SRI LANKA: The Recent Suppression of Tamil Voice at Vavuniya
‘Stop Disappearances and Abductions’ ~ ~ in Vavuniya – 2012 August 30, Organized by-Committee for...
Uzbekistan: Kerry Should Raise Rights Abuses at Talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry should publicly express concern about Uzbekistan’s deteriorating human rights situation during his meeting with the Uzbek foreign minister on March 12, 2013, and press for concrete improvements, Human Rights Watch said...
South Sudan: End Widespread Child Marriage
Palestinian children need improved protection in Israeli military detention – UNICEF
State of Palestine, 2011. A. (centre) was arrested for throwing stones and released. Children under 12 are usually not...
Gender equality essential for women’s economic participation – UN officials
Participants at the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
UN expert calls on countries to empower women to tackle hunger and malnutrition
A woman farmer in Ganta, Liberia.
Vatican Summoned Before UN Committee on Rights of the Child
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an alternate report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child documenting the ongoing worldwide sex abuse crisis in the...
Docs in Manning Case Falls Short of Legal Requirement
The Army’s records management division, responsible for responding to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, released 84 judicial orders and rulings in the court-martial proceedings for PFC Bradley Manning.
Myanmar: UN aid reaches people in conflict-affected Kachin area
A UNHCR-supported camp for internally displaced people near Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin state.
PAKISTAN: Polio, Taliban, and media
Resistance to polio vaccination has been going through a constant phase of evolution in Pakistan, and with every passing day, it goes one notch up from its previous level involving people from conservative camps to enlightened ones as well. About six...
