UN Demands Death Penalty Moratorium in Pakistan
The top United Nations (UN) human rights official has urged the Government of Pakistan to reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty amid a sharp uptick in the number of…
320,000 People Killed in Syrian Conflict
Humanitarian organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has documented death of 230,618 persons since March 18, 2011 – which witnessed the fall of the first martyr in Daraa –…
Yemen: UN Urges to Stop Attacks on Civilians
More than 1,400 people have been killed and 300,000 have fled their homes in nearly two months of fighting in the war-torn Gulf nation. The top United Nations relief official…
Bomb Attacks Killing Children in Sudan
The Sudanese government’s persistent indiscriminate air attacks in the Nuba Mountains area of Southern Kordofan are killing and maiming children, according to new reports released today by Human Rights Watch.…