UN agencies join in shared call for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza
One of the few workers who has not been laid off at the Modern Industrial Group's factory in...
North Korea hiding rights abuses by information blockade, says US envoy
The United States is working to end the "information blockade" of North Korea that Pyongyang used to hide its rights...
UN expert warns of threat from escalating communal violence in Myanmar
The Rohingya, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority in Myanmar.
Rights Groups Protest Israeli Arrests of African Migrants
Israeli security officials have arrested 62 African migrants in the past two days as part of a new operation to deport illegal aliens. Human rights activists are protesting, saying the government should first determine their asylum status.
Blasphemy charges lead to long jail term in Kuwait
Amnesty International has reported a court hearing in Kuwait, in which a man was convicted for messages posted on the...
American pastor says he never inflicted violence on daughter
Creflo Dollar, the head of an American megachurch, has denied domestic violence claims.
Increasing violence continues to cause Nigeria internal displacement
Internal displacement is a common consequence across Nigeria of inter-communal and political violence, flooding and forced evictions. While some of the conflicts appear to be caused by overlapping and mutually reinforcing regional, religious and...
New UN report highlights Lord’s Resistance Army atrocities against children
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy speaks at press...
China arrests activists planning Tiananmen anniversary demonstrations
Hundreds of activists were arrested and taken to secret prisons as authorities thwarted planned demonstrations to...
US Urges China to Free Tiananmen Protesters
The United States has called on authorities in China to release all prisoners who are still being held for their participation in the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and do more to protect the universal human rights of its citizens.
