Human Rights
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:11
An Israeli soldier went on trial for manslaughter before a military court on Monday after he was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank two months ago.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:04
Saudi Arabia the other Arab states that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been brutally bombing Yemen for more than a year, hoping to drive Houthi rebels out of the capital they overran in 2014 and restore Saudi-backed President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:02
The Somali agency’s widespread use of child informants, which has not been previously documented, appears to be a flagrant violation of international law. It raises difficult questions for the U.S. government, which for years has provided substantial funding and training to the Somali agency through the CIA, according to current and former U.S. officials.
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 07:01
=Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez called for a “Leahy Law” investigation into reports that the Azerbaijan armed forces, which annually receive millions of dollars in U.S. military aid, committed gross violations of human rights during Baku’s April 2 offensive against Nagorno-Karabagh Republic, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 06:32
Mozambique's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has called for a full investigation into the discovery of bodies scattered in the bush of parts of the central provinces of Manica and Sofala
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 06:18
Ugandan police arrested at least 18 protesters on Thursday, with the opposition accusing them of using live rounds and detaining close to 100 people demonstrating against newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni.Human Rights Watch said the Ugandan government was showing "contempt for free expression rights".
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 06:08
Abdul Fattah el-Sisi has been trampling human rights, the rule of law and freedom of the press since he became Egypt's president two years ago. For almost as long, the international community has called on him to stop. But his critics in Washington have recently changed their tune.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:36
The U.K. should consider suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia pending an investigation into whether the kingdom has breached international humanitarian law in the conflict in Yemen, a panel of British lawmakers said.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:24
Dozens of House Democrats are pressing the Obama administration to make sure an international human rights panel is “actively involved” in the investigation of the murder of an environmental and indigenous rights activist in Honduras.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:16
In a stinging rebuke, the president of French medical relief agency Medecins Sans Frontieres on Tuesday accused several governments, including the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, of either directly attacking medical workers or participating in coalitions that have done so.