Remarks by Ambassador William A. Heidt at the Iftar dinner hosted by the U.S. Embassy
Good evening and Ramadan Kareem – thank you Your Excellency Sem Sokha for your remarks. I am honored to mark the holy month of Ramadan...
Remarks by Ambassador William A. Heidt | U.S.
Jun 21, 2017
Justice Needed for Lasting Peace in Central African Republic
Civilians in the Central African Republic caught a break this week. The government and armed groups signed a peace accord on June 19 that...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 20, 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
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
US Bandwagon gets further exposed on Myanmar alignment amidst Rohingya genocide
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Ms Yanghee Lee, announced in the UNHRC at Geneva on 13 March that the Burmese state...
Tamilnet
May 13, 2017
What the last Nuremberg prosecutor alive wants the world to know
It is not often you get the chance to meet a man who holds a place in history like Ben Ferencz. He's 97 years old, barely 5 feet tall,...
CBS News
May 7, 2017
Living proof: Surviving a massacre
Some deny a genocide ever occurred in Srebrenica. One survivor continues to live there to provide testimony of what happened....
BBC News
May 5, 2017
Over half of Rohingya girls who fled violence became child brides - UN survey
More than half of Rohingya Muslim girls who fled violence in western Myanmar ended up becoming child brides, according to a United...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
May 4, 2017
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Resolution 2163/2017 on the protection of the rights of parents and children belo
1. The Parliamentary Assembly notes that the population of the member States of the Council of Europe is more ethnically, culturally and...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
May 2, 2017
New Balkan Turbulence Challenges Europe
The trouble in the Balkans today is not Russian meddling, though there is some of that, but a special case of the malaise afflicting...
International Crisis Group 1
Apr 28, 2017
Syria: ‘Glimmers of humanity’ overshadowed by brutality of attacks on civilians, says UN aid chief
Families evacuated from East Ghouta, Syria, congregate in the courtyard of the Dahit Qudsayya collective shelter for basic aid. Photo:...
Genocide Watch
Apr 27, 2017
