Human Rights
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:51
In Egypt, some soldiers and police have given these criminals a free pass to cross the heavily-policed Suez canal and even return escaped trafficking victims to their captors in Sinai," Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher and advocate at HRW, told Al Jazeera.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:47
Secular activists arrested last month on the third anniversary of the revolt against Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak say they have been tortured, some with electric shocks, relatives and lawyers who have seen them said.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:33
Washington is concerned over the new amendments to the NGO law in Azerbaijan and is evaluating how this will impact US-led programs in the country on a daily basis.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:01
Kazakhstan has never been a bastion of press freedom, but the arrests of four Almaty bloggers in the past week have put Internet commentators in the country’s cultural capital on high alert.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:52
As a member of the UN Human Rights Council, Algeria has pledged to cooperate with regional and international human rights organizations.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:35
A Congolese warlord widely known as "the Terminator" ordered troops, including child soldiers, to massacre and rape civilians to spread terror and grab territory, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:27
The foreigners are accused of "collaborating with the Egyptians by providing them with money, equipment, information", and "airing false news aimed at informing the outside world that the country was witnessing a civil war".
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:27
Scores of female church workers were massacred last month as they sought refuge at a church in the central South Sudanese town of Bor.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 06:53
The representative discussed the effects of violence and terrorism with the foreign minister and met with NGOs and members of civil society.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 06:16
"These abuses persist despite some improvements in the treatment of migrants since the government announced a new migration and asylum policy in September 2013," HRW said in a new report on Monday.