Geography

Despite all the setbacks suffered by many women’s rights groups in the transitioning Arab states, regional co-operation has improved considerably over the past few years. Juliane Metzker takes stock

Source: Open Democracy Will the latest military operation launched by Pakistan against the Taliban in North Waziristan expose and loosen the ties between the military establishment and their jihadi protégés? So far a sceptical silence […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 75 year VI

Source: Equality Now In August 2013, while house hunting in Omdurman, Sudan, a 19-year-old pregnant and divorced Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property and brutally gang-raped by a group of seven men, aged […]

Source: FIDH The Soccer World Cup taking place in Brazil and especially its preparation have been the scene of many human rights violations and respressed social protest. Rafael Dias from Justicia Global outlines the various […]

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow morning (25 June), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a debate on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNAMA Ján […]

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow afternoon (25 June), the chair of the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Gary Quinlan (Australia), will present his 90-day report on the work of the Committee to the Security Council. […]

Source: Human Rights Watch Arbitrary Arrests, Unfair Trials; Use of Child Soldiers JUNE 19, 2014 (New York) – Kurdish authorities running three enclaves in northern Syria have committed arbitrary arrests, due process violations, and failed […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 74 year VI

© Source: UNHCR Global forced displacement 1993-2013 (end-year) GENEVA, June 20 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency reported today on World Refugee Day that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has, for the […]