Human Rights

Bangladesh: Azam Conviction Based on Flawed Proceedings

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Court Allows Groundbreaking Case Against Anti-Gay Religious Leader to Proceed

In a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge ruled that persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a crime against humanity and...

UN mission welcomes release of children recruited by armed group in DR Congo

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A group of children in Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Thousands of Syrians stream into northern Iraq via new bridge, reports UN agency

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Thousands of people flowed from Syria across the Peshkhabour border crossing into Iraq's Dohuk...

UNESCO Director-General condems murder of Libyan TV presenter Azzedine Qusad and voices concern for safety of journalists

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today called for an investigation into the killing of Azzedine Qusad on 9 August.

UN humanitarian wing warns of pervasive sexual violence in Somalia

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Hundreds of thousands of women displaced by conflict and living in camps in Somalia are...

The humanitarian situation in Darfur

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Darfur has seen a new wave of fighting and displacement in 2013.

Bangladesh: Azam Conviction Based on Flawed Proceedings

The trial of Ghulam Azam, the former chief of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islaami (Jamaat) party, at Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal was deeply flawed and did not meet international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said.

China: Court Upholds Jail Sentence of Nobel Laureate's Relative

A Chinese court has upheld what some see as a politically motivated prison sentence against the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.

Rwanda: Takeover of Rights Group

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