Human Rights
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 12:57
The Interior Ministry has moved to limit police authorization in activities regarding the media, unions and political parties, with authority being transferred to bodies operated by the ministry.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 12:38
The state-run Al Ahram daily said on its website that public prosecutor Hisham Barakat ordered the imprisonment of four police officers pending further investigation of the accusation of murder.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 12:02
But Human Rights Watch said the evidence it had gathered "strongly suggests" that the strikes in Yemen it documented "did not adhere" to the policies set out by Obama.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 08:47
Violence in the western town of Yaloké has forced people to take refuge in the bush, following similar events in Bouca and Bossangoa. The ICRC and the Central African Red Cross Society are distributing food and burying the dead.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 07:30
Experts say a new investigation strategy due to be adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) needs to address longstanding issues about evidence-gathering that have left multiple trials on an uncertain footing.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 00:00
The countries plan to compile an inventory of the lasting damage they believe they suffered and then demand an apology and reparations from the former colonial powers of Britain, France and the Netherlands.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 13:28
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:15
Sadriddin Toshev and Sunattulo Rizoyev were found guilty of distributing false information and sentenced to seven and nine years in jail, respectively, on October 18.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:09
A father of four has committed suicide after being forced to pick cotton then humiliated publicly for underperforming in the western region of Karakalpakistan.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:07
But this year, as RFE/RL witnessed, they are being taken to the fields on a scale not seen in years -- in the company of teachers and, frequently, local officials.