Human Rights

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

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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

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Pupils in a local school in Raxaul, Bihar, India

Deadliest winter for refugee and migrant children crossing the Central Mediterranean, says UNICEF

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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

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Iraqi families flee east Mosul through the recently liberated Mosul University complex.

CIA Leaders Should Denounce Use of Torture

At his confirmation hearing last month, Mike Pompeo, now head of the US Central Intelligence Agency, made clear that US law bars the CIA from using “enhanced interrogation techniques” – methods more commonly known as “torture.” So his hiring the day...

Nepal: Key Moment for Justice

The mandates of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons (COID) should be extended indefinitely to ensure that justice, accountability, and reparations are achieved for the thousands of...