Human Rights
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 07:22
A former Minister of Defense of El Salvador was deported from the United States Friday for his role in the commission of human rights violations during the Civil War in El Salvador. The 1980-1992 war resulted in the death of more than 70,000 civilians.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:44
Investigators discovered this month that at least four U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic allegedly paid young girls as little as 50 cents in exchange for sex.
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 07:18
The government’s recent pressure on nongovernmental organizations threatens a central pillar of the country’s democratic system—and ordinary Kenyans appreciate what they stand to lose. In late November, at a meeting organized by the Kenya Human Rights Commission, Attorney General Githu Muigai lambasted nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for acting “like teenagers out to externalize local problems” and failing to “look at themselves in the mirror.”
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 06:41
Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary-general, warned Friday that a Saudi-led air coalition that is supported by the United States may have committed war crimes by using cluster munitions in heavily populated neighborhoods in Yemen.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 07:17
Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people taking part in mass anti-government demonstrations since November, activists say, according to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The protests have been sparked by fears that a plan to expand the capital's administrative control into the Oromia region will displace Oromo farmers.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 06:51
Despite earlier promises to hold allies accountable for human rights abuses, Obama has given aid to several repressive regimes, including in Egypt and Bahrain, and has not reacted strongly to abuses in China, Uzbekistan, and Myanmar.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 06:48
A growing number of Kenya’s ethnic Somalis have vanished or turned up dead after being detained amid a crackdown by security forces on Islamist extremists.
The authorities have denied involvement, suggesting many of the deaths are at the hands of al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in neighboring Somalia.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 06:45
Uganda's former prime minister, one of the frontrunners in a presidential election next month, has accused incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of using killings and torture to curb support for the opposition.
Museveni, 71, has ruled Uganda, a prospective crude oil producer and Africa's largest coffee exporter, for nearly 30 years and is seeking another five-year term.
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 07:44
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces airdropped cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early on January 6, 2016. The deliberate or reckless use of cluster munitions in populated areas amounts to a war crime.
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 06:59
The Guatemalan authorities on Wednesday arrested 18 former military officers on charges related to massacres and disappearances during the 1980s. The U.S. equipped and trained Guatemalan security forces during the country's civil war.