Human Rights
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 08:18
Aliyev noted that a resolution on the existence of political prisoners in Azerbaijan was voted down by a majority of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly last year.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:12
Spokesperson Marie Harf discussed foreign aid in the spending bill, LGBT and civil rights in Nigeria, the Benghazi attack, the Joint Plan of Action in Iran with the IAEA, reports of chemical weapon use in Syria, and other topics.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 00:00
The case appears to be the first of an Ecuadorean public figure's electronic privacy being violated for political ends.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 00:00
La Comision Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) inicio una investigacion de oficio por las presuntas violaciones a los derechos humanos de cuatro civiles, entre ellos una nina de 11 anos, que supuestamente fueron ultimados por militares en la comunida
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 00:00
Peru modifica el Codigo Penal para eximir de responsabilidad a los agentes que causen muertes y lesiones "en el cumplimiento de su deber y en uso de sus armas u otro medio de defensa".
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 00:00
Erika Londono, Gustavo Chicangana, and Jorge Ramirez work for Caracol Radio Guaviare, one of five stations in the state capital of San Jose del Guaviare, and have covered the February 2 recall vote that will determine whether Governor Jose Octaviano River
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 11:51
The project's main goal is to help curtail the "very high" incidence of violence against Tajik juveniles in correctional facilities, the EU said in a statement.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:18
The bill would also make it easier for the Obama administration to work around a standing requirement that the U.S. withdraw its aid from any military responsible for a coup.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:12
A U.N. human rights team has gathered testimony that Chadian citizens, including peacekeepers, carried out mass killings during chaotic violence in Central African Republic, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:00
Zambian police have used batons and teargas on a crowd of opposition activists outside a police station where their leader had been summoned.