Contesting Human Rights in Cuba
Government uses term to mean welfare provision while critics call for civil, political and economic rights.
19 Dec 13
Human rights
Cuban Political Arrests Top 5,000
Activists note slight but insignificant dip in numbers compared with 2012.
19 Dec 13
Election Critic Arrested in Azerbaijan
Western diplomats join local rights groups in questioning tax evasion charges against Anar Mammadli.
18 Dec 13
Kenyan President Talks Human Rights
Despite Uhuru Kenyatta’s comments, critics say a series of new laws generated by government is designed to curtail freedoms, not increase them.
13 Dec 13
Georgian Government Promises Push on Human Rights
A year after coming to power, the Georgian Dream administration has improved conditions in detention although there’s still work to be done on this and other issues.
13 Dec 13
Kazakstan: Remembering Janaozen
Two years on, new documentary recalls the tragic events the authorities tried to bury.
10 Dec 13
A Bad Year for Human Rights in Azerbaijan
"We have never seen so many political prisoners in an election year" - former presidential candidate.
10 Dec 13
Hard Labour for Uzbekistan's Religious Dissidents
Rights groups say “corrective labour” is becoming routine for short sentences as well as long ones.
5 Dec 13
EU Needs to Engage More With Uzbek Rights Groups - Activist
Shuhrat Ghaniev says EU could be useful “moderator” between authorities and NGOs.
30 Nov 13
Kenya Seeks Delay to ICC Trials
Analysts doubt request for United Nations Security Council to defer Kenyan trials in The Hague will be successful.
17 Oct 13
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