human rights abuses

March 9, 2020

Turkey’s Babacan applies to launch new party, calls for more democracy

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A former close ally of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan applied on Monday to register a new political…

March 6, 2020

NEW DELHI (AP) — Sharjeel Imam was a little-known research scholar and a student activist until Indian police launched a…

March 5, 2020

NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens,…

February 28, 2020

HONG KONG (AP) — Outspoken Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and two prominent opposition politicians were charged Friday with illegal…

February 26, 2020

Saudi Arabia this week hosts the world’s richest horse race, with $20 million in cash prizes on offer in the…

February 22, 2020

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as…

February 20, 2020

Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced a defendant to life in prison, 14 others to 15 years in prison, and a…

February 20, 2020

ISTANBUL (AP) — The body overseeing Turkish judges and prosecutors has launched an investigation into three judges who acquitted philanthropist…

February 18, 2020

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors investigating the military and justice ministry on Tuesday ordered the arrest of 228 people over…

February 14, 2020

NEW DELHI (AP) — Six months after India’s government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications…