Why Is Myanmar Refusing A UN Probe If There Is No Rohingya Genocide?
When Myanmar transitioned from military rule to civilian democracy, many hoped the new government would make efforts to resolve the...
Reuters
Jul 3, 2017
US-led Coalition Airstrikes Contribute to Civilian Deaths in Syria
On Monday, 26 June, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly captured al-Qadisia, a western district of Raqqa, the de...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 30, 2017
U.S. Charge d’Affaires in Khartoum Steven Koutsis: Dishonest, Tendentious, Misleading
The Trump administration State Department is evidently content to allow recently appointed Charge d’Affaires Steven Koutsis to remain the...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Jun 28, 2017
US State Department’s Lie About Child Soldiers
By Jo Becker United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S....
Human Rights Watch
Jun 27, 2017
Peace accord in CAR breaks down hours after its signing with renewed violence in Bria
Earlier this week, officials from the government of the Central African Republic met with representatives from the major rebel groups in...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 22, 2017
People With Disabilities at Risk in Central African Republic
File--In this April 14, 2014 photo, Hamamatou Harouna, 10, crawls to the restroom on the grounds of the Catholic Church where she and...
Associated Press 1
Jun 21, 2017
EU Takes Lead in Campaign to Prevent Gender-based Violence
FILE - a South Sudanese refugee and 32-year-old mother, who was raped for several days by a group of soldiers before she was allowed to...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jun 21, 2017
Justice Needed for Lasting Peace in Central African Republic
Civilians in the Central African Republic caught a break this week. The government and armed groups signed a peace accord on June 19 that...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 20, 2017
Kazakhstan: Eight Muslim Prisoners of Conscience Sentenced
On 7 April, at the end of a closed trial, a court in the north-eastern city of Pavlodar sentenced Sunni Muslim Kuanysh Bashpayev to four...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Jun 16, 2017
Civilian Deaths in Raqqa Mount as US-led Coalition Forces Push to Reclaim City from ISIL
Since beginning a large-scale offensive campaign on 6 June, the US-led coalition has continued to advance in Raqqa, the de facto capital...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 16, 2017
UN Secretary-General Fails to Speak Up for Rights in Central Asia
By Hugh Williamson United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres shakes hands with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev during their...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 15, 2017
Statement by Ms. Yanghee LEE, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar at the
Agenda item 4 Geneva, 15 June 2017 Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the opportunity to once again...
Genocide Watch
Jun 15, 2017
