Human Rights
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 10:18
U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson, who issued the "interim" report, said the U.S. had created "an almost insurmountable obstacle to transparency."
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 09:28
The United States Embassy expresses its disappointment over the Supreme Court’s decision on October 16 to let stand the decisions of the lower courts not to investigate charges of torture during detainment of human rights activist Azimjon Askarov.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:33
Saudi Arabia and Chad easily won coveted seats on the U.N. Security Council Thursday, despite criticism from human rights groups that their rights records are abysmal. Nigeria, Lithuania and Chile also won seats.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:22
Saudi Arabia, Chad and Nigeria were elected by the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to serve a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council as human rights groups called for all three countries to improve their records.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:15
Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto said Wednesday (October 16th) he was committed to his International Criminal Court (ICC) trial, provided he could be excused for one year to "fight terror".
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:08
“The issue is one of the most important topics of our cooperation and we are satisfied with the attention the leadership of the Armenian Defense Ministry pays to it”, said James Appathurai.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:48
A former high-ranking UN investigator says the International Criminal Court (ICC) must look into – and prosecute – all human rights violations committed during Ivory Coast’s civil war – or lose its credibility.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:46
Human Rights Watch has released a 70-page report accusing Ethiopia of using torture against political detainees to extract information and confessions. The international rights watchdog is urging the Ethiopian government to stop these alleged practices.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:19
Ethiopian authorities are torturing and mistreating political detainees to extract confessions, Human Rights Watch says.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 00:00
"We know exactly which newspapers are plotting a coup," the president declared in September; and "everyone knows which are the pro-coup TV channels."