A human rights official has called upon Kosovo’s largest public university to abolish its ban on hiring staff who are over 50 years old, saying the policy is discriminatory and unlawful.Continue Reading

(New York) – King Abdullah and Interior Minister Prince Naif should halt the execution of Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan domestic worker convicted of killing a child in her care when she was 17, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi Arabia is one of only t…Continue Reading

(Baku) – The Azerbaijani government is using criminal laws and violent attacks to silence dissenting journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.  Dozens of journalists have been prosecuted on criminal and civil defamation and othe…Continue Reading