Nepal: Damaged or Destroyed Schools Threaten Return of One Million Children
A Save the Children Temporary Learning Center in Nepal.
EFF Battles Abuse of Site-Blocking Court Orders
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal court in an emergency hearing and a written filing this week to block the recording industry’s move to force Internet infrastructure companies into becoming copyright police with far-reaching...
Russia's new law on 'undesirable' foreign NGOs endangers the right of free expression, said PACE co-rapporteurs
“We express our profound concerns regarding the new legislation on ‘undesirable’ foreign organisations in Russia which endangers the right of free expression of the political opposition, the media and civil society,” said Theodora Bakoyannis (Greece,...
Yemen: Cluster Munitions Harm Civilians
Remnants of an air-dropped cluster munition and unexploded BLU-97 submunitions found in...
Nepal earthquake: race against time to get children back to school
Almost 14,000 children whose schools were destroyed or heavily damaged in the two earthquakes are having classes for the first time in five weeks in temporary learning centres.
Iraq: Curbs Put War’s Displaced at Risk
Iraqi authorities are preventing thousands of families fleeing the fighting in Ramadi from reaching safer parts of the country. The government of Iraq has primary responsibility for protecting internally displaced people and should allow those fleeing...
Syria: UN envoy condemns death of at least 70 civilians in Aleppo
Boys play on the streets of Aleppo, capital of the north-western Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Burundi: Deadly Police Response to Protests
Burundian police have used excessive force in a crackdown on protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s election bid for a third term, Human Rights Watch said on May 29.
Eurobarometer: Nine out of 10 Europeans want EU to keep giving humanitarian aid
Public support for the European Union's humanitarian aid has gone up in spite of the economic crisis. Nine out of 10 citizens (90%) believe it is important for the EU to continue funding humanitarian aid, a rise of two percentage points since the...
UN envoy urges restraint among all Burundian parties; heads to region for weekend summit on crisis
Children at the Mahama camp in Rwanda, where 26,300 refugees from Burundi are now living. UNICEF is...
