Reducing sodium in restaurant foods is an opportunity for choice
Americans eat out at fast food or dine-in restaurants four or five times a week. Just one of those meals might contain more than an entire day’s recommended amount of sodium. CDC has strategies for health departments and restaurants to work together...
Human rights in Russia: the pressure in on
Deep concern over the pressure on civil society organizations and LGBT rights in Russia just two weeks before the Winter Olympicsin Sochi was expressed by many participants at an EP hearing, Wednesday January 23 2014. Earlier Members discussed...
Attacks on journalists must stop, says OSCE media freedom representative, offers to visit Ukraine
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, delivering her regular report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 28...
OSCE Chair calls for restraint by all sides in Ukraine
Didier Burkhalter, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for 2014 and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference...
Rwanda: Investigate Anti-Corruption Campaigner’s Murder
Official investigations into the murder of a Rwandan anti-corruption activist appear to have ground to a halt six months later. The case has received surprisingly little public attention, and the victim’s family is still awaiting justice. Human Rights...
Iran: UN rights experts ‘alarmed’ at sharp increase in hangings, urges halt to executions
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Christof Heyns.
Philippines: Surge of Journalist Killings, Justice Failures
The Philippine government failed to match its rhetoric in support of human rights in 2013 with meaningful action to end impunity for extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2014.
Australia: Refugee Stance Mars Rights Record
Australia undermined its leadership role on human rights in the Asia-Pacific region by failing to uphold international refugee protections, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2014. Successive Australian governments have engaged in populist...
Syria: Justice Essential for Durable Peace
Five human rights priorities should be central to the discussions between the Syrian government and opposition delegations ahead of the opening of the first direct negotiations between the warring parties in Syria. The priorities should be justice,...
Moraes on NSA reform: Obama speech may not suffice to restore EU citizens’ trust
"We need the US authorities to put an end to current discrimination whereby European citizens have lower levels of privacy rights than US citizens, including less privacy protection in US courts.
