Human Rights

Two-child policy violates human rights of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims – UN expert

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An assessment team talks to displaced people in Pauktaw camp in rural Rakhine, Myanmar, where more than 20,000 Rohingya live.

Kenya: Police Abuse Nairobi’s Refugees

Torture, Rape, Extortion, and Arbitrary Detention Near the Heart of Kenya’s Capital

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Syria: Ban urges warring parties in Qusayr to free civilians trapped by fighting

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A baby gets some rest in one of the tents put up in Hasiya for the displaced Syrian families.

Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops

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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is seen as Africa's greatest conflict resolution success.

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

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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

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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

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Libyan women queue up to vote on election day in July 2012.

Burma: Revoke ‘Two-Child Policy’ For Rohingya

Coerced Birth Control Reflects Broader Persecution of Muslim Minority

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, violating international human rights protections, and endangering women’s physical and mental health.