Human Rights
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:30
Yemen's president on Tuesday pardoned a journalist who was jailed for three years on charges of helping al-Qaida and U.S. born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 11:34
As international media attention on Turkey's protest movement fades, authorities continue to stamp down on demonstrations amid signs that Prime Minister Erdogan is swerving further towards the kind of authoritarianism that originally incited them.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 10:39
Deputy Spokesperson Harf addresses the ship seized in the Panama Canal, Secretary Kerry's visit to a refugee camp in Jordan, arrests and security and engagement in Egypt, engagement with Iran, political solutions in Syria, and elections in Zimbabwe.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
Until its long-running civil war is truly concluded, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is needed there.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
Miguel Henrique Otero, editor and publisher of El Nacional, was responding to a weekend announcement by Venezuela's chief prosecutor asking to have his bank accounts frozen.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
Senalo que no va a aceptar "ningun linchamiento mediatico de grupos de poder a los que no les interesan los derechos humanos".
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
El Gobierno continua la investigacion por la fuga de los represores Jorge Olivera y Gustavo De Marchi del Hospital Militar.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
Police killings remain alarmingly high in Sao Paulo: averaging six killings per week in the first semester of 2013.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
The Bilateral Human Rights Working Group first met in Tegucigalpa in September 2012, and addressed three themes: strengthening human rights institutions, combating impunity, and security sector reform. The July 31 meeting will revisit these themes.
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 14:58