Statement by IUCN Director General, Inger Andersen, on International Women’s Day 2016
Gender equality is fundamental to successful...
Number of Burundian refugees since last April tops quarter-of-a-million, funding at 3 per cent
With tension high in Burundi, the number of people who have fled the country and sought shelter in neighbouring states has passed the 250,000 mark. People continue to arrive. UNHCR fears the total could go higher still.
Refugees: "There is a real need to protect women and children"
Marie Dorigny at Parliament's visitors centre, which is hosting the Displaced exhibition.
47 Technology Experts Ask Court To Throw Out Unconstitutional Apple Order
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and 46 technology industry experts, including inventors of modern cryptography, told a federal court on March 3 that forcing Apple to write and sign computer code disabling crucial iPhone security features that...
47 Technology Experts Ask Court To Throw Out Unconstitutional Apple Order
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and 46 technology industry experts, including inventors of modern cryptography, told a federal court on March 3 that forcing Apple to write and sign computer code disabling crucial iPhone security features that...
Turkey: Court Orders Newspaper Takeover
An Istanbul court on March 4, 2016 appointed government-controlled trustees to run Turkey’s wide-circulation and critical Zaman newspaper. The ruling, sought by an Istanbul prosecutor, is the latest attempt by Turkey’s president and government to...
UN refugee chief presents detailed plan to solve crisis in Europe, warning time is ‘running out’
Mother and children waiting with other refugees to enter Vinojug reception centre at Gevgelija, in...
EU/Turkey: Don’t Negotiate Away Refugee Rights
The European Union deal with Turkey is a flawed and potentially dangerous policy response to refugee flows across the Aegean Sea. EU and Turkish leaders will meet in Brussels on March 7, 2016, to discuss implementation of a joint action plan that the...
INDIA: Maharashtra Cabinet on Disaster tour to curb farmer suicides
The government of Maharashtra has finally woken up to the agrarian crisis that has, according to official statistics, already ensnared the lives of 124 farmers in the state in the first 45 days of the year. Awoken, the government has decided to take...
US: Send Landmine Ban Treaty to Senate
A deminer outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in November 2011.
