Human Rights
Mass executions in Syria may amount to war crimes, senior UN official warns
Syrian refugees queue to be registered on the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Arsal.
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Bangladesh: Drop Charges, Stop Harassment of Odhikar
Bangladeshi authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against two senior members of the leading human rights organization Odhikar, and end the surveillance and harassment of its workers both in Dhaka and around the country, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists said.
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Nigeria: Northern Bombing Highlights Toll on Residents
The bomb blast in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, on January 14, 2014, illuminates the price citizens are paying in the intensifying unrest in northern Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said. The bombing, which appears to have been directed at local residents by the Islamist insurgent movement, Boko Haram, is an assault on the basic tenet of the right to life. It killed about 40 people and wounded 50.
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UN official urges African countries to ‘stop turning blind eye’ to suspected human rights violators
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
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Egyptians Vote on Final Day of Constitutional Referendum
Egyptians are voting Wednesday on the final day of a two-day referendum to decide whether to adopt a new constitution supported by the military-backed interim government.
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Syria: Donors Should Demand Access, Increase Aid
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Nigeria: Anti-LGBT Law Threatens Basic Rights
The Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill signed into law on January 7, 2014, by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is a sweeping and dangerous piece of legislation, Human Rights Watch said. The law criminalizes public displays of affection between same-sex couples and restricts the work of organizations defending gay people and their rights. President Jonathan should immediately repeal the draconian law.
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Key UN body can now hear complaints from children whose rights have been violated
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Hunger looms in South Sudan as fighting threatens to disrupt agriculture, UN warns
Displaced civilians with some of their only possessions take refuge at UN House.
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OSCE human rights chief again urges United States to close Guantanamo Detention Facility
Guantanamo
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