Iraqi Kurdistan: Free Speech Under Attack
Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should stop arbitrarily detaining journalists, activists, and political opposition figures, and end its prosecution of journalists for insulting or defaming public figures. The Asayish – the...
Disruption of sanitation services in Syria putting children’s health at risk – UNICEF
Tanker trucks supply water to a housing complex in Adra, an industrial area northeast of Damascus, Syria...
Center for Constitutional Rights Responds to Newly Released Targeted Killing White Paper
In response to the release of a Justice Department white paper titled, “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al Qa’ida or An Associated Force,” the Center for Constitutional Rights made...
Philippines: UN lauds landmark bill protecting rights of internally displaced people
Displaced people in northern Mindanao, first affected by armed conflict, then uprooted by...
UN labour agency urges tougher measures to combat forced labour
A young boy works as a labourer near Kathmandu, Nepal.
Noting progress, UN urges accelerated efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation
At age one, Fatima was subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in her village...
UN rights chief calls on Somalia to re-open case of reporter and alleged rape victim
Women and children wait for assistance from the drought/famine in Dolo, southern Somalia.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Turkish Government’s reform pledge, stresses need to better protect journalists
A view of Ankaka, the Turkish capital, 11 August 2009.
President Ma of the ROC said at the NGO shadow report that government is the most likely body to violate human rights
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) held a press conference for the presentation of the English status report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic...
On Mali visit, UNESCO chief stresses need to rebuild, safeguard cultural heritage
Sankore mosque in Mali’s fabled city of Timbuktu.
