Saudi Arabia: 12,000 Somalis Expelled
Farhia, a Somali woman who is now eight-months pregnant, was deported to Somalia from Saudi Arabia on January 29, 2014...
Russia: Human Rights Defender Targeted
Russian law enforcement should promptly and effectively investigate a February 12, 2014 arson attack on a leading human rights activist in the Komi region and his family. Police refused to conduct a criminal investigation into the attack. That...
UN-mandated human rights inquiry on DPR Korea documents 'widespread, systematic abuses'
Left to right: Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, Commission Chairman Michael Kirby and Sonja Biserko.
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish President to veto Internet Law, return it for public consultations
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, delivering her regular report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 28...
Governments must step up fight against human trafficking, protect victims, prosecute criminals
Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga, speaking at an international anti-trafficking conference jointly hosted by the OSCE and the...
Right2Water urges privatisation ban in first EU Citizens’ Initiative debate
Organisers of the “Right2Water” campaign urged the EU Commission to guarantee access to water and sanitation as a human right, and give a legal undertaking that water services will not be liberalised in the EU, in the first European Parliament debate...
South Sudan: Investigate New Cluster Bomb Use
The governments of South Sudan and Uganda should investigate new evidence that banned cluster bombs have been used in the South Sudan conflict, Human Rights Watch said. United Nations (UN) experts found remnants of the weapons, including intact...
Cambodia: Security Forces Beat Housing Rights Protesters
Cambodian security personnel used excessive force against housing rights protesters occupying an unfinished building in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2014, Human Rights Watch said. Security forces beat and otherwise assaulted protesting residents in the...
Food, supplies running out for Palestinians at besieged refugee camp in Syria – UN agency
The situation is most critical for people living in communities under siege, such as Yarmouk...
Security Council welcomes resumed Sudanese peace talks, urges accord on Blue Nile, Kordofan states
73,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in South Kordofan State.
