Russia: New Pressure on Civil Society
A wave of inspections of nongovernmental organizations in Russia is intensifying pressure on civil society since the adoption of a series of restrictive laws in 2012.
Gay Marriage Battle Reverberates at US Capitol
UN agency deplores killing of five Palestinian children in Syria
A Palestinian child.
BURMA: President too quick to proclaim state of emergency
The Asian Human Rights Commission has been following with concern news of the latest outbreak of communal violence in Burma. Although the circumstances of how the violence began are clouded, the president on 22 March 2013 declared an indefinite state...
Zimbabwe: End Police Crackdown on Civil Society
The government of Zimbabwe should immediately end the police crackdown on civil society groups, which has intensified as the country prepares for national elections.
Iraq 10 Years Later, Creeping Authoritarianism
Send Bosco Ntaganda to the ICC
The Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Monday announced that Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese rebel leader wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity, surrendered himself to the United States embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. The U.S. government has...
World Bank: Investigate ‘Development’ Project Abuses
The new village of Bildak in Ethiopia's Gambella region, which the semi-nomadic Nuer who were...
New UN study proposes ways to close additional $10 billion funding gap for education
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
Syria: Mounting Casualties from Cluster Munitions
Remnants of a RBK-250/275 AO-1SCh cluster bomb in Deir Jamal from a strike on February 28, 2013.
