The Kyrgyzstan interim government announced Sunday that it will place ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev on trial for killings that took place during the recent uprising earlier this month and for abuse of power while in...
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Ukraine urged to ensure accountability for human rights violations
The Ukrainian government must ensure accountability for human rights violations , Amnesty International (AI) urged in a report Wednesday. AI addressed newly-elected President Viktor Yanukovych , calling on him to bring Ukrainian laws...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Turkmenistan to place a stronger emphasis on human rights . At a joint press conference with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Ban said that he, "called on the government to...
Kazakhstan failing to prevent torture of detainees: rights group
Kazakhstan's government is failing to curb torture by law enforcement officers, according a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report, which tracks Kazakhstan's progress in the area of human rights from...
UN Human Rights Council's UPR process promotes fundamental freedoms
Claire Kaplun : "The Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council is an innovative mechanism under which each of the United Nations 192 Member States is periodically (once every four years) reviewed. At...
Russia PM urges greater anti-corruption efforts in wake of nightclub fire
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that last week's nightclub fire in Perm exposed widespread corruption among bureaucrats. At a cabinet meeting, Putin said that...
Kazakhstan high court upholds state secrets conviction of journalist
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Thursday affirmed the conviction of publisher Ramazan Esergepov, sentenced to three years in jail for revealing state secrets in his newspaper. Esergepov was convicted on Saturday ...
China's oppression of Uyghurs remains largely ignored by the global community
Mehmet Tohti : "Horrible video footage posted on the internet regarding the July 5th Urumqi massacre has brought some international attention and at the same time revealed the bitter reality that can be summarized as...
US religious freedom report adds Iraq, Nigeria to countries of particular concern
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released its annual report on worldwide religious freedoms, elevating Iraq and Nigeria to its list of "countries of particular concern" (CPC) and adding six new...
The US State Department (DOS) on Wednesday released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new Barack Obama administration...