Human Rights
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 06:33
A top official with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has welcomed Azerbaijan's recent release of some civil-society activists and journalists and called for the release of more people believed imprisoned for political reasons.
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 08:55
Human Rights Threatened, Self-Determination Deferred: The Status of Western Sahara
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 10:00am
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Friday, March 18, 2016 - 06:44
Human rights advocates have denounced the U.S. military’s decision not to file criminal charges against troops responsible for a disastrous airstrike on a Doctor Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan last year, FP’s Dan De Luce and Paul McLeary report.
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 06:19
Disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial killings have become shockingly common under the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. The abuses have largely been ignored by Egypt’s Western allies.
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 06:44
The United Nations has stated that the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition, which has been waging a destructive war in Yemen since late March 2015, is responsible for two-thirds of civilian casualties there.
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 06:36
The Dutch parliament passed a bill on Tuesday calling for the government of the Netherlands to halt weapon exports to Saudi Arabia, citing ongoing violations of humanitarian law in Yemen.
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 06:09
A court in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan has ordered the release of a journalist who has spent nearly two years in prison on espionage charges.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 07:55
President Obama’s trip to Cuba emphasizes the determination on the part of the United States and Cuba to enter a new era. The decision to normalize relations with Cuba, to increase trade, travel and cultural exchange, and to urge Congress to end the U.S. embargo is clearly in our national interest.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 06:46
Turkish authorities arrested three academics on charges of "terrorist propaganda" on Tuesday after they publicly read out a declaration reiterating a call to end security operations in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 06:37
With a population of almost 80 million people and unparalleled natural resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC or the Congo) is a country of tremendous potential—but only that. One of the most violent places on earth, its people suffer from the brutality of armed groups and political instability.