Human Rights
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 06:52
But, as RFE/RL pointed out this week, the pace of run-ins with those critical of the government seems to have picked up since President Ilham Aliyev's reelection to a third term last month.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 11:00
U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Kenya, ICC.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:56
The International Criminal Court is arguably engaged in the most important confrontation in its history, and it is losing.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:30
Three members of the Eritrean air force defected on Tuesday by flying a military aircraft to Saudi Arabia becoming the latest defectors from the secretive Horn of African nation.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:27
"As Bahrain slides towards greater instability, it is time for the United States to adopt a more active approach, making clear that there will be serious consequences for the Bahrain regime if it continues to fail to reform."
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:25
"There is a culture within the security forces, and the way they do things, which needs to change," Mladenov told a group of foreign journalists in Baghdad.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:16
More than a thousand students, teachers, doctors and activists — even mosque imams — have been hauled in for questioning for their role in the civic unrest.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:08
Tunisia will soon activate special commissions to investigate and prevent torture, child abuse, discrimination and police violence, Human Rights and Transitional Justice Minister Samir Dilou announced on Monday.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:27
Special rapporteur on torture deplores squalid conditions and poor food besides the quality of mental health-care.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:17
ICC says 20 victims of post-election violence no longer wish to take part in proceedings against William Ruto.