The Rising Risks of Misrule in Tajikistan
I.Overview Tajikistan’s 25 years as an independent state have been marred by poverty, endemic state corruption and the steady narrowing...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 9, 2017
Land of the Free, But Only for a Few
Refugees and asylum seekers protest against Australia’s offshore processing policy at a detention center on Manus Island, Papua New...
Al Jazeera
Oct 5, 2017
LGBT Refugees Find that Safety in West is Far from Absolute
By Boris Dittrich Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain, June 2, 2017. © 2017...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5, 2017
Chechnya’s Long Arm of Retaliation Against Gay Men
By Boris Dittrich Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain, June 2, 2017. © 2017...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5, 2017
“They Said We Are Their Slaves”
Josephine, 28, said she fled her home in Bangui with her husband and five young children due to fighting in the city in October 2014....
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5, 2017
Sexual Violence as Weapon of War
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war across the country during nearly five...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 4, 2017
Refugees, they are
More than half a million Rohingyas have been expelled from their homeland and are seeking refuge in Bangladesh, joining almost an equal...
Daily Star
Oct 3, 2017
Azerbaijan: Anti-Gay Crackdown
Isa Shahmarly, former chair of the Free (Azad) LGBT group, whose experience as a gay man in Azerbaijan, drove him to suicide. In...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 3, 2017
The Twists and Turns along China’s Belt and Road
“The project of the century” is how Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touted the Belt and Road Initiative to the world when addressing the...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 2, 2017
How to Ensure a Credible, Peaceful Presidential Vote in Kenya
I.Overview Kenya must hold repeat presidential elections before 1 November, after the country’s Supreme Court annulled a first vote that...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 2, 2017
Syrians Thrust Back into War
A lone man crosses Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The camp population fell from 203,000 during its peak in April 2013 to 80,000 by July...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 2, 2017
Act Now to End and Remedy Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2017 https://go.usa.gov/xRSUU CONTACT Audra McGeorge | Cory Fritz (202) 225-5021 The United...
Fortify Rights International
Sep 29, 2017
