News Release
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA:End of negotiations over conflict brings hopes of peace
- 1 September 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA / Topic:Regional conflict
- International SecretariatFRENCH REPUBLIC:Reaction to court decision to overturn burkini ban
- 31 August 2016 / Region:FRENCH REPUBLIC / Topic:Women's Rights
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA:Four years after Marikana killings, Lonmin fails to improve ‘appalling’ housing for thousands of workers
- 24 August 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA / Topic:Business and Human Rights
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE:Trafigura unrepentant 10 years after toxic waste dump
- 23 August 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE / Topic:Business and Human Rights
- International SecretariatAUSTRALIA:Australia/PNG: Closure of Manus Island detention only first step to ending offshore nightmare for refugees
- 19 August 2016 / Region:AUSTRALIA / Topic:Refugees and Migrants
- International SecretariatUNITED MEXICAN STATES:Release of environmental activist, a triumph for justice
- 18 August 2016 / Region:UNITED MEXICAN STATES / Topic:Indigenous people Minority group
- International SecretariatSYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC:10-year-old girl to receive urgent surgery following evacuation from besieged Madaya
- 17 August 2016 / Region:SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / Topic:Regional conflict
- International SecretariatFEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA:Dozens killed as police use excessive force against peaceful protesters
- 17 August 2016 / Region:FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA / Topic:
- International SecretariatISRAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:Hanging of teenager shows authorities’ brazen disregard for international law
- 11 August 2016 / Region:ISRAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- International SecretariatAUSTRALIA:Appalling abuse, neglect of refugees on Nauru
- 10 August 2016 / Region:AUSTRALIA / Topic:Refugees and Migrants
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF KENYA:Taiwanese nationals must not be deported to China
- 10 August 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF KENYA / Topic:
- International SecretariatPEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:Assault on human rights lawyers and activists escalates with convictions after sham trials
- 9 August 2016 / Region:PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF CHAD:Victims in the case against Hissène Habré awarded reparation
- 9 August 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF CHAD / Topic:
- International SecretariatMALAYSIA:National Security Council Act gives authorities unchecked and abusive powers
- 9 August 2016 / Region:MALAYSIA / Topic:
- International SecretariatUN Refugee Summit talks end in abject failure
- 6 August 2016 / Region: / Topic:Refugees and Migrants
- International SecretariatAUSTRALIA:Guantanamo-style abuse of child prisoners shows current detention system has failed
- 3 August 2016 / Region:AUSTRALIA / Topic:
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF YEMEN:Peace talks must prioritize getting aid to desperate civilians
- 3 August 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF YEMEN / Topic:Regional conflict
- International SecretariatUNION OF MYANMAR:Sulphuric acid factory behind health fears must be relocated
- 2 August 2016 / Region:UNION OF MYANMAR / Topic:Business and Human Rights
- International SecretariatBOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA:New regime effectively amounts to forced labour
- 1 August 2016 / Region:BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA / Topic:
- International SecretariatNarrow national self-interest must not scupper Ban Ki-moon’s initiative to end refugee crisis
- 28 July 2016 / Region: / Topic:Refugees and Migrants