Human Rights
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 06:58
“The ‘Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry staff and journalists’ turned out to be diplomats from the US Embassy in Tashkent, who had specially gone to the remote region to find some kind of problems which it would be possible to trumpet to the entire word as ‘the grossest cases of violations of human rights and restrictions on freedoms,’” the website wrote.
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 06:10
Thirteen liberal legislators have put President Barack Obama on the spot for his support of Saudi Arabia’s unchecked war in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition has been guided by US intelligence, flying American fighter jets and dropping US-made bombs.
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 05:52
In a setback for its multibillion-dollar effort to help Mexico fight its drug war, the U.S. State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals, triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 07:20
A top American lawmaker says the Obama administration’s military assistance to Riyadh may violate U.S. law.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 06:32
African countries are entering the world’s newest arms race, for cyber weapons and surveillance, at a rapid clip.
Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 07:19
On the eve of bilateral talks between governments of the U.S. and Turkmenistan, media and human rights groups have addressed a letter to Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov demanding freedom for Sapermamed Nepeskuliev, an independent journalist whose imprisonment exemplifies the country's absymal human rights record.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 07:11
Turkmenistan's leadership has been clamping down on all news including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. This has left Turkmen with little to no access to reliable news.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 07:01
Economic and political uncertainty in Turkmenistan feed into an insecurity nexus. In turn the government responds to perceived threats to its legitimacy with crackdowns on free speech.
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 13:03
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has allegedly withheld records about a ranking Salvadoran military officer implicated in civilian massacres during the 1980s Salvadoran Civil War, according a recent lawsuit by the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights (UWCHR).
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 07:08
The United States has expressed concerns to the Georgian government over actions that give the appearance of constricting media freedom, Ian Kelly, the U.S. ambassador in Tbilisi, said in a statement on Thursday.