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US BANS ARMS SALES AND URGES OTHERS TO FOLLOW


South Sudan's leaders aren't just failing their people, they are betraying them, Ms Haley said... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 246

EGYPT: NOTORIOUS FORMER SECURITY CHIEF CLEARED BY COURT


Adly was Egypt's top security official under former president Hosni Mubarak from 1997 until the regime's fall during the Arab Spring in 2011... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 476

'BEYOND COMPREHENSION': MYANMAR ADMITS KILLING ROHINGYA


As part of an ongoing campaign against the group, Myanmar also rejects many peaceful Rohingya citizens as terrorists ... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 4135

UN RIGHTS OFFICE RAISES ALARM OVER EGYPT EXECUTIONS


The United Nations human rights office has expressed deep shock and concern over the reported executions of 20 people in Egypt over the past two weeks... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 1033

HOPES RAISED FOR RELEASE OF BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JAILED IN ETHIOPIA


The Ethopian government claims he is a terrorist, while human rights campaigners say the father-of-three was illegally detained on politically motivated charges... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 7

ARMY AND REBELS ALLEGE TRUCE BREACHES


South Sudan plunged into civil war just two years after gaining independence when Kiir accused Machar, who he had sacked earlier in 2011, of plotting a coup... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 672

SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST TO HEAD AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL


Renowned international rights group Amnesty International has chosen South African civil society leader, anti-apartheid campaigner and life-long activist Kumi Naidoo as the organisation's next Secretary General... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 7

WOMEN TAKE TO STREETS TO DEMAND END TO SOUTH SUDAN WAR


We, the women of South Sudan, have decided that we have had enough of this... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 4118

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UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST


Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE

22nd October, 2015 9144

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY


MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 4415

'THOUSANDS OF WOMEN RAPED AND ASSAULTED' IN SOUTH SUDAN


OPINION The world has abandoned South Sudanese refugees But rights groups say they have documented widespread sexual violence in South Sudan... READ MORE

18th September, 2017 3951

JOURNALIST CHRISTOPHER ALLEN KILLED IN S SUDAN FIGHTING


Thankful for all journalists, South Sudanese and expats, dedicated to covering atrocities occurring in... READ MORE

27th August, 2017 3776

'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA


Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE

28th February, 2016 3162

'THEY SLEEP WHEN THEY'RE TOO HUNGRY'


'They sleep when they're too hungry' South Sudanese trapped by war, famine grow increasingly desperate... READ MORE

3rd May, 2017 2435

KENYA WITHDRAWS TROOPS FROM UN MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN


Continued deployment of Kenyan troops in South Sudan is no longer tenable, the ministry said, saying Kenya would withdraw, immediately its forces there... READ MORE

3rd November, 2016 2152

SOUTH SUDAN SPENDS BUDGET ON FIGHTING AS PEOPLE STARVE


South Sudan spends budget on fighting as people starve... READ MORE

15th October, 2016 2033

GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE


Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE

4th January, 2016 1853

FAMINE-HIT SOUTH SUDAN HIKES FEES FOR WORK PERMITS


War-ravaged South Sudan has hiked work permit fees 100-fold for foreign aid workers to 10,000, officials said, despite suffering from famine... READ MORE

9th March, 2017 1642

FIGHTING IN SOUTH SUDAN'S RAGA KILLS AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE


At least 14 people have been killed in South Sudan after new fighting erupted between government forces and the main rebel group... READ MORE

16th April, 2017 1626

SOUTH SUDAN MILITARY OFFICIALS QUIT OVER 'WAR CRIMES'


Oil-rich South Sudan has been mired in civil war since 2013 when President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, fired his deputy Riek Machar, an ethnic Nuer... READ MORE

19th February, 2017 1602

'HUNDREDS' OF S SUDAN BOYS SEIZED


South Sudan strife Hundreds of boys in South Sudan have been kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers, the United Nations children's agency says... READ MORE

1st March, 2015 1531

BANGLADESHI FRUIT PICKERS SHOT AT BY GREEK FARMERS WIN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE


Morsed Chowdury, the lead applicant in the European case, and the human rights watchdog Amnesty International welcomed the decision taken by the court in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 1514

ANTONIO GUTERRES: SALVA KIIR IS IGNORING FAMINE


The Security Council is divided over two ways to step up pressure on South Sudan's government-an arms embargo, or sanctions on additional people blocking peace... READ MORE

24th March, 2017 1255

SOUTH SUDAN 'BACK TO WAR', SAYS VP RIEK MACHAR'S SPOKESMAN


Forces loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar say government troops attacked their positions in the capital, Juba... READ MORE

10th July, 2016 1226

PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST


Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE

12th July, 2015 1147

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WARNS OF RISE OF 'FEAR AND DISUNITY'


Human rights at risk amid rise of 'fear and disunity' Amnesty International... READ MORE

22nd February, 2017 1063

THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE


I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE

23rd October, 2015 1059

PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS


MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE

15th December, 2015 1030

'HOPE OF PEACE IS DIMMING'


Intense fighting has resumed in South Sudan's capital, Juba, as an increasingly tense security situation threatened to send the young country back to all-out civil war... READ MORE

11th July, 2016 934

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?


The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 915

FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF


More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 909

U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS


State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE

18th October, 2015 878

NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED


A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE

10th December, 2014 860

SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS


For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE

22nd October, 2015 858

AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY


Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE

21st October, 2015 779

'THEY ARE KILLING CIVILIANS HOUSE TO HOUSE'


Thousands of frightened people have also taken refuge on the grounds of the Catholic cathedral in Wau, the biggest in all of South Sudan... READ MORE

4th May, 2017 763

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS


In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE

26th August, 2015 710

MASS RAPE A COMMON WEAPON IN SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT


The United Nations report came as the world body's Human Rights Council prepared to take up the South Sudan conflict... READ MORE

11th March, 2016 690


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