South Sudan sexual violence on 'massive scale,' report says
It's been five months since the shy, frail 13-year-old was snatched from his bed, drugged and raped in the middle of the night. The boy...
Associated Press 1
Jul 24, 2017
Call for Vietnamese blogger’s release on eve of her trial
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Vietnamese judicial authorities to release Tran Thi Nga, an internationally recognized human...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jul 24, 2017
An Open Letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the UN’s World Health Organiza
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The mandate of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) could hardly be clearer; in the words of the...
Dr. Eric Reeves
Jul 24, 2017
Journalists kept at bay during Papua New Guinea elections
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the many media freedom violations during the general elections held in Papua New Guinea from 24...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jul 24, 2017
Myanmar: UN expert lists catalogue of concerns as human rights slide in worsening conflict
A United Nations Special Rapporteur has issued a strongly worded statement accusing the Government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of...
Genocide Watch
Jul 24, 2017
Venezuela: Video Footage Exposes Brutal Repression
Human Rights Watch issued a multimedia report today that shows the scale and brutality of violent repression of protests by Venezuelan...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 21, 2017
Watch List 2017 – Second Update
Nigeria: Growing Insecurity on Multiple Fronts Nigeria is facing a time of uncertainty and peril. President Muhammadu Buhari’s failing...
International Crisis Group 1
Jul 20, 2017
Political Violence on the Rise in Zimbabwe
A man reacts to teargas fired by police at protesters calling for electoral reform in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 12, 2017. © 2017 Reuters ...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 20, 2017
Thai court issues verdict in Rohingya mass graves case
A Thai court has found dozens of people guilty in the country's biggest ever human trafficking case, which began in 2015 after the...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
Jul 19, 2017
Inside the ‘glaringly dysfunctional’ UN mission in Myanmar
When Tomás Ojea Quintana made his last visit to Myanmar as UN human rights envoy in 2014, the head of the UN country mission picked him...
IRIN News
Jul 17, 2017
Sri Lanka’s Difficulty With Truth
War is messy, leaving in its wake, not just death, injuries and destruction, but persistent distrust. To heal, there needs to be...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 13, 2017
Hungarian Government Stoops to New Low with Hate Campaign
Everywhere you turn in Budapest these days, there are posters and billboards portraying a grinning George Soros, the Hungarian-born...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 12, 2017
