Human Rights
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 07:04
Human rights defender Arif Yunus, whose case attracted worldwide attention when he and his wife were arrested in Azerbaijan in 2014 on suspicion of spying for Armenia, has been released from jail due to his deteriorating health.
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 07:01
Uzbekistan on Thursday freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, a local human rights group said, shortly after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the country.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 06:40
Instead of enacting clear, just and proportionate counterterrorism laws, many African governments have adopted measures that can potentially become instruments of repression.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 06:27
The Georgian government’s move to take over Rustavi-2 television drags the country further into the politics of vendetta.
Monday, November 9, 2015 - 07:12
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have identified Georgian military units trained by the United States as being suspected of war crimes, possibly jeopardizing future American aid to those units.
Monday, November 9, 2015 - 06:24
The Pentagon is about to get a $5 million fund to pay the Iraqi families of civilians killed by American airstrikes. It’s a big change for the U.S. military, which has yet to publicly acknowledge accidentally killing or wounding any innocents in the country even after 3,586 airstrikes targeting the so-called Islamic State.
Monday, November 9, 2015 - 05:38
The United States has expressed deep concern over a Georgian court decision to change the management at the country's largest independent television station.
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 06:53
The U.S. Congressional Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Commission, on Thursday, November 5, held a briefing with three prominent analysts and activists to examine the state of human rights violations in Azerbaijan, Contact.az reports.
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 06:42
U.S. ambassador to Georgia, Ian Kelly, has expressed deep concern over Rustavi 2 TV developments, which has seen its top management replaced through a court order in ongoing litigation over the broadcaster’s ownership dispute.
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 06:17
Despite multibillion-dollar arms deals and diplomatic support from his Western partners, Sissi has overseen a dramatic deterioration in security.