Council concludes twenty-seventh special session on the human rights situation of the Rohingya Musli
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslims and...
Human Rights Council
Dec 5, 2017
Time for Concerted Action in DR Congo
What’s the issue? President Joseph Kabila’s apparent determination to remain in power threatens to prolong the Democratic Republic of...
Genocide Watch
Dec 4, 2017
Grandmother accused of mass murder: ‘I don’t remember anything’
Im Chaem at home near Anlong Veng: faced charges of crimes against humanity, including mass murder, enslavement and extermination....
Mary Boland | The Irish Times
Dec 4, 2017
Do the Numbers Lie? Mistrust and Military Lockdown after Honduras’ Disputed Poll
Honduras has entered a political crisis that is turning increasingly violent following the disputed results of the 26 November general...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 4, 2017
In China, Aung San Suu Kyi Finds a Warm Welcome (and No Talk of Rohingya)
By Jane Perlez Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar with President Xi Jinping of China, in Beijing last year. She arrived for another visit on...
New York Times 1
Nov 30, 2017
Ethnic Cleansing vs. Genocide: The Politics Behind Labeling the Rohingya Crisis
On November 22, after some reluctance, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined the United Nations and United Kingdom in calling the...
Sahar Khan | Cato Institute
Nov 29, 2017
Japan Forces Sterilization on Transgender People
The Japanese government has taken some positive steps to improve the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. But...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 29, 2017
Violence against women in South Sudan is occurring at twice the global average rate
The country’s civil war has killed more than 50,000 people, forced more than two million to flee abroad and plunged parts of the country...
The Independent
Nov 29, 2017
BURUNDI: This east African country is waging a war on its women
Burundi has been in political turmoil ever since president Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term in 2015, flouting the country’s...
Linsey Chutel | Quartz Africa
Nov 29, 2017
U.N. seeks report from Myanmar on rapes, deaths of Rohingya women
A United Nations women's rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to report within six months on rapes and sexual violence against...
Reuters
Nov 28, 2017
Bangladesh: Mass Death Sentences Confirmed
Members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) are summoned for a hearing before a special court in Dhaka, July 12, 2010. © 2010 Reuters The...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 28, 2017
Ethiopia says ethnic clashes kill more than 20 in past week
Ethiopia's government says more than 20 people have been killed in renewed clashes between ethnic Oromos and Somalis in the past week....
News24
Nov 27, 2017
