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Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo has warned against "reckless interference by non-state actors in the region," saying that such conduct can result in human suffering.

Sen. Barreras requested the meeting in order to discuss the "Legal Framework for Peace" bill, a proposed constitutional amendment that he is sponsoring in the Senate.

File photo of Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, who said this state of emergency should have no future.

Decades of access to legal abortion in Turkey are at risk. If these statements are translated into legislation and policy, Turkey would take a leap backward on women's rights.

A Sudanese woman in El Fasher. The country's embassy in the UK claims rights groups are not interested in the welfare of women in Sudan.

The following statement was issued by 17 human rights and educational groups concerned with academic freedom in Iran, including Human Rights Watch: Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation * Amnesty International * Arseh Sevom * ARTICLE 19 * Bah' International Community * Committee of Human Rights Reporters * Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies * ... (more)

Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is due to dine with the Queen during her jubilee celebrations.

Denying Split's Gay Pride March its chosen route rewards violent bigotry against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Human rights issues should be high on the agenda during Putin's first official visits in his renewed presidential capacity.

The United States and 11 other countries have formally expelled Syrian diplomats following a massacre of more than 100 people in the village of Houla.

The left-handed Sands, a rising junior, went 8-2 with a 0.82 ERA this past season for the Eagles.

The Egyptian parliament should make sure that this state of emergency, a hallmark of Hosni Mubarak's abusive police state, has no future.

The new committee will be authorized to investigate human rights violations in the country and make recommendations to the government.

Over at Crooked Timber, Chris Bertram has a post about sexual harrassment at work.

DUBAI: Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the United Arab Emirates to release a stateless rights activist who is being threatened with deportation.

The title of this post is the title of this new commentary at The Crime Report .

The dubious prosecution of Oleg Volchek is a prime example of the government tightening its grip on civil society.

May 29 - An Israeli military court's conviction on May 20, 2012, of a Palestinian activist, Bassem Tamimi, of leading illegal demonstrations violates his right to freedom of assembly, while its conviction of him on a second charge of urging children to throw stones on the basis of a child's coercively-obtained statement raises serious concerns ... (more)

There aren't many jobs in the U.S. that are tougher than farmwork -- spending the day picking crops under a sweltering sun, earning just enough to survive, jumping from one unstable seasonal job to another.

These people were wounded fighting for freedom, and the government shouldn't turn its back on them.