantuvo a la sombra, prófugo de la justicia.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 07:07
Since late 2013, the FARC has established an undisputed presence in many of the urban and rural areas of Tumaco, after numerous Rastrojos members were arrested and several neighborhoods succeeded in expelling the group.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:58
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that “all available evidence” suggested that Israeli artillery had hit a United Nations school in Gaza full of civilians who thought they were in a safe zone.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 07:20
Davi Kopenawa of the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon rainforest said armed men had raided the offices of lawyers working with him
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:28
Human rights and gay rights activists urged President Barack Obama to ensure that the issue of anti-gay discrimination in Africa is on the agenda at next week's summit in Washington with more than 40 African leaders.