One senator’s human rights objections prevented the U.S. from selling 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippines’ national police, according to new reports. Four senators raised similar concerns about a $1.5 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, but could not stop the sale.
At least 1,000 protesters were arrested this month in one Ethiopian town. Mayor Ararsa Merdesa of Sebeta said most are either still detained or under investigation. It is the latest evidence of increasing crackdowns on protests in the country.
Two refugees granted asylum in Australia have brought a case against the government over delays in their citizenship applications. The…
Kenya announced that closing the world’s largest refugee camp is the best way to deal with the nearly half a…
The annual report by human rights group Amnesty International paints a bleak picture of global human rights in the past…
More than 75 people are dead as the result of violent crackdowns on protests in Ethiopia. It is a rare instance of protest in the country where the government deploys the law and force to shut down opposition. Human Rights Watch decried the violence, arguing that the government is now allowing its citizens to peacefully demonstrate.
This is a part of a series of dispatches correspondent Tom Murphy is writing from New York during the U.N. General Assembly…
This is a part of a series of dispatches correspondent Tom Murphy is writing from New York during the U.N. General Assembly…
A new draft of changes to the World Bank’s safeguard policies does not provide better protections, and it potentially makes things…
President Obama wasted little time while in Ethiopia and Kenya to publicly discuss human rights concerns in the east African…