37 Countries Start Process of Protecting Schools and Universities During Conflict
Thirty-seven countries on May 29, 2015, joined an international Safe Schools Declaration that commits them to protect education from attack. In situations of conflict, widespread attacks on schools and universities, their students and staff, as well...
Southeast Asia: Accounts from Rohingya Boat People
Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said on May 27. A regional meeting...
Gambia: Dozens Held Incommunicado, ‘Disappeared’
Gambian authorities have detained incommunicado, depriving them of all contact with the outside world, dozens of friends and relatives of people accused of involvement in a coup attempt since January 2015, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International...
Libya: Civilians Trapped in Benghazi
Downtown area of Benghazi, Libya where forces loyal to the...
Victory: Photo Hobbyist Prevails Over Junk-Patent Bully
Patent bully Garfum has abandoned its lawsuit against an online photo hobbyist, just one day after a federal judge set the date for a face-off in court against lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Libya: UN condemns string of suicide attacks, urges continued political dialogue
Civilians walk along Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya.
Statement on situation in Yemen by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake
Ireland: Marriage Equality Affirms Inclusion
LGBT rights flags hang in the windows of a building in central Dublin as Ireland holds a referendum on gay...
Senior UN official voices deep concern about human rights challenges in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic.
EU: Seek Release of Gulf Activists
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini should publicly urge Gulf countries to release immediately and unconditionally activists detained for exercising their rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to her on May 22. The letter was sent ahead of...
