Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is seen as Africa's...
Detention of Macedonian journalist excessive, says OSCE media freedom representative
The detention of a journalist in Skopje for an article published several years ago is excessive and negatively impacts media freedom, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović.
Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents of change – UN report
Children at a disability centre in Hargesia, capital of Somaliland.
In France, Gay Marriage Law Debate Continues
With France's first gay marriage celebrated this week in the southern city of Montpellier, it seems the country may have finally turned the page on a bitterly divisive issue that sparked massive protests and violence. Or maybe not.
Barring women from presidential office in Iran a serious rights violation, UN experts say
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed.
Libya: UN calls for active participation of women in drafting of new constitution
Libyan women queue up to vote on election day in July 2012.
Burma: Revoke ‘Two-Child Policy’ For Rohingya
Burma’s government should publicly revoke a discriminatory population control regulation that restricts Rohingya Muslims to having two children. Implementation of this policy is consistent with the wider persecution of the largely stateless Rohingya,...
Yemen: Investigate, Respond to Landmine Use Reports
Fawaz Mohsin Saleh Husn al-Jarmoozi, age 9, lost his leg after stepping on a landmine on April 12, 2013.
UN rights chief urges end to 'intolerable' suffering in Syria
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over prison sentences for defamation in Italy, reiterates her call to decriminalize libel
