A Dictator on Trial In Africa
“To the victims I ask for forgiveness. I know it’s not sufficient, but I ask for forgiveness.” Bandjim Bandoum, once a top political police agent of the former Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, had waited 25 years to unburden himself. Then he turned to...
Lebanon: Deadly Attack Kills Dozens
The double suicide attack on the residential neighborhood of Bourj al-Barajneh, in Beirut, on November 12, 2015, was a callous and despicable act. The attack killed more than 40 people and wounded more than 200, according to a local news outlet. The...
Fair trials: civil liberties MEPs back new EU rules on presumption of innocence
The civil liberties committee on Tuesday approved a deal struck by Parliament and Council negotiators on new EU rules to ensure that the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in criminal proceedings is respected throughout the EU. The aim...
For Europe and for Refugees the Stakes Could Not Be Higher
Newly arrived families with children walk along the railway tracks from Serbia into Hungary,...
Ramp Up Action to Ban Killer Robots
The second Convention on Conventional Weapons informal meeting of experts on lethal...
Morocco: Drop Charges Against Activists
Moroccan authorities should drop charges against a historian and other activists accused of using foreign funding to undermine internal security.
Turkey: No Answers for Kurdish Victims
The acquittal of all defendants in Turkey’s first prosecution for the killings and disappearances of 21 Kurds in the early 1990s leaves the victims of serious abuses by state actors without justice, Human Rights Watch said on November 5.
Turkey: No Answers for Kurdish Victims
Relatives of victims killed or forcibly disappeared by state agents in Cizre in the 1990s protest the court decision to...
Bangladesh: UN rights chief calls for protection of writers, publishers threatened by extremists
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
Curb Use of Incendiary Weapons
Countries should take concrete steps to strengthen international law governing incendiary weapons, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on November 5, ahead of a diplomatic meeting devoted to incendiary and other weapons that will be held in...
