Human Rights Watch
Jan 20, 2017
Pushbacks, Abuse at Borders
Bulgarian border police stand near a barbed wire fence on the Bulgarian-Turkish border on July 17, 2014. © 2014 Reuters Bulgarian law...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 20, 2017
Asylum Seekers Forced Back to Serbia
Croatian police are forcing asylum seekers back to Serbia from inside Croatia, in some cases using violence, without giving them an...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 17, 2017
It’s Time to End Child Statelessness in Estonia
By Helen Griffiths Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York,...
The New York Review of Books
Jan 13, 2017
China’s Hidden Massacres: An Interview with Tan Hecheng
Tan Hecheng might seem an unlikely person to expose one of the most shocking crimes of the Chinese Communist Party. A congenial...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 30, 2016
Angola: New Media Law Threatens Free Speech
Update: On January 23, Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos signed the new media law that limits freedom of expression, despite...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 20, 2016
Central African Republic: Mayhem by New Group Murders, Rapes by 3R Armed Group in Northwest
A recently formed armed group called “Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation,” or 3R, has killed civilians, raped, and caused largescale...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 16, 2016
Preventing a New Attempt at Destabilisation
As the donor conference for the Central African Republic (CAR) takes place in Brussels on 17 November, the post-election status quo is...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 6, 2016
Confrontation in Zimbabwe Turns Increasingly Violent
Zimbabwe may not be a failed state yet, but its rulers are doing nothing to prevent its collapse. After months of empty promises of...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 28, 2016
US, France Backed Convicted Chad Dictator
The United States and France supported Hissène Habré, the former Chadian dictator who was convicted of atrocity crimes on May 30, 2016,...
Genocide Watch
Jun 22, 2016
Breaking the Silence to Convict a Dictator
Sitting cross-legged on a mat in her modest home in the capital of Chad, as a fan whirled noisily to stave off the 105 degree heat,...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 22, 2016
Ethiopia: Governing the Faithful
Ethiopia provides a significant example of the struggle governments are undertaking to find and implement effective policy responses to...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 21, 2015
The Roots of Violence
In Central African Republic, the conflict between armed groups is now compounded by a conflict between armed communities. The roadmap to...