Head of Russia’s Human Rights Council Valery Fadeev said the government should consider a ban on wearing niqabs, a traditional Muslim veil that covers the entire face apart from the eyes. Fadeev noted that wearing face coverings …
An emergency involving a disabled man on a wheelchair occurred in Kavminvody
Iran High Council for Human Rights has issued a statement on the terrorist attack in Shiraz, Fars province, criticizing international organizations and states due to their silence in facing the heinous act. The statement says that an …
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev met with the Regional Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia, Richard Komenda, at the Ministry of …
A Chinese envoy on Friday refuted U.S. attacks on China's human rights record and urged it to face up to its own human rights violations. According to …
Head of the Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights says that the United States exercises double standards in the world extensively
It’s still not clear what action is possible — or how quick it could be
Young men in Tajikistan who wish to forgo the dreaded experience of military service may now do so by paying a fee to the government. This opt-out provision came into effect on February 4 under changes to legislation regulating conscription, Eurasianet writes in the article Tajikistan: Military service exemption tax comes into effect. A representative at the Defense Ministry told Eurasianet that the size of the fee is not yet known and will later be calculated by the government
It is demanded to develop more tools to fight hate speech
Activists say the current registration process is designed to frustrate
A criminal ring tricked mothers out of their newborns
Armenia's human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group on January 23. Armenia is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its …
The Armenian police have a history of disproportionate use of force
Georgia’s Public Defender Nino Lomjaria summed up the year of 2019 with respect to the situation of human rights in Georgia. She named staffing of Supreme Court with life-term judges as one of the main …
Closed institutions can make children easy targets for child traffickers
A doctor on helping people to cope with death of relatives and friends
Human rights groups voice concerns over measures announced amid fears of migrant crisis re-escalation
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is quitting the UN Human Rights Council. She stressed that this move does not mean "a retreat from human rights …
Roger Wicker introduced a bipartisan resolution urging Donald Trump to sanction seven countries including Turkey
Turkey on April 22 criticized the recent U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on Turkey, saying it “privileged the views of terrorist-linked sources” and “ignored the facts.” Turkey is “deeply …
