Human Rights
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 10:10
The decision was taken at a hearing held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday when 30 suspects, including 14 Emiratis and 11 Egyptians, stood trial.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 09:23
The Gaza Strip’s Hamas government said on Tuesday it had added studies to encourage “resistance to Israel” to the territory’s public schools curriculum.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 08:50
Is the International Criminal Court racist?
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 08:42
The kidnapping and killing of RFI journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in Mali has raised questions over the identities and motives of the attackers – and what this means for Mali’s security.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 08:39
The U.N. Human Rights Office has condemned an attack that killed more than 30 wedding guests in northern Nigeria Saturday. The attack was blamed on the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The U.N. agency warns that members of the group, which is blamed for thousands of deaths, could be liable for crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 08:29
The column of soldiers marched uphill single file, slowly but deliberately making its way to the town of Bunagana, on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Pete Muller trekked alongside them to photograph the moment when Congolese soldiers liberated the town from the control of the M23 rebel group, part of a rapid advance by government forces that pushed the group out of areas it held in its year-and-a-half long insurrection.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 08:20
Fifty-five seconds after police in Marikana yelled “cease fire”, officers were still shooting live ammunition at koppie one. There is no evidence yet to justify the continued firing at the mineworkers. Meanwhile, at the Commission, Dali Mpofu’s team has just returned and Legal Aid South Africa is already challenging the decision to fund the legal costs of injured and arrested mineworkers.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 06:25
Critics, though, fear that the amendment and its broad definitions run counter to the constitutional right of freedom of expression.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 06:22
The daughter of Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan's long-serving president, says security services have arrested former bodyguards and either have subjected them to torture or will do so soon.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 06:15
A number of Egyptian NGOs expressed their concerns over separate incidents of attacks, detentions and trials of journalists.