Human Rights
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:44
Yemeni journalists earlier this month kicked off an initiative to affirm their solidarity with the security forces in their fight against terrorism and to urge other media personnel and the public to do the same.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:36
The Tbilisi-based TV3 television channel says its reporter Bela Zakaidze, cameraman Vakhtang Lekiashvili, and a broadcast technician, Mikheil Mikhoev, were detained by Russian forces on the afternoon of April 15.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 06:47
France, which hosted the presentation at the Security Council and showed the images afterward at a news conference, said they are evidence of war crimes by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Statement by Reps. McGovern, Farr, and Schakowsky on the murder in Honduras of Carlos Mejia Orellana
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 06:05
We call upon the Honduran authorities to immediately implement protective measures for Radio Progreso and ERIC employees and to carry out a thorough investigation of the murder of Carlos Mejia Orellana
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 13:13
On April 15 a journalist Parviz Hashimli kept in the jail of the Ministry of National Security began a hunger strike in protest against the violation of his rights, according to his lawyer Elchin Sadigov, who visited Hashimli today.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 13:11
Suleymanova noted that she attaches great importance to mutual cooperation with the OSCE in the field of human rights adding that ombudsman institute is actively involved in projects CoE and the EU, including in Twinning-projects and projects of the "Eastern Partnership".
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 13:06
In three statements to this meeting, the Central Asian NGO Coalitions summarized their main concerns and recommendations on how to tackle the persistent nature of torture in their countries.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 12:57
“But the rules detailed in the decree expose just how far the authorities are willing to go to muzzle the media outlets and independent society groups they deem threatening.”
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 00:00
One student answered that because the protestors were “armed and violent” they had to be confronted by a force that could use coercion; and since “the police’s use of force is highly regulated,” this task falls to the National Guard.