Human Rights
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:45
Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Monday that repressive measures against political opponents in the name of fighting terrorism only breed more extremism — his most direct public remarks on human rights issues during a swing through Central Asian countries, among the most autocratic in the world.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:09
The conflict in Yemen has been overshadowed by the crisis in Syria, though the former accounted for more deaths by explosions than any other conflict during the first seven months of this year.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:41
The report gathers the stories of 160 women like Norma, who fled multiple forms of violence in the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, as well as parts of Mexico.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:15
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry mixed courtship of Central Asian nations with efforts to prod their authoritarian governments on democracy and human rights during a visit to the strategic, mostly Muslim region neighboring Afghanistan.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:02
Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed U.S. interests in Kazakhstan on Monday in talks with veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev who has lured huge Western investments to his Central Asian state while keeping it in Moscow's political orbit.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:55
Secretary of State John Kerry prides himself on his willingness to deal directly with some of the world’s most repressive governments. But even the State Department had a hard time explaining the strategy for transforming the behavior of President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, a ruler whose human rights record is frequently compared to North Korea’s.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:43
U.S. President Barack Obama says he plans to remove Burundi from a U.S. trade preference program because of a worsening crackdown on the political opposition there, after Burundi's president took a controversial third term in office.
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 06:57
Toddler is being treated in Texas with non-life-threatening injuries after her family’s car drove between military patrol and vehicle carrying suspects
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 06:50
An OSCE-supported training seminar on mechanisms of human rights protection for government and law-enforcement bodies, civil society groups and judges concluded today in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region.
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 06:46
United States Secretary of State John Kerry should publicly express concern over Central Asian governments’ distinctly poor human rights records during his Central Asia visits, beginning October 31, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today.