Human Rights
Human trafficking: "Few victims go to court because we don't protect them enough"
Barbara Lochbihler
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China: EU Should Press for Action to End Crackdown
European Union leaders should publicly call for an end to the Chinese government’s crackdown on peaceful dissent and urge the release of all those wrongfully detained, Human Rights Watch said on Jul 11 in a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk. Juncker and Tusk will attend the EU-China Summit in Beijing on July 12-13, 2016.
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Thailand: Activists, Journalist Arrested for Vote-No Campaign
Thai authorities arrested four activists campaigning against the military junta’s draft constitution and a journalist reporting on the campaign, Human Rights Watch said on JUl 11. A referendum on the proposed constitution is scheduled for August 7, 2016.
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Stand up for and invest in teenage girls, UN says on World Population Day
Students laugh as they leave school in Bangladesh.
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Saudi Coalition Airstrikes Target Civilian Factories in Yemen
Seventeen workers remained inside the Middle East Workshop for Sewing and Embroidery when coalition aircraft bombed it on February 14, 2016. One died and four sustained injuries.
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calls on Kyrgyz authorities to implement UN Human Rights Committee decision
An ODIHR delegation visited human rights defender Azimjan Askarov in prison in Bishkek on 15 December 2011.
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Muted cheers mark South Sudan’s fifth birthday, with millions displaced
Gatluak Ruei Kon, 56, hugs his wife and one of his granddaughters in Akobo, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. He has not seen his family for nearly two and half years.
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Iraq: ISIS Rule Marked by Executions, Cruelty
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Syria: UN relief wing sounds alarm on behalf of some 300,000 people trapped in war-torn Aleppo
A girl stands barefoot on a muddy walkway between rows of tent shelters, in the Bab Al Salame camp for internally displaced persons, near the border with Turkey, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
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US: Deaths in Immigration Detention
Newly released United States government records summarizing investigations of the deaths of 18 migrants in the custody of US immigration authorities support a conclusion that subpar care contributed to at least seven of the deaths, Human Rights Watch said on July 7.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020