Human Rights
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:51
A Swedish court of appeal on Thursday upheld a life prison sentence for Stanislas Mbanenande, the first person in Sweden to be convicted of genocide, for crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:30
Egypt's president has said he will not "interfere" with the judiciary over the sentencing of al-Jazeera journalists in Cairo, which triggered global outrage.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:11
Kazakhstan is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor, this is said in the U.S. State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:03
The appointment of a new rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan will be discussed at the next session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 06:54
Azerbaijani president stated to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that his country is carrying out reforms to create a more positive environment for civil society and political freedoms.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 06:48
The United States welcomed the release from a Sudanese jail of a Christian woman sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy after refusing to revert to Islam under Sudan’s Sharia Law.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 06:47
The Council of Europe’s leaders and members of its Parliamentary Assembly should urge Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to end his country’s growing persecution of government critics and independent groups.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 14:20
The U.S. government is taking a number of actions to underscore the critical importance we place on human rights and fighting against discrimination, protecting vulnerable populations, respecting freedom of expression and association, and advancing inclusive governance.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 09:35
The rapporteur of human rights for the Council of Europe expressed deep concern for the situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 09:25
The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report placed Uzbekistan in the lowest category, Tier 3 in 2013, and maintained the placement in this year’s report. Tier 3 is reserved for governments that do not comply with minimum standards to combat human trafficking and fail to take adequate steps to address the problem, and it carries the possibility of sanctions.