Governments Step Up for Reproductive Rights
Governments should pledge political and financial support for sexual and reproductive health to counter the United States’ “Global Gag...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 28, 2017
Myanmar: End Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Khaing Myo Htun
Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Khaing Myo Htun and investigate allegations of...
Fortify Rights International
Feb 28, 2017
Yemen Conflict: Red Cross Appeals for Access to Key Port
The ICRC described the port of Hudaydah as a "lifeline" for the people of Yemen The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has...
BBC News
Feb 28, 2017
Homes Burned, Shops Looted In Anti-migrant Attacks
By Ihsaan Haffejee Violence against foreigners has flared up again in parts of South Africa. Earlier this month, immigrants' homes and...
Al Jazeera
Feb 28, 2017
UN says Racial Profiling Widespread in Germany
A refugee from Eritrea plays an electric piano at a recreation room for refugees in Dresden, Germany. People of African descent suffer...
Politico
Feb 28, 2017
U.N. Human Rights Experts Unite to Condemn China Over Expulsions of Tibetans
By Edward Wong Buddhist monks at Larung Gar last year. A half-dozen United Nations experts have condemned the expulsions of monks and...
New York Times 1
Feb 27, 2017
The awful politics of xenoophobia
South Africans have a certain reputation for public robustness. We fight, scream, and shout at each other, all in the name of deciding...
Stephen Grootes | Africa Focus
Feb 27, 2017
Niger and Boko Haram: Beyond Counter-insurgency
Executive Summary For the last two years, Niger has been at war with Boko Haram. The conflict has disrupted this poor country’s...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 27, 2017
SERAP Seeks Sanctions Against South Africa over Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Federal Government to sanction the Republic of South...
Daily Trust
Feb 27, 2017
Iran Human Rights Violations Continue Unabated
President Hassan Rouhani election was based on his “moderate” campaign, which seemed to signal a change in Iran on various issues,...
Siavosh Hosseini | The Media Express
Feb 26, 2017
Christians flee Egypt's Sinai after militant killings
EL-ARISH, Egypt – Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Christian man inside his home in northern Sinai, officials and a priest said...
Associated Press 1
Feb 24, 2017
Xenophobic Violence Erupts in South Africa
MXLLS A man reacts to tear gas fired by police fire to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters, after mobs looted stores this...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 24, 2017
