Human Rights
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 07:24
An Uzbek delegation led by the authoritarian Central Asia nation's foreign minister met with senior U.S. officials in Washington on January 19 for consultations on a range of issues, including human rights and security.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:57
Witnesses and humanitarian organizations accused government security forces of entering opposition neighborhoods and shooting civilians in the back of their heads. Burundian officials said the civilians were likely killed by rebels and claimed security forces took aim only at the attackers. As many as 87 people — mainly Tutsis — lay dead, many in the streets and some with their hands still tied behind their backs. And by nightfall, many of the corpses had disappeared, their whereabouts remaining a mystery for more than a month.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:23
A prisoner in the city of Sharqeya, Hussein Mohamed Radwan, died in detention Tuesday, two days after his arrest, amid claims by his family that he was tortured.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 08:23
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in neighboring Yemen has targeted civilians with air strikes and some of the attacks could be a crimes against humanity, United Nations sanctions monitors said in an annual report to the Security Council.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 08:02
Central Asian governments ramped up pressure on nongovernmental groups and activists in 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. The governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan arrested and imprisoned government critics, closed down independent groups and opposition parties, and adopted legislation restricting the rights of nongovernmental organizations.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 07:10
The environment for human rights in Turkey worsened in 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. Human rights violations increased following the breakdown of the Kurdish peace process, a sharp escalation of violence in the southeast, and a crackdown on media and political opponents of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 06:59
Lebanese authorities’ policies toward Syrian refugees and the impunity for security forces are harming Lebanon’s human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:51
Saudi Arabia is bombing civilians with U.S.-made bombs, which violates both U.S. and international law
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:45
Experts conclude Saudi-led coalition conducted widespread airstrikes against civilian targets in violation of international laws.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:42
Instead of being held in the formal legal system people have disappeared into a network of secretive detention centers, run by the security forces, where they are held incommunicado, without charge or access to a lawyer, for weeks and sometimes months, according to the rights groups.