Human Rights
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:02
U.S. officials have one month to interrogate the suspected ringleader behind the Benghazi attack before reading him his Miranda rights.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:42
The enactment of the AHA is more than an affront to the LGBT community in Uganda — it calls into question the Government of Uganda’s commitment to protecting the human rights of all its people, and complicates our bilateral relationship.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:35
The US has imposed sanctions on Uganda for anti-gay laws it says are "counter to universal human rights".
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 08:14
Reporters Without Borders and other organizations that defend the media and the right to information have sent a joint letter to Central African Republic officials and international community representatives about the security situation in the CAR, which continues to be very worrying.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:08
Captured Libyan terrorism suspect Ahmed Abu Khattala may be brought to the United States aboard the Navy ship on which he is being held, U.S. officials said, a prospect that would probably extend the amount of time he can be interrogated by the FBI without being brought before a court.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:02
raq’s ambassador to the United States warned that a Sunni militant group advancing on Baghdad would commit “ethnic cleansing” if President Obama doesn’t quickly intervene to stop them.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/209776-iraqi-envoy-to-us-warns-of-ethnic-cleansing-if-obama-doesnt-act#ixzz355ryTyLE
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 12:52
The European Union (EU) and Tajikistan held the sixth round of their Human Rights Dialogue in Dushanbe on June 17.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 10:45
Why is the threat of ISIS in Iraq a sufficiently vital interest, but not the rise of ISIS in Syria — and a hideous civil war that has dismembered Syria itself and destabilized Lebanon, Jordan and now Iraq?
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 05:53
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the threat from ISIL in Iraq, the kidnapped teenagers in Israel and if Hamas has a role in the unity Palestinian government, the al-Shabaab attack in Kenya, and concerns about the freedom of speech in Egypt.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 05:43
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discusses the arrest of Ahmed Abu Khatallah in Libya, plans for the U.S. in Iraq's conflict, nuclear negotiations with Iran, the unity government of the Palestinians and kidnapping of three Israelis, the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah al-Shami in Egypt, and the latest al-Shabaab attack in Kenya.