Human Rights
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 06:42
President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the group’s rapporteur for Mexico James Cavallaro doesn’t pull punches in saying that the Mexican government failed to cooperate with the IACHR's panel of international experts that was sent to investigate the case.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 06:29
Former National Assembly deputy speaker Farah Maalim has accused the State of blackmailing the international community for more funding in the latest threat to repatriate thousands of refugees from Kenya.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 06:13
The United States condemned the "excessive use of force" by Kenya's security services during a demonstration by opponents of the electoral oversight body, the embassy said. Police beat some demonstrators with batons and kicked others on Monday after firing teargas and water cannon to disperse a crowd outside the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 07:19
From the very moment Mauricio Macri became Argentina’s president-elect, human rights policies were expected to be one of the main differences between him and his progressive predecesors, Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 07:17
A disturbing new video leak showing Mexican state agents torturing a detainee has offered further proof that Mexico has a torture problem and that the state is directly involved in abuses, a fact that authorities have repeatedly denied.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 06:49
A Congolese general recruited, financed and armed elements of a Ugandan Islamist group to kill civilians while he was in charge of a military operation targeting the rebels, according to a confidential report to the United Nations Security Council.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 06:22
For Egypt, the U.S. Government has effectively whitewashed gross abuses of human rights, even as it approved giving $6.5 billion in aid illegally, as suggested in a government report released on May 12
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:34
Dushanbe says the right things in international forums, but hasn’t made measurable progress in fulfilling its rights commitments.
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 06:49
Egyptian officials say two Cairo courts have convicted and sentenced to five years in jail a total of 101 protesters for taking part in peaceful, anti-government demonstrations last month. The officials on Sunday said the 101 were convicted of breaking a disputed 2013 law that effectively bans street protests. Of the 101, 79 were also fined $10 000 each.
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 06:41
A Mexican civilian court has freed the last three soldiers accused of homicide in a 2014 incident in which at least a dozen suspects were allegedly executed after they surrendered.