Human Rights
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 00:00
Human rights activists say the releases, expected to begin this month, are both premature and perilous for a country that many believe is on the cusp of making peace with leftist rebels
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 11:27
Ms. Oynihol Bobonazarova, a pioneer of the human rights movement in Tajikistan, was among 10 women awarded as "International Women of Courage" by the U.S. Department of State.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 10:44
People in cities across the world have been staging protests in support of the journalists since the trial opened last month.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 09:00
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Annual Country Report on Human Rights issued today by the State Department.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 06:38
Following a report by Human Rights Watch, which accused both rebel and government armed forces in the South Sudanese conflict of committing serious abuses during recent fighting, anti-government forces have admitted that civilians have been killed in the areas under their control.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 06:11
The United States has accused both sides in South Sudan’s violent political conflict, which has seen thousands killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since mid-December, of engaging in human rights abuses.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 06:05
The United States Department of State has released a damaging report against Liberia, capturing the life-threatening conditions of prisons, human rights abuses by securities, judicial inefficiency and official corruption, among others.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 00:00
La presidenta de la Agrupacion de Familiares de Ejecutados Politicos (AFEP), Alicia Lira, reitero este martes su llamado a la presidenta electa, Michelle Bachelet.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 00:00
As one of Venezuela's most important trading partners, and as a nation whose people take note of the well-being and basic rights of other peoples in our hemisphere and beyond, the United States has an interest in ensuring that human rights are not violat
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 16:35
A new report by the United States has described Nigeria as a country where corruption, official impunity, and gross human rights violations occur at will.