Human Rights
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 05:54
Georgia is leading in a press freedom index among six former Soviet republics included in the European Union's Eastern Partnership initiative.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
El exministro de Justicia y Exteriores de Peru visita Mexico para presentar las sesiones extraordinarias que la CIDH celebrara en este pais en octubre.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
The Venezuelan Program of Education and Action on Human Rights, PROVEA presents
its fifth international Bulletin on the human rights situation in the country.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 12:23
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera English network says four of its journalists have been arrested by Egyptian authorities after they covered events in Cairo.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 12:21
US ambassador Anne Patterson vehemently denies article published in state daily Al-Ahram accusing her of plotting to destabilise Egypt.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 12:07
Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks on human rights abuses in the fight against Boko Haram.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 08:22
More than a dozen prison guards and high-ranking prison officials in Kazakhstan have been convicted of torturing an inmate and sentenced to prison.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 08:12
Human Rights Watch says the Azerbaijani government has been carrying out a "deliberate" strategy to "limit dissent" ahead of the Caspian Sea country's October 9 presidential election.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 07:14
An Egyptian court has ordered the closure of four television channels that have been accused of sympathising with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 00:00
Few human rights abusers have been prosecuted. And fewer than two in five of the 78,000 relatives of people killed who applied for reparations received them, getting less than $4,000 each.