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.
‘Stand out and stand together,’ says UN on Zero Discrimination Day
Zero Discrimination Day is an opportunity to join together against discrimination and celebrate everyone’...
At 50, UN development programme revamps itself to tackle new sustainability goals
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with its presence in more than 170 poor and vulnerable countries, must rise to the challenge of advancing a “big, new, more complex, and transformational” sustainable development agenda, the head of the...
Step up the fight against pet trafficking, MEPs say
Public health-The European Parliament made the case on Thursday for EU-wide data sharing on the registration of cats and dogs to tackle the illegal trade in pets that are often badly bred and at risk of spreading diseases. Trafficking of pets,...
Australia Is No Longer A Human Rights Leader
On February 8, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the appointment of Philip Ruddock – the former immigration minister who presided over the Howard government’s notorious “Pacific Solution” to divert asylum seekers from its shores – as Australia...
Egypt: Life Sentence for 3-Year-Old
A life sentence apparently handed down by mistake to a 3-year-old boy on February 16, 2016, exemplifies the arbitrariness of Egyptian courts that are used to punish political opponents of the government.
DR Congo: Youth Activists Rounded Up at Strike
Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have arbitrarily arrested eight youth activists, Human Rights Watch said on February 23, 2016. The youth activists and at least 30 political opposition supporters were detained on or around February 16, 2016,...
Europe’s restrictive measures place added hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers – UN
In November 2015, refugees and migrants protest border restrictions near the Greek town of Idomeni,...
Malaysia: Stop Punishing Students for Speech
Malaysian universities should stop using disciplinary rules to silence student activists and restrict debate on matters of public interest, Human Rights Watch said on February 21. In the most recent example, the University of Malaya (UM) penalized six...
