Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime
An apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the coast of Yemen highlights the need for accountability on the second anniversary of the Yemeni armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 26. Several witnesses...
UN: New Move on North Korea Crimes
The United Nations Human Rights Council has brought North Korea another step closer to accountability for human rights crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 24. A resolution, passed without a vote on March 24, 2017, strengthens the UN’s work to...
Burma: UN Takes Key Step for Justice
The United Nations Human Rights Council on March 24, 2017, took a key step toward preventing future abuses and bringing justice for victims in Burma by adopting a strong resolution condemning violations and making significant recommendations, Human...
Egypt: Aya Hijazi's Trial a Travesty
A Cairo court’s decision on March 23, 2017 to postpone issuing its verdict in the case of Aya Hijazi and the Belady Foundation for Street Children casts a further shadow on the ability of Egypt’s judicial system to deliver justice in this bizarre case...
Kenya: Protect Somalis Facing Conflict, Abuses, Drought
Somali refugees waiting to board buses that will take them back to Somalia after the Kenya government annouced the closure of...
UN spotlights slave descendants’ legacy of achievements, overcoming ‘dark chapter of human history’
The Ark of Return, the Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,...
Djibouti: EI outraged at teacher union leaders’ arrests
SEP Deputy General Secretary, Omar Ali Ewado.
UN Refugee Agency Applauds Haiti Vote on Statelessness
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the vote Wednesday by the Parliament of Haiti formally to join the international drive to end the tragedy of statelessness and to ensure the millions of innocent people around the world with no nationality get...
Central African Republic: Armed Groups Using Schools
UPC fighters outside a kindergarten in Ngadja, Ouaka province. The fighters have used the...
Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of detainees at a site near Mosul, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 22.
