Will the New Anti-Slavery Law Work in Mauritania?
While applauding the adoption of a new anti-slavery law in Mauritania that doubles, from 10 to 20 years, the maximum prison sentence for slavery crimes and creates special prosecution tribunals…
Will Iran Make a Nuclear Weapon?
Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran (CNFI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons capability, has launched a new national television advertisement to share growing…
Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekeepers: Ban Vows Action
Vowing “decisive action” on reports of sexual exploitation committed by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday that he has accepted…
Russia’s Crackdown on Salafi Muslims in Dagestan
The government’s response to a decade-long insurgency in Dagestan, a southern Russian republic, has been marked by serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday.…
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 –…