Gender equality: time to close the gap
It would take another 70 years for women to earn the same as men with the current pace of progress, according to the European Commission. Europe might be one of the world's leaders when it comes to gender equality, but in the EU women still get on...
Saudi Arabia: Intensified Repression of Writers, Activists
Saudi Arabia has stepped up arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of peaceful dissident writers and human rights advocates in 2017, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 06. In January, a Saudi court sentenced two prominent activists to long jail terms,...
Burma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
Burmese government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security operations in northern Rakhine State in late 2016, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 06. The Burmese government...
Legal amendments, more responsive law enforcement agencies can enhance journalists’ safety, say speakers at OSCE-supported conference in Ukraine
The safety of journalists in Ukraine can be improved through legislative amendments and a better response from law enforcement agencies, said speakers at a conference which opened in Kyiv on 3 February, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in...
Displacement wave expected if Mosul, Hawiga fighting intensifies
Iraqi families flee east Mosul through the recently liberated Mosul University complex.
USA must closely scrutinize CIA deputy director’s alleged torture links
Following the Trump administration’s appointment of Gina Haspel as Deputy Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said:
Final evaluation on Eurojust's Action Plan against human trafficking
Tackling trafficking in human beings (THB) calls for further cooperation at EU level, including in financial investigations, finds Eurojust’s Final evaluation of its 2012-2016 Action Plan against THB.
Nine most populous countries meet in Bangladesh to align on Education 2030 Agenda
Pupils in a local school in Raxaul, Bihar, India
Deadliest winter for refugee and migrant children crossing the Central Mediterranean, says UNICEF
A boy who is an unaccompanied minor looks across the beach in Trabia, Italy, on May 14...
Iraq: UN fears new wave of displacement as fighting escalates in Mosul and Hawiga
Iraqi families flee east Mosul through the recently liberated Mosul University complex.
