The young woman from Kandahar sat with me in the office of an independent monitoring group two days before Afghanistan’s August 20th presidential election. Halima had defied her family and threats from neighbors in the tumultuous southern region to work as an election observer and to vote.
In this editorial featured in the New York Times on drug treatment in prison, Human Rights Watch's new report, "Barred from Treatment" was highlighted.
The Chinese New Year, which began Monday, is the Year of the Ox. This is an appropriate metaphor for many of China's estimated 150 million migrant workers, who have pulled the country's economy forward in return for meager compensation under hazardous conditions.
When China won the right to host the 2008 Olympics, it was due in good part to human rights pledges. These included a specific commitment of “complete freedom” to report for the global media. Beijing made these pledges after losing its first bid to host in 1993, largely because of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
China forcibly repatriates North Korean women living with Chinese men - even if they have children. The suffering this policy causes goes largely unreported
The recently released report by the UN human rights rapporteur for Burma, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, detailed how the world has witnessed a regression in the already besieged safety and livelihood of Burma's 54 million people living under one of the world's most repressive military governments.
In 2001, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni returned from the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS with an ambitious task: to launch Uganda’s first nationwide school-based HIV-prevention curriculum.
A four-time sex offender who readily acknowledges his crimes, Cary Verse does not ask for our sympathy. But his very existence is leaving a small community in Contra Costa County with no choice but to deal with child sexual assault. It may be that the most effective approach is grounded in compassion and an acknowledgement of the humanity of even the most egregious offenders.
Dancehall reggae's celebration of anti-gay violence reflects views in Jamaica that seem to be shared by government and police. Without a change in attitude the island will be ravaged by HIV/AIDS, warns Rebecca Schleifer.
The young woman from Kandahar sat with me in the office of an independent monitoring group two days before Afghanistan’s August 20th presidential election. Halima had defied her family and threats from neighbors in the tumultuous southern region to work as an election observer and to vote.
In this editorial featured in the New York Times on drug treatment in prison, Human Rights Watch's new report, "Barred from Treatment" was highlighted.
The Chinese New Year, which began Monday, is the Year of the Ox. This is an appropriate metaphor for many of China's estimated 150 million migrant workers, who have pulled the country's economy forward in return for meager compensation under hazardous conditions.
The international community must let Sri Lanka know it won't stand idly by while the country's human rights record deteriorates.
When China won the right to host the 2008 Olympics, it was due in good part to human rights pledges. These included a specific commitment of “complete freedom” to report for the global media. Beijing made these pledges after losing its first bid to host in 1993, largely because of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
China forcibly repatriates North Korean women living with Chinese men - even if they have children. The suffering this policy causes goes largely unreported
The recently released report by the UN human rights rapporteur for Burma, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, detailed how the world has witnessed a regression in the already besieged safety and livelihood of Burma's 54 million people living under one of the world's most repressive military governments.
In 2001, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni returned from the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS with an ambitious task: to launch Uganda’s first nationwide school-based HIV-prevention curriculum.
A four-time sex offender who readily acknowledges his crimes, Cary Verse does not ask for our sympathy. But his very existence is leaving a small community in Contra Costa County with no choice but to deal with child sexual assault. It may be that the most effective approach is grounded in compassion and an acknowledgement of the humanity of even the most egregious offenders.
Dancehall reggae's celebration of anti-gay violence reflects views in Jamaica that seem to be shared by government and police. Without a change in attitude the island will be ravaged by HIV/AIDS, warns Rebecca Schleifer.