Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Continues in Iraq
Mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses committed by Islamic State of Iraq and…
Ban Ki-moon Asks Donald Trump to Ensure Unity in Diversity
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Donald Trump Wednesday on his election as the new President of the United States. “I congratulate Mr. Donald Trump on his election as…
How the UN Plans to End Poverty and Ensure Prosperity
The General Assembly President Peter Thomson briefed United Nations (UN) Member States Tuesday on the implementation strategy for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the transformative 17-point framework for ensuring peace…
Spying Case: UK Privacy Outfit Taken to European Court
Leading rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) and six individuals have lodged a challenge with the European Court of Human Rights. They have demanded that the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal…
Amnesty Demands Probe into Killings of Indian Muslim Students
The Madhya Pradesh government in India must ensure an independent criminal investigation into the alleged extrajudicial execution of eight undertrial prisoners by the state police on 31 October, said Amnesty…
Prisoner in Russia Faces Torture and Rape Threats
Russian authorities must release Ildar Dadin, a peaceful street protester convicted for participation in “unauthorized” assemblies, and investigate his allegations of torture, Amnesty International said Tuesday. According to the human…