UN human rights experts deplore high toll on civilians of Gaza-Israel violence
Gaza city after Israeli airstrikes.
As cold weather sets in, UN agencies deliver winter aid supplies to help Syrians cope
Syrian children outside their UNHCR tent at Jordan’s Za’atri refugee camp.
In one of deadliest years for journalists, UN stresses need to defend press freedom
Bahrain: Promises Unkept, Rights Still Violated
Kenya: End Security Force Reprisals in North
The Kenyan government should end its arbitrary attacks by members of the military and others against residents of the northern region as a routine response to any attack on its security forces.
US Magnitsky Bill Collides With New Russian Nationalism
Next week, the United States Senate is to take up the Magnitsky Act, a bill that would ban visas for, and freeze the bank accounts of, about 60 Russian officials believed to have been involved in the arrest and death of Sergei Magnitsky.
Cambodia: Obama Should Publicly Denounce Rights Abuses
US President Barack Obama should publicly express grave concern about Cambodia’s long deteriorating human rights situation while in Phnom Penh for the US-ASEAN and East Asia summits on November 19 and 20, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. Hun Sen,...
SRI LANKA: A heavy price will have to be paid for losing the judiciary as a separate branch of governance
The late Mr. A.C. Soyza (Bunty), a well-known criminal lawyer and the president of the Bar Association, was retained by a group of young, radical leftists, who had been charged for their political work. During the consultations in prepartion for the...
Myanmar: Ban welcomes Government moves to address violence in Rakhine state
Internally displaced people in Myanmar sheltering in Shwe Zayti monastery, Sittwe, after being...
A former Lincoln County official was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for making a false statement in connection with a 2010 election fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Former Lincoln County Commissioner Thomas Ramey, Jr., 32, of
Remains of the bombed Ministry of Interior building.
