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24 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan (21 Afghan colleagues and 3 International colleagues) in several security incidents. There are different causes and actors involved, but it caused as many fatalities among aid workers as during the first six months of 2014.

Source: ICG Afghanistan has reached a critical moment in the development of its democratic system. In the coming days, the behaviour of the two candidates in the presidential contest – and the conduct of the […]

While feminists have long recognised the importance of self-managed, alternative media to transport their messages, to challenge the status quo, and to spin novel social processes, this topic has been an under-researched area.

Two books covering every aspect of the Zhivago affair in detail, from Pasternak’s early life and the origins of his novel to the bombshell of its first publication in 1957, the nature of the CIA’s intervention, and the aftermath for Pasternak and his associates.

The undersigned organisations working with and for human rights defenders (HRDs) welcome the adoption by the Council of the European Union (EU) of the 23 June 2014 Conclusions on the 10th Anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.

opendemocracy.net By DAVID PETRASEK The Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein (“Prince Zeid”), has just been nominated as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The […]

The two men vying to be the next president of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, have pledged to protect women’s rights, which have in the past year become a political bargaining chip.

The elections and their runoff for the first ever peaceful transformation of power in Afghanistan took place amid tight security on April 5th and June 14th 2014.

Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear programme should include human rights concerns, the U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday. U.N. […]

Women in Syria have been arbitrarily arrested and detained, physically abused, harassed, and tortured during Syria’s conflict by government forces, pro-government militias, and armed groups opposed to the government, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.