Human Rights
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 07:16
We are concerned about reports of excessive police use of force to disperse the crowd on the morning of June 23, as well as several reports of abuse while in police custody.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 07:15
The head of Argentina's army, Major General Cesar Milani long accused of human rights violations, has resigned and will be replaced by General Ricardo Luis Cundom, a Malvinas conflict veteran.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 06:58
The Egyptian body in charge of appealing against the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies has prepared a financial compensation memorandum in respect of the alleged losses to the country because of pro-democracy protests, Alamatonline.com reported on Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 06:27
Democracy is under attack in Europe and Eurasia. In a new report, Freedom House says worsening corruption, abuses of power, and the rise of extremist parties are leaving many countries vulnerable to interference from outside actors.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 06:22
Press freedom in Armenia has come under direct attack by police in Yerevan -- with accredited journalists being beaten and detained, and their equipment destroyed.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 05:42
The detention for several months of 84 children in Cameroon has highlighted concern that the regional campaign against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is leading to rights abuses.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:50
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip — taking pains to be evenhanded — found that both Israel and Palestinian militants were responsible for violations of international law that could amount to war crimes. But each side interpreted the commission’s long-awaited report according to its own version of the Middle East conflict.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:34
The Rwandan government has branded the arrest of its intelligence chief Karenzi Karake as "an outrage".
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:34
Russia saw its biggest loss of democracy in a decade last year, while it and other authoritarian states took aggressive action to block efforts to form new democracies elsewhere in Europe and Eurasia, a new report by Freedom House finds.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:31
A former supreme court justice of Canada will lead a review of how the UN handled allegations that French and African troops sexually abused children in the Central African Republic.