Skip to content
Passion of the Present | Human Rights News
Passion of the Present | Human Rights News
Primary Navigation Menu
Menu
  • Home
  • Defense of Human Rights
  • Contact

Africa

UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors

2011-07-27
On: July 27, 2011
In: Africa, Darfur, Press release, Sudan, United Nations

The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged. Council me…Continue Reading

UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors

2011-07-27
On: July 27, 2011
In: Africa, Darfur, Press release, Sudan, United Nations

The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged. Council me…Continue Reading

Burundi: Investigate Political Killings

2011-07-25
On: July 25, 2011
In: Africa, Burundi, Press release

Burundian authorities should investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the dozens of political killings in Burundi since late 2010

(London) – Burundian authorities should investigat…Continue Reading

Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Undercuts Free Speech

2011-07-25
On: July 25, 2011
In: Africa, Ethiopia, Press release

The Ethiopian government should stop using a restrictive and vague counterterrorism law to repress free speech and due process rights.

(New York) – The Ethiopian government should stop using a r…Continue Reading

Uganda: Charge or Release Detained Journalist

2011-07-23
On: July 23, 2011
In: Africa, Augustine Okello, Press Freedom, Press release, Uganda

The Ugandan government should immediately release or bring to court Augustine Okello, a journalist from Lira-based Radio Rhino, who was forcibly disappeared on July 12, 2011.

(Kampala) – The U…Continue Reading

Malawi: Promptly Investigate Killings of Peaceful Protesters

2011-07-22
On: July 22, 2011
In: Africa, Malawi, Press release

The government of Malawi should open a prompt, independent, and transparent investigation into the killings of several peaceful demonstrators. The deaths resulted from the security forces’ apparent excessive use…Continue Reading

Rape in war: No more excuses

2011-07-22
On: July 22, 2011
In: Africa, Commentary, International Criminal Court, International Justice, Nyiramasuhuko, rape as a weapon of war, Rwanda, Sexual Violence, Women's Rights

Last month, the first woman ever was convicted of genocide. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda’s former minister for family and women’s affairs, guilty of genocide, …Continue Reading

Update on the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, former LRA combatant

2011-07-12
On: July 12, 2011
In: Africa, International Justice, Peace and Justice, Press release, Uganda

Human Rights Watch attended the opening of the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former combatant of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), in Gulu, northern Uganda, on July 11, 2011, before the International Crimes Divisio…Continue Reading

Toward a New Côte d’Ivoire – or the Selective Justice of the Past?

2011-06-22
On: June 22, 2011
In: Africa, Commentary, Cote d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, United Nations

After six months of violence, almost everyone in Côte d’Ivoire has a horrific story to tell: a loved one killed gruesomely, the memory of being raped, a house burned or pillaged of everything. I have listened t…Continue Reading

Historic Decision at the United Nations

2011-06-17
On: June 17, 2011
In: Africa, LGBT Rights, Press release, South Africa, United Nations

In a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on human rights violations based on…Continue Reading

Rwanda: Mixed Legacy for Community-Based Genocide Courts

2011-05-31
On: May 31, 2011
In: Africa, Criminal Justice, Press release, Rwanda

(Kigali) – Rwanda’s community-based gacaca courts have helped communities confront the country’s 1994 genocide but have failed to provide credible decisions and justice in a number of cases, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
read moreContinue Reading

Rwanda: Mixed Legacy for Community-Based Genocide Courts

2011-05-31
On: May 31, 2011
In: Africa, Criminal Justice, Press release, Rwanda, War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity

(Kigali) – Rwanda’s community-based gacaca courts have helped communities confront the country’s 1994 genocide but have failed to provide credible decisions and justice in a number of cases, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
read moreContinue Reading

Rwanda: Mixed Legacy for Community-Based Genocide Courts

2011-05-31
On: May 31, 2011
In: Africa, Criminal Justice, Press release, Rwanda, War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity

(Kigali) – Rwanda’s community-based gacaca courts have helped communities confront the country’s 1994 genocide but have failed to provide credible decisions and justice in a number of cases, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
read moreContinue Reading

Rwanda: Mixed Legacy for Community-Based Genocide Courts

2011-05-31
On: May 31, 2011
In: Africa, Criminal Justice, Press release, Rwanda, War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity

(Kigali) – Rwanda’s community-based gacaca courts have helped communities confront the country’s 1994 genocide but have failed to provide credible decisions and justice in a number of cases, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
read moreContinue Reading

Rwanda: Mixed Legacy for Community-Based Genocide Courts

2011-05-31
On: May 31, 2011
In: Africa, Criminal Justice, Press release, Rwanda, War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity

(Kigali) – Rwanda’s community-based gacaca courts have helped communities confront the country’s 1994 genocide but have failed to provide credible decisions and justice in a number of cases, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
read moreContinue Reading

Posts navigation

1 2 … 14 Next

Latest News

  • UN Report Sounds Alarm on Russia's Worsening Human Rights – Kyiv Post
  • Home Secretary Suella Braverman questions whether international migration rules are 'fit for …
  • Charges Of Human Rights Violations Against India Weaken Anti-China Alliance – OpEd
  • Civil Rights and Wrongs – Quillette
  • Saudi Arabia's laws contain explicit provisions to protect human rights: Prince Faisal
  • Armenia urges UN to send mission to Karabakh to monitor rights – France 24
  • Secretary Blinken's Call with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan – Department of State
  • India's Sharp Remark On Pakistan: "World's Worst Human Rights Records" – YouTube
  • IHRC Africa Region Chair Unhappy With Human Rights Violations – Peace FM Online
  • 138 People Sustaining Eye Injuries During Iran Protests Identified
  • NHRC organizes an International Seminar on Business and Human Rights – Times of India
  • Int'l Bar in London condemns jailing of Adilur, Elan – New Age
  • NHRC organizes two-day international seminar on business and human rights
  • Uyghur News Recap: Sept. 15– 22, 2023
  • '80 percent human rights violations in Benue are gender related' – Daily Trust

About Us

PassionOfThePresent.com gathers information from different sources giving particular emphasis to the defence of human rights.

Interesting Sites

  • Top Politics
  • Think About Search
  • Global Risk Guard
  • Just Folks
  • SBN

Latest News

  • UN Report Sounds Alarm on Russia's Worsening Human Rights – Kyiv Post
  • Home Secretary Suella Braverman questions whether international migration rules are 'fit for …
  • Charges Of Human Rights Violations Against India Weaken Anti-China Alliance – OpEd
  • Civil Rights and Wrongs – Quillette

Top Reads

Privacy Policy © passionofthepresent.com

7ads6x98y