!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Jul 27, 2017
ECHR confronts Russian anti-evangelism law
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) will give an evaluation to incidents of the restriction of evangelism in Russia which were...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Jul 26, 2017
Case against the Bible of Jehovah's Witnesses resumes Friday
On Friday, July 28, 2017, the Vyborg City Court, 138 kilometers (85 mi.) northwest of St. Petersburg, will resume hearings in the case...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jul 22, 2017
Russian parliament certifies free Internet’s death
Russia’s parliamentarians have given final approval to two lawsintended to ban software that bypasses online censorship and tighten...
New York Times 1
Jul 3, 2017
Ignoring International Warrants, Sudan’s Leader Says He’ll Visit Moscow
Genocide and war-crimes charges have long shadowed Sudan’s president, sometimes forcing him to scrap or alter travel abroad to avoid the...
Jerusalem Post
Jun 28, 2017
Ukraine City to hold festival in honor of Nazi Collaborator
A leader of Ukrainian Jewry condemned the hosting in Lviv of a festival celebrating a Nazi collaborator on the anniversary of a major...
dallasvoice
Jun 22, 2017
WATCH: Story on gay men tortured in Chechnya
If you missed it when it aired earlier this week on HBO, you can now see (for free on YouTube) the Vice News segment about how gay men...
BBC News
Jun 19, 2017
Trump and the battle for eastern Syria
By Jonathan Marcus The battle for Mosul may be entering its final phase. The battle for Raqqa is under way. But the battle for the future...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Jun 16, 2017
Kazakhstan: Eight Muslim Prisoners of Conscience Sentenced
On 7 April, at the end of a closed trial, a court in the north-eastern city of Pavlodar sentenced Sunni Muslim Kuanysh Bashpayev to four...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 15, 2017
UN Secretary-General Fails to Speak Up for Rights in Central Asia
By Hugh Williamson United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres shakes hands with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev during their...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 7, 2017
UN Leader Should Feature Rights on Regional Visit
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ trip to Central Asia, beginning June 8, 2017, is a major opportunity for the UN to...
International Crisis Group 1
May 31, 2017
Tracking Conflict Worldwide - May 2017
Global Overview MAY 2017 May saw a new escalation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, while in Libya deadly fighting in the south and in...
Human Rights Watch
May 9, 2017
Attacks on Gay Men in Chechnya: The Kremlin's Role in These and Other Human Rights Abuses
Police in Chechnya, a region in southern Russia, are rounding up men believed to be gay, beating and humiliating them. HRW’s Russia...
