Human Rights
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 00:00
Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are universal human rights. They are essential to a functioning democracy. And the Venezuelan government has an obligation to protect these fundamental freedoms.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 12:15
"Ms. Ismayilova has been the target of consistent and sordid attacks by the government because of her investigative journalism. The current charges against her include espionage on behalf of the United States."
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 12:08
The United States joins others in noting with grave concern the adoption of recent amendments to several laws in Azerbaijan affecting NGO registration, fines, and funding.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:27
The federal government has warned members of the armed forces including the military service chiefs and commanders, that it will not spare any officer found culpable in human rights violation in the course of their internal security operations.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:07
By: Lisa Haugaard, LAWGEF
In their houses, in front of their children, in the middle of meetings, while taking their children or grandchildren to school, while eating in restaurants, while walking to or from work: these are some of the places in which 78 Colombian human rights defenders were assassinated in 2013.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 07:38
Enactment of Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 07:35
The Embassy said it has consistently raise questions relating to restrictions on Internet and blocking media websites.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 07:28
Media-related aspects of the draft criminal code and code on administrative offences were among the topics addressed today at an OSCE-supported expert meeting in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of parliament of Kazakhstan.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 06:59
The U.S. Embassy believes that today’s judgment against newspaper «Asia Plus» and its editor Olga Tutubalina will have a chilling effect on freedom of the press in Tajikistan.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 06:39
Some prisons were supposedly placed under the administration of the justice ministry, but actual control is by prison directors and military councils of cities where the prisons are located.