Indonesia: Joint Inquiry Needed Into Papua Killings
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia should create a joint fact-finding team to ensure a credible, impartial investigation into the December 8, 2014 deadly shootings in the remote town of Enarotali in Papua, Human Rights Watch said on December 24. The...
‘No sign of improvement’ for human rights in Belarus, warns UN expert
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
Indonesia: Joint Inquiry Needed Into Papua Killings
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia should create a joint fact-finding team to ensure a credible, impartial investigation into the December 8, 2014 deadly shootings in the remote town of Enarotali in Papua, Human Rights Watch said on December 24, 2014...
Russia: Mass Terror Verdict
Russian authorities have failed to investigate strong evidence that at least 12 of the defendants convicted on December 23, 2014, on mass terrorism charges had been tortured and their coerced confessions used as evidence, Human Rights Watch said on...
Libya: UN warns of human rights violations as factional fighting continues
A destroyed house in Ahy Badr in the town of Mizdah in the Nafusa mountains in Libya after...
Syria: Escalating Assault on Rebel-Held District
The Syrian government is indiscriminately attacking the al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, the last neighborhood of the city still in the hands of rebels, with devastating consequences for the civilian population.
In Security Council, UN officials urge renewed engagement with DPR Korea on human rights
A wide view of the Security Council during a briefing on the situation in the Democratic People’s...
Pakistan: Halt Execution of Alleged Child Offender
Pakistan’s government should immediately halt the apparent pending execution of an alleged child offender and commute his sentence.
Central African Republic: Muslims Trapped in Enclaves
Displacement site at Yaloké, where 509 ethnic Peuhl Muslims are housed...
Former US Diplomat Calls for Free, Fair Elections in Ethiopia
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen said Ethiopia should not be afraid to have free and fair elections or a free press.
