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
UNAMID to Be Gutted by UN Security Council, Creating Intolerable Risks for Civilians in Darfur
I will be writing at length soon analyzing the various implications of this callous, finally barbarous Security Council decision to...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Jun 12, 2017
Six years since resumption of Civil War in Kachin
Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands of IDPs...
Burma Link
Jun 9, 2017
UN Leader Should Feature Rights on Regional Visit
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ trip to Central Asia, beginning June 8, 2017, is a major opportunity for the UN to...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 7, 2017
Peace in Darfur Was Long Entrusted to Qataris: What we see of Qatar now
After the disastrous failure of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of May 2006 (Abuja, Nigeria), neither the Bush administration nor the...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Jun 5, 2017
Mangaung mayor must take a taste of her own medicine
Trade union Solidarity lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) against Olly Mlamleli, executive mayor of...
Solidariteit Solidarity
Jun 2, 2017
Burundi Youth Militia Compares Opposition to Lice in Video
Burundi human rights activists expressed outrage Tuesday over an online video that shows pro-government youth militia members teaching...
VOA (Voice of America)
May 30, 2017
300,000 Child Refugees and Migrants Traveled Alone in ’15 and ’16, U.N. Says
UNITED NATIONS — The number of children traveling by themselves among documented refugees and migrants has nearly quintupled to the...
New York Times 1
May 17, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi met by protesters, criticism upon receiving Freedom of London award
Burma State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi receives Honorary Freedom of the City of London at Guildhall on May 8, 2017. Source: City of...
Asian Correspondent
May 12, 2017
