Aid agencies prepare for worst after UN Libya resolution
Bangladeshi workers who have fled Libya at Choucha camp
Email Print Pressure Grows on Spain Over Racial Profiling
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has put the Spanish government on notice: Spanish police who engage in ethnic profiling are violating the human right to nondiscrimination.
China may end one-child norm
China is looking into abolishing its one-child policy over the next five years, the Global Times reported Tuesday.
Amid reports of continued violence in Libya, UN ramps up humanitarian aid
Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos briefs press on situation in Libya
OSCE media freedom representative strongly condemns explosion at Bulgarian newspaper offices, urges thorough and swift investigation
The OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, opens a session on media freedom at the OSCE's Review Conference in...
UNESCO Director-General calls for a halt to abuses against media in Egypt
“UNESCO has received information indicating that reporters are being beaten or arrested, their equipment seized or damaged, their freedom of movement blocked, and their editorial offices torched or vandalized,” said the Director-General. “Equally...
50-Count Indictment Returned Charging Raleigh Man in International Gun Trafficking Case
United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that yesterday a Federal Grand Jury returned a Superseding Indictment charging, STEVEN NEAL GREENOE, a United States citizen, in the illegal export of firearms from the United States to the United...
Sudan: New Attacks on Civilians in Darfur
Sudanese government and rebel attacks on civilians in Darfur have dramatically increased in recent weeks without signs of abating, Human Rights Watch said today. The government of Sudan, its allied forces, and rebel factions should end abuses against...
Man Faces Child Porn Charges
Corey Hollis McAdoo, age 31, made an initial appearance before Federal Magistrate Nita Stormes in the Southern District of California on Friday, January 28, 2011. A criminal complaint, filed by the FBI in Portland, Oregon, charges McAdoo with two...
PAKISTAN: Hundreds of women die for “honour” each year
Many “honour” killings go unreported