China accuses US of genocide
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 …
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Human rights advocate Ahmad Shahidov: U.S. policies consist of double standards
Head of the Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights says that the United States exercises double standards in the world extensively
The number of victims in Myanmar exceeds 500
It’s still not clear what action is possible — or how quick it could be
Tajikistan introduces military service exemption tax
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
Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global
It is demanded to develop more tools to fight hate speech
Uzbekistan launches registration of NGOs
Activists say the current registration process is designed to frustrate
Stolen and sold: Armenia probes babies lost to Europe
A criminal ring tricked mothers out of their newborns
UN to examine Armenia’s human rights record
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 …
Human Rights Watch: Armenia still has problems,
The Armenian police have a history of disproportionate use of force
Georgia's Public Defender sums up 2019
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 …
Children business in Armenia
Closed institutions can make children easy targets for child traffickers
How did we miss our colleague’s grief?
A doctor on helping people to cope with death of relatives and friends
Greece sets out emergency plans to tackle "huge waves” of migrants
Human rights groups voice concerns over measures announced amid fears of migrant crisis re-escalation
US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
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 …
Top U.S. senator proposes sanctions on Turkey
Roger Wicker introduced a bipartisan resolution urging Donald Trump to sanction seven countries including Turkey
Turkey slams US report on human rights
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 …
Turkey's Foreign Ministry: UN report on human rights has no meaning
Turkey's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the report released by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, pointing out that it ignored the severe threats faced by Turkey. "Text has no meaning, as it …
"Our nation has stuck in the past"
... human rights defender, Vardan Harutyunyan, wrote almost 12 years ago
Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums
Women in Saudi Arabia will finally be able to watch sporting events in all-male stadium from next year, the country’s General Sports Authority said. The planned law change comes as part of Saudi's reforms to give females more …
Russian Foreign Ministry: EU keeps silence on violations of human rights in Ukraine
The European Union remains silent on the large-scale human rights violations in Ukraine, while shifting responsibility for the worsening situation on Russia, Director of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights at the Russian …
