Kyrgyzstan: European Leaders Should Raise Rights Concerns
Leaders of the European Union, France, Germany, and Switzerland should raise pressing human rights concerns and seek commitments to address them from Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambaev, Human Rights Watch said on March 22. The Kyrgyzstan leader is...
Nine year old girl soldier freed in large release of child soldiers in South Sudan
Up to 250 child soldiers including four girls, one as young as nine, were released on 21 March in South Sudan from an armed group, the Cobra Faction. Another 400 are being released over the next two days.
Afghanistan: Probe Police Response to Woman’s Killing
The Afghan government should investigate the failure of police in Kabul to prevent a mob from beating to death a woman with a reported psychosocial disability, Human Rights Watch said on March 20. On the morning of March 19, 2015, a group of a dozen...
Greenbrier Village Settles Lawsuit Alleging Unlawful Discrimination Against Families with Children in Violation of Fair Housing Act
On March 20, U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement between the United States, the Greenbrier Village Homeowner’s Association Inc. (Greenbrier), Gassen Company Inc. (Gassen) and an individual Gassen employee to resolve a lawsuit...
Ukraine: More Civilians Killed in Cluster Munition Attacks
A submunition impact crater and fragmentation damage on the wall where two people died in Kramatorsk during an attack with cluster...
On International Day, UN chief calls for efforts to 'fill world with happiness'
Children from the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced perform traditional dances at the...
Afghanistan: Probe Police Response to Woman’s Killing
The Afghan government should investigate the failure of police in Kabul to prevent a mob from beating to death a woman with a reported psychosocial disability, Human Rights Watch said on 20 March. On the morning of March 19, 2015, a group of a dozen...
UN urges Pakistan to reinstate suspension of death penalty
ISIL may have committed genocide, war crimes in Iraq, says UN human rights report
The Baharka camp, 5km north of Erbil in northern Iraq, is home to thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs)...
Ukraine: More Civilians Killed in Cluster Munition Attacks
Submunitions that failed to explode during a cluster munition attack on Stakhanov on January 23.
