Human Rights
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:26
The blast ripped through Yahya Asabah’s house, spraying glass from windows and scattering rubble across the upstairs floor where he sat with his wife and daughter. Downstairs, his son, a vegetable-seller in the Old City of Yemen’s capital, San’a, was among at least 12 people killed when the house next door collapsed.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:22
The Interior Ministry has reported that 17,046 individuals,were arrested on a variety of charges during November, including those linked to the Tunis terror attack on 24th November which killed twelve members of the Presidential Guard and injured many more.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:12
It amounts to a rare effort to push for public officials to face consequences for abuses and a who's who of Mexican human rights groups and prominent academics have put their weight behind it.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:37
Former child soldiers in South Sudan said they took up arms to defend themselves after being beaten and almost drowned by government soldiers, and they might return to the battlefield if their lives do not improve, a UNICEF ambassador said.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:35
Human Rights Watch welcomes the new periodic report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and this important opportunity to discuss the situation in Ukraine with member states of the Human Rights Council.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:27
Cameroonian troops crossed the border into the country, killed about 150 villagers, burned their huts and forced them to flee, Nigerian refugees said Tuesday after walking for days to reach a refugee center.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:22
Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country of Nigeria to reduce pressure on its crammed prisons, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:20
In yet another spin involving the Ayotzinapa case, satellite photographs reviewed by international experts refute official claims that the bodies of the 43 disappeared students were burned in a Cocula garbage dump.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:25
Guatemalans who have been the victim of alleged human rights abuses at the hands of mining companies are taking lawsuits to Canada.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:09
Several people who were wrongly detained and allegedly tortured by Mexican police have been released after spending years in custody, human rights groups said Thursday.