Human Rights
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:47
"Cluster bombs are killing Syrian civilians now and threatening Syrians for generations to come."
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:42
Anyone who cast even a cursory eye over Angola in 2013 would have realised that very little was going right for the vast majority of the population.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:38
Despite some stabilization, the humanitarian situation in Somalia remains fragile and it is vital that the international community stays the course to ensure that millions of people in the Horn of Africa nation receive the assistance they need, a top United Nations relief official said today.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
In Brazil, police officers kill an average of five people every day. In 2012, according to a security report from the Brazilian Forum on Public Security, 1,890 Brazilians were killed by the police, 351 here in São Paulo.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
Dominican President Danilo Medina will present a bill to Congress next week aimed at creating a pathway for those born to undocumented foreigners, but are not considered citizens under a recent constitutional court ruling.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
Court ruling that forces crusading attorney general out of office early calls into question policies on justice and human rights.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
A student demonstrator died of a bullet wound on Wednesday in the fifth fatality from Venezuela's political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of the socialist government.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
Mexican and international organizations sent an open letter to the heads of state of Mexico, the United States, and Canada as they prepared to meet on February 19 in Toluca, Mexico for the sixth North American Leaders' Summit.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 13:26
“I am concerned that the new Internet Law will threaten free expression and media freedom in Turkey,” Mijatović wrote in a letter to President Gül. “It contains several highly worrisome provisions which could block free online discourse on issues of public interest.”
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 12:10
The move came after pro-government media outlets last week claimed Ismayilova had handed files on Azerbaijani opposition politicians and other prominent figures to U.S. Senate staffers who were allegedly working as U.S. intelligence agents.