Human Rights
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 11:58
While the United States explores potential new strategies, analysts say, Mr. Assad is forging ahead with his own: pounding civilians out of rebel-held districts or using military means to make life miserable for those left inside.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 11:02
As a country and a people, the United States has consistently stood for the protection of fundamental freedoms and universal human rights.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 09:31
The joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) working group on human rights met for the first time in Mogadishu Saturday (February 15th) to discuss the establishment of national institutions to protect human rights in Somalia.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 09:06
South Sudan's army on Monday denied using cluster bombs in its fight with rebels, shrugging off a U.N. report that fragments of the widely-banned explosives had been found.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 08:10
"As of today, there are 56 children at the facility, including 34 boys between (ages) 15 and 18, 10 boys under 15, and 12 girls below 18," said Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman for UNICEF.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 08:09
The commission will review alleged human rights violations during the regimes of Tunisia’s first two presidents, Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, as well as cases from the 2011 revolution.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 06:42
“Since the Egyptian revolution of 2011, one government after another has pledged to hold the state’s security apparatus accountable for its abuses of Egyptian citizens, and one government after another has failed to do so,” the petition says.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 00:00
Denuncio que algunos de los estudiantes detenidos en la marchas contra el gobierno de Nicolas Maduro fueron abusados sexualmente por las fuerzas armadas.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 00:00
The recent advances in promoting accountability and the rule of law could be halted or even reversed.
Monday, February 17, 2014 - 14:44
In a joint statement on February 14, seven rights and election watchdog groups said that although the prosecution failed to justify need for pre-trial detention of two municipal officials, the court in Kutaisi accepted the prosecution’s motion.