EU proposes to boost humanitarian aid by €50 million as Commissioner Stylianides visits South Sudan
EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, who is visiting South Sudan, announces that the Commission is requesting new vital support in the amount of €50 million from the European Union for the victims of this...
Indonesia: Stop Imminent Executions
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia should urgently commute the death sentences of 10 people who face imminent execution for drug trafficking, Human Rights Watch said on April 24. Following the exhaustion of legal appeals on April 24, 2015, Indonesian...
Amid rising death toll in Yemen, UN urges humanitarian access, respect for international law
Many Yemenis have fled cities for their home villages.
Turkmenistan: War on Satellite Dishes
The rooftop of an apartment building in Ashgabat.
UNICEF welcomes final release of child soldiers by armed group in South Sudan
Children surrender their weapons during a ceremony formalizing their release from the SSDA Cobra Faction armed...
Central African Republic: Key Step Toward Justice
Ethnic Peuhl women and children housed in dilapidated government buildings in the town of Yaloké,...
EU: Mixed Messages on Boat Migration
The commitment by European Union heads of state to triple the capacity of Frontex operations in the Mediterranean is an important step towards preventing migrant deaths at sea, Human Rights Watch said on 23 April, 2015. But the EU, at its...
Ethiopia: Free Zone 9 Bloggers, Journalists
Ethiopian authorities should immediately release nine bloggers and journalists arrested a year ago who are being prosecuted on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said on 23 April, 2015. The six bloggers, who belong to the Zone 9...
Bangladesh: 2 Years After Rana Plaza, Workers Denied Rights
Garment workers in Bangladesh face poor working conditions and anti-union tactics by employers including assaults on union organizers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on 22 April, 2015. In the two years since more than 1,100 workers died...
Central African Republic: Muslims Held Captive, Raped
A young Peuhl woman, around 18 years of age, held for 14 months as a sex slave by anti-Balaka...
