Human Rights
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 06:19
Number of known deaths by capital punishment rose by nearly 15 percent in 2013, says new report
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 00:00
With a journalist assaulted every 26.5 hours in Mexico, a new report gives voice to some of the victims within the country's media.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 11:36
Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf addresses the continued partnership with the Iraqi government, policy towards Egypt, policy towards Syria, the removal of Joseph Kony and the LGBT situation in Uganda, and peace in the Middle East.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 11:21
MP Sultano said the Commission put forward the proposals related to the protection of human rights into the new Criminal and Administrative Codes of the Republic of Kazakhstan and assured they would be taken into account.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 10:58
Some 52 House members have so far signed on to a letter to the president being circulated by Reps. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., and Jim McGovern, D-Mass., as of Monday evening, March 24.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:37
Kenya has ordered all urban-based Somali refugees to move into designated camps in a bid to end attacks by militant Islamists.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:22
"We may or may not like a court decision, but we certainly abide by it," Arinc said.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:01
A killing of insurgents in northern Nigeria may have actually been a heinous attack on local young men merely rounded up and detained, according to a New York Times account.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 08:59
Ethiopia's government is using imported technology to spy on the phones and computers of its perceived opponents, a Human Rights Watch report says.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 08:57
At the President’s direction, the United States has deployed CV-22 Ospreys, refueling aircraft, and associated support personnel to augment U.S. support for the African Union (AU) Regional Task Force’s counter-Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) mission.