Human Rights
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:51
The European Union and Uzbekistan held the ninth round of their annual Human Rights Dialogue in Tashkent on November 24, as part of the meeting of the Subcommittee on justice and home affairs, human rights and related issues, reported the press release of the European External Action Service.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:48
U.S. and EU officials have raised concerns both over overall blockage of the Internet and over blockage of access to individual sites.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:55
The 17th Central Asian Media Conference, which took place last week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, focussed on the impact of digitalisation on media freedom.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:12
A U.S. Air Force investigation has concluded that four civilians, potentially including a child, were likely killed in a March 13, 2015, airstrike near al-Hatra, Iraq.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:09
The unexploded cluster bombs are an increasingly common sight in Yemen’s farms and small villages, a visible reminder of Saudi Arabia’s continuing air war there – and of Washington’s large but little-known role in arming and fueling Riyadh’s warplanes.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 07:11
Iyad el-Baghdadi doesn't know why he was called into the immigration office. It was April of 2014, and the 36 year old was being told he had a choice: He could permanently leave the United Arab Emirates, where he had lived almost his entire life, or he could face indefinite imprisonment.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:59
A total of 729 human rights activists have been killed in Colombia in the past two decades, according to the United Nations. That’s an average of nearly three a month.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:39
Bahrain’s security forces torture detainees using electric shocks, beatings and sexual abuse, despite a public pledge by the king of Bahrain four years ago to end such practices, according to a report released on Monday by the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 06:52
A man has been jailed on charges of promoting separatism in Kazakhstan — the first time someone has been thrown behind bars for a crime introduced last year, while separatist conflict raged in Ukraine.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:59
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is in principle rightly blind to external political considerations. But occasionally good timing (whether deliberate or unintentional) may serve to reinforce its efforts to defend the principles and values of the European Convention of Human Rights.