Redefining Rape in Jamaica
By Graeme Reid A homeless youth from the LGBT community sits in the sewer where he lives in Kingston, Jamaica. (C) 2014 Human Rights...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 24, 2017
Duterte Vows to Kill 3 Million President of Philippines compares himself to Adolf Hitler
The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, made perhaps his most controversial remark on record Friday -- openly musing about...
Genocide Watch
Feb 23, 2017
The Rohingya crisis and the role of the OIC The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is not doing eno
by Abdullah al-Ahsan Abdullah al-Ahsan is professor of comparative civilizations at the International Islamic University Malaysia. The...
Al Jazeera
Feb 23, 2017
Malawi Amends Constitution to Remove Child Marriage Loophole
By Annerieke Smaak A 14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in Kanduku, in Malawi’s Mwanza district. She...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 23, 2017
Canada Commits 'Human Rights Violations' By Locking Up Children: Report
An average of at least 48 Canadian children are being held in immigration detention centres every year, harming their mental and physical...
The Huffington Post (Huffpost)
Feb 23, 2017
Vigilante Groups Fighting Boko Haram
Regional armies in the Lake Chad basin deploy vigilantes to sharpen campaigns against Boko Haram insurgents. But using these militias...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 23, 2017
What's Behind Attacks on Foreigners in South Africa?
South Africa is experiencing a rise in what is being described as "xenophobic" violence. Locals are accusing migrants of stealing their...
Al Jazeera
Feb 23, 2017
African migrants in South Africa are in fear for their lives—again
Once again, there are signs of growing xenophobia in South Africa. Despite the lives lost in previous waves of violence, the country has...
Quartz Mediaso
Feb 22, 2017
Seminar on ‘Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing’
The Khojaly genocide of the 20th century is one of the most serious crimes in history not only against the people of Azerbaijan but...
Pakistan Observer
Feb 22, 2017
South African High Court Rejects ICC Withdrawal
South Africa’s North Gauteng High Court today ruled that the government’s attempt to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 22, 2017
65,000 Rohingya flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh following crackdown: UN
At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar – a third of them over the past week – since the army launched a crackdown...
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Feb 22, 2017
A Step Toward Justice in the Central African Republic
Last month I visited Bakala, a town in the center of the Central African Republic where serious fighting between two rebel groups had...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 21, 2017
