Government of Somalia ratifies UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
As the world enters into the 26th year of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Somalia has become the 195th state party to ratify the Convention, setting a course to improve the lives of its youngest citizens.
Marc Tarabella: “Men and women are not and never will be the same, but they should have the same rights”
Marc Tarabella (S&D, Belgium)
Lebanon: Laws Discriminate Against Women
Lebanon’s religion-based personal status laws discriminate against women across the religious spectrum and don’t guarantee their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on January 19, 2015. Lebanon has 15 separate personal status...
Afghanistan: Media Under Attack
Violence and threats against Afghanistan’s journalists by the government and security forces are increasing, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on January 20, 2015. These attacks put at risk the gains in media freedom in Afghanistan since...
Bahrain: Release Opposition Leader
Bahrain should immediately release the head of the country’s leading political opposition group having failed to present any evidence that justifies his detention. Sheikh Ali Salman, the secretary general of Al Wifaq, a legally recognized political...
Skopje court ruling to send journalist back to prison is a serious setback for media freedom in the country, says Mijatović
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović at the conference on shaping policies to advance media freedom on the...
Anne Brasseur in Kyiv: Ukraine needs the help and support of Europe to move forward
“Ukraine needs Europe and Europe needs to support Ukraine,” said Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), speaking at the end of a two-day working visit to Kyiv (15-16 January 2015) together with leaders...
At NY synagogue, UN deputy chief says uprooting seeds of racism, hatred vital to prevent genocide
Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson addresses special event commemorating 20th anniversary of the genocide in...
Chad: Torture Detailed at Trial
Dramatic evidence presented at the trial in Chad of 21 former security agents confirms that torture was systematic during the Hissène Habré dictatorship, from 1982 to 1990, Human Rights Watch said on January 16.
Bahrain: Drop Twitter Charges Against Rights Advocate
Nabeel Rajab on the day of his release from detention on bail, on November 2, 2014 in...
