PACE rapporteurs welcome European Commission pledge of more help for migrants crossing the Mediterranean
Two rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) dealing with migration have welcomed the announcement by the European Commission of additional measures to address the critical situation of mass arrivals of migrants...
Electronic Frontier Foundation to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Collection
People have a Fourth Amendment right to privacy when it comes to their genetic material, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues in an amicus brief filed this week with the Supreme Court of the United States.
UNICEF condemns new child abductions by armed group in South Sudan
UNICEF condemns in the strongest terms the abduction of scores of boys, some as young 13, by an armed group near Malakal in the north of South Sudan.
Hungary: Little EU Action on Rights Concerns
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents his annual state-of-the-nation speech in...
Jordan: 18 Months for Criticizing UAE
Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced a senior opposition figure on February 15, 2015, to 18 months in prison for criticizing the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The court convicted Zaki Bani Irsheid, a senior Muslim Brotherhood official, under Jordan’s...
Greece: Address Longstanding Rights Issues
Ali Mohammadi, a 25-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, said a police officer asked him why he had not fought...
Taiwan’s Tax Payers Call for Tax Human Rights
Despite deepening political crisis in Yemen, UNICEF to stay and deliver
As the political crisis deepens in Yemen, UNICEF reaffirms its commitment to stay and deliver for the children of Yemen.
UN chief calls for tolerance, acceptance after three Muslims Americans shot in North Carolina
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Senegal: Chad Ex-Dictator to Stand Trial
Victims of former Chandian dictator Hissène Habré wait to be heard by investigators of the Extraordinary African...
