Human Rights

One year after conflict, children still under daily threat in South Sudan

The future for a generation of children in South Sudan is being stolen by the year-long conflict in the country, which has driven hundreds of thousands of children from their homes, schools and communities; subjecting them to violence, malnutrition...

Kenya: Security Bill Tramples Basic Rights

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Kenya's General Service Unit (GSU) policemen watch over youths protesting the killing of Muslim cleric...

Activists in Washington March for Racial Justice

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Thousands took part in the...

US: Speed Transfers from Guantanamo

The Obama administration should increase detainee transfers from Guantanamo Bay following passage of a defense bill on December 12, 2014, that preserves fewer transfer restrictions. President Barack Obama obtained loosened transfer restrictions from...

Somalia: UN expert urges Government to ramp up efforts in securing human rights legislation

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Residents of the village of Modmoday, 40 kilometres east of the town of Baidoa, Somalia, look on as a soldier of...

William Daniels Receives 2014 Tim Hetherington Grant

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An altar boy prepares for mass at a church in Boali where a large group of Muslims who fled attacks by anti-balaka militias was sheltering....

Year of conflict in South Sudan has stolen future of a generation of children – UNICEF

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Children in South Sudan.

US: Tobacco Company Bans Hiring Children Under 16

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A 16-year-old worker harvests tobacco on a farm in Kentucky.

After CIA torture revelations, US must now recover moral high ground – UN expert

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Mr. Juan Mendez, Special Rapporteur on Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Turkey: Security Bill Undermines Rights

The Turkish government’s proposed expansion of police powers to search and detain and for the use of firearms would undermine human rights protections. A number of the proposals in a draft security bill would circumvent the role of prosecutors and...

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