Human Rights

Central African Republic: UN investigation into sexual abuse allegations continues

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Members of French Army (Operation Sangaris) inspecting rockets stored in Camp de Roux, Central African...

Libya/Tunisia: Presumed Death of Missing Journalists

Officials from the internationally recognized Libyan government said in a statement on April 29, 2015, that two Tunisian journalists who had been missing in eastern Libya since September 2014 had been killed.

Alarmed by Burundi media curbs, UN human rights office reiterates call for free and fair elections

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Mothers line up to register their children in Rwanda after fleeing their native Burundi.

Cambodia: Register, Not Return, Vietnamese Asylum Seekers

Cambodia’s refusal to allow asylum seekers from Vietnam to register and seek refugee status demonstrates a dismal failing to abide by international refugee law, LICADHO and Human Rights Watch said on May 1. In the last four months, Cambodia has...

Security Council demands immediate end to hostilities in Mali, urges parties to abide by ceasefire

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UN peacekeepers in Ansongo, Mali.

BANGLADESH: Freedom of press stifled, and democracy in the decline

May 3 is the World Press Freedom Day. This day is an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to assess the state of press freedom throughout the world; to defend the media from attacks on their independence; and to pay...

Libya/Tunisia: Presumed Death of Missing Journalists

Officials from the internationally recognized Libyan government said in a statement on April 29, 2015, that two Tunisian journalists who had been missing in eastern Libya since September 2014 had been killed.

Thailand: Mass Graves of Rohingya Found in Trafficking Camp

The discovery of more than 30 bodies in a human trafficking camp should prompt Thai authorities to authorize an independent, United Nations-assisted investigation, commit to publish its findings, and bring those responsible to justice, including any...

Outgoing UN rights expert advises Cambodian leaders to address democratic deficit

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UN expert on human rights in Cambodia Surya Subedi (right) on a visit to the...

Turkey: End Prosecutions for Insulting the President

A Turkish court on April 29, 2015, released from prison a lawyer facing trial for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but he should not be facing such charges in the first place, Human Rights Watch said on 29 April.