Human Rights
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:40
The European Union (EU)-Africa summit provides an important opportunity to highlight crucial human rights developments in both Africa and Europe. Progress is being made on many human rights issues in an array of countries, but daunting challenges remain. The summit agenda includes both democracy and governance and peace and security, two broad topics that include a range of human rights concerns.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
The country’s truth commission is increasingly generating interest as former officials defend their actions nearly three decades after the dictatorship ended.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
A day before the 50th anniversary of the 1964 coup, she said Brazil was able to bear the wounds it had suffered because it was now a "solid democracy".
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
"It is a place you come to for the day to do your business, and then leave as fast as you can," says the head of a shipping company based in Bogota.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:31
Brutal beatings, sexual abuse, and electric shocks are being carried out on detainees, including teenage children, in Egypt, according to testimonies gathered by the BBC.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:26
A Cairo court has denied three Al Jazeera English journalists bail, after nearly 100 days in prison.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:09
The president’s decision not to discuss human rights or women’s rights in his meeting with the king is sure to disappoint activists who have long been critical of the kingdom’s treatment of women.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:46
Diplomats representing major western powers have strongly condemned human rights violations by South Sudan's government and rebel forces and protested the obstruction of U.N. operations and threats to U.N. personnel in the war-torn country.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:21
To mark the 12 months of extreme and unacceptable violence that has gripped the Central African Republic (CAR) since a coup d’état last March, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has brought together testimonies from its teams and patients in a report, One Year of Escalating Violence.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 08:13
Only five countries carried out executions in Africa in 2013, with Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan carrying out more than 90 per cent of the region’s executions.