On World Press Freedom Day, UN says free expression vital for global sustainability
Thailand: Mass Graves of Rohingya Found in Trafficking Camp
Rescue workers transport one of the bodies found at an abandoned camp in Thailand's...
Central African Republic: UN investigation into sexual abuse allegations continues
Members of French Army (Operation Sangaris) inspecting rockets stored in Camp de Roux, Central African...
Libya/Tunisia: Presumed Death of Missing Journalists
Officials from the internationally recognized Libyan government said in a statement on April 29, 2015, that two Tunisian journalists who had been missing in eastern Libya since September 2014 had been killed.
Alarmed by Burundi media curbs, UN human rights office reiterates call for free and fair elections
Mothers line up to register their children in Rwanda after fleeing their native Burundi.
Cambodia: Register, Not Return, Vietnamese Asylum Seekers
Cambodia’s refusal to allow asylum seekers from Vietnam to register and seek refugee status demonstrates a dismal failing to abide by international refugee law, LICADHO and Human Rights Watch said on May 1. In the last four months, Cambodia has...
Security Council demands immediate end to hostilities in Mali, urges parties to abide by ceasefire
UN peacekeepers in Ansongo, Mali.
BANGLADESH: Freedom of press stifled, and democracy in the decline
May 3 is the World Press Freedom Day. This day is an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to assess the state of press freedom throughout the world; to defend the media from attacks on their independence; and to pay...
Libya/Tunisia: Presumed Death of Missing Journalists
Officials from the internationally recognized Libyan government said in a statement on April 29, 2015, that two Tunisian journalists who had been missing in eastern Libya since September 2014 had been killed.
Thailand: Mass Graves of Rohingya Found in Trafficking Camp
The discovery of more than 30 bodies in a human trafficking camp should prompt Thai authorities to authorize an independent, United Nations-assisted investigation, commit to publish its findings, and bring those responsible to justice, including any...
