Publication Feb 15, 2018 Navalny Website Blocked In Russia Over ‘Rybkagate’ Report (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) – Internet service providers in Russia began blocking access to opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s website on February 15 following an order from the country’s communications regulator,…
Publication Feb 14, 2018 Recruitment of child soldiers still rising in South Sudan (Aljazeera) – The civil war in South Sudan is now in its fifth year. It has killed thousands and displaced millions. Monday marked International Day against the use of Child…
Publication Feb 14, 2018 Duterte to Int’l Criminal Court: Drug war continues, case or no case MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to appear unfazed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into his drug war, saying it will not stop the controversial…
Publication Feb 14, 2018 Cambodia parliament adopts lese-majeste law, prompting rights concerns (Reuters) – Cambodia’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously adopted a law that forbids insulting the monarchy as rights groups expressed concern the legislation, in effect in neighboring Thailand, could be used…
Publication Feb 14, 2018 Libya’s supreme court blocks legal challenges to draft constitution (Reuters) – Libya’s supreme court blocked legal challenges from lower courts to a draft constitution on Wednesday, paving the way for a possible referendum on the document and a move…
Publication Feb 12, 2018 How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village INN DIN, Myanmar – Bound together, the 10 Rohingya Muslim captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a shallow grave. Soon afterwards, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay…
Publication Feb 8, 2018 International Criminal Court Will Investigate Duterte Over Drug War MANILA — The International Criminal Court said on Thursday that it was opening a preliminary investigation into accusations that President Rodrigo Duterte and other Philippine officials had committed crimes against…
Publication Feb 8, 2018 ICC to open preliminary probes in Philippines, Venezuela Feb 8, 2018 (The Washington Post) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that she is opening preliminary probes into alleged crimes by police and security forces in the Philippines…
Publication Feb 7, 2018 Kenya deports opposition lawyer charged with treason (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities deported a lawyer charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga, prompting a rare rebuke from the Chief Justice who…
Publication Feb 7, 2018 Tajik Election Law Changes Seen Favoring President’s Son (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) – The lower chamber of Tajikistan’s parliament has approved amendments to the laws on presidential and parliamentary elections — lowering the eligibility age from 35…
Publication Feb 6, 2018 Air strikes pound Syria’s last rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians (Reuters) – Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near the capital and choking people…
Publication Feb 6, 2018 Azerbaijani Opposition Coalition To Boycott Early Election (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) – The head of Azerbaijan’s opposition National Council of Democratic Forces says the coalition will boycott an early presidential election that has been scheduled for…
Publication Feb 5, 2018 Azerbaijan Schedules Snap Presidential Election In April (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) – Long-ruling President Ilham Aliyev has brought the date of Azerbaijan’s presidential election forward by more than six months, to April 11, in a move…
Publication Dec 1, 2017 Zimbabwe leader’s Cabinet heavy on military, ruling party (The Washington Post) – Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Cabinet filled with ruling party loyalists and figures linked to the military, whose takeover helped oust former…
Publication Nov 21, 2017 Zimbabwe: Mugabe resigns under military pressure Today, Zimbabwe’s dictator Robert Mugabe submitted a letter of resignation to parliament which ended his 37-year rule and triggered massive celebrations in the streets of Harare. Amid the country’s uncertain…
Publication Jun 28, 2017 Meet the Youthful Face of Resistance to Thailand’s Junta Every year, on the first day of school, thousands of first-year students file onto a field on the campus of Chulalongkorn, Thailand’s oldest and among its most prestigious universities, in the heart of the sweltering capital Bangkok.
Publication Aug 4, 2015 Lionel Messi accused of undermining children’s rights work with Gabon visit US-based group says Barcelona striker displayed ‘enthusiastic support for dictatorship that has refused to investigate ritual murders
Publication Aug 3, 2015 Lionel Messi Slammed for ‘Partying with Oppressors’ by Human Rights Foundation The Human Rights Foundation has issued a scathing attack on Lionel Messi in the wake of his recent visit to Gabon, accusing the Barcelona icon of “partying with oppressors.”
Publication Aug 3, 2015 Lionel Messi criticised by Human Rights Foundation for Gabon trip HRF condemns Barcelona star’s trip to Gabon amidst allegations of child murder and organ harvesting
Publication Aug 3, 2015 Lionel Messi accused of endorsing Gabon ‘dictatorship’ with visit to 2017 Africa Cup of Nations venue Barcelona striker Lionel Messi accused by activists of showing ‘enthusiastic support’ for central African country that failed to halt ritual murder of children.
