South Sudan: $56.5 million for aid and emergency preparedness
The South Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund today allocated $56.5 million for aid and emergency preparedness, enabling the humanitarian community to respond to humanitarian needs and, at the same time, to preposition aid before the rains cut off 60 per...
Thousands of displaced Congolese to benefit from latest UN food distribution
Displaced by fighting, these women queue up for food vouchers in the village of Minova, in Eastern DRC.
UN agency seeks $300 million to assist Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank
Living conditions continue to deteriorate in Gaza and West Bank under the blockade.
EU Ombudsman launches investigation into Commission’s alleged failure to curb conflicts of interest via the revolving door
The European Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the European Commission's alleged failure to prevent conflicts of interest among staff as a result of the revolving door - where EU staff take up jobs with lobby firms and vice-versa.
Israel/Palestine: New Abuses, No Justice
Israel engaged in discriminatory practices and other rights violations against Palestinians during 2012, while Palestinian authorities committed abuses against their own population, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2013.
Syrian refugees in Jordan: EP delegation calls for EU to continue support
A delegation from the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee visited the main Zaatari refugee camp on Tuesday. This camp, 12 km from the Syrian border, currently hosts about 70,000 refugees, mostly women and children...
Schuyler County Man Convicted on Child Exploitation Charges
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Daryl E. Vonneida, 62, of Dix, New York, was convicted by a federal jury of 14 charges, including production of child pornography, transporting minors in interstate commerce for illegal sexual...
Canada: Abusive Policing, Neglect Along ‘Highway of Tears’
Highway 16, sometimes referred to as “the Highway of Tears” in recognition of the women...
UN assessment mission finds widespread looting in Central African Republic
The UNHCR warehouse in Bambari in the Central African Republic which contained relief supplies for...
India: Reject New Sexual Violence Ordinance
Legislators in India should substantially amend or replace the new criminal law on violence against women in the forthcoming budget session of the parliament, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. On February 3, 2013, Indian...
