Human Rights
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 06:32
The Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Centre writes: The criminalization of the sale and consumption of certain substances, under the model known internationally as ‘the war on drugs’, has been increasingly criticized in a variety of global forums due to its evident failure as a strategy to end the use and abuse of prohibited substances, as well as its impact in filling prisons with people accused of non-violent crimes.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 06:30
Almost half of European Union (EU) member states have flouted an EU-wide suspension on arms transfers to Egypt, risking complicity in a wave of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and torture, Amnesty International reports.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 06:04
The UK government has sought fresh assurances from Saudi Arabia that British-made cluster bombs have not been used in the conflict in Yemen. Amnesty International said it had documented the use of the weapons, manufactured in the 1970s.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 08:11
Last Monday's incident where anti-IEBC protests turned into running battles rekindled memories of the 1980s where cases of police brutality were rampant, as well as elicited debate on police reforms and the general conduct of the police.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 07:05
Authorities in Kazakhstan reacted with startling severity to attempts to hold rallies against land reforms on May 21 by detaining possibly hundreds of journalists, activists and demonstrators. Police had been laying the ground for their hardline approach in the days ahead of the demonstrations by arbitrarily detaining and jailing people suspected of organizing the protests.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 06:53
The demolition of shacks north of the South African capital Pretoria triggered riots on Monday and overnight in which two security guards were killed, police said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 06:51
Human rights campaigners have condemned the British government after it announced it would significantly boost its military support to Oman, a country that has been criticised for suppressing freedom of speech.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 06:35
South Sudanese government soldiers have carried out a wide range of often-deadly attacks on civilians in and around the western town of Wau. Soldiers have killed, tortured, raped, and detained civilians and looted and burned down homes.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 06:26
Human rights groups say Saudi-led coalition warplanes improperly used U.S.-made cluster bombs in Yemen, posing a danger to civilians two months after a cease-fire was reached in the country's civil war.
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 07:05
Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who stormed into Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone and entered at least one government building, witnesses said.