State security police surrounded the home of rights activist Li Wenzu and her rights lawyer husband Wang Quanzhang on International Women’s Day, as a U.S.-based rights group hit out at the country’s intimidation and harassment of dissidents.
Every aspect of Burkina Faso society, including its film industry, has been impacted by the country’s security issue. The Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou, or FESPACO, had its 28th edition earlier this month (March 4) and reflected this challenging situation both on and off screen
About two years after being displaced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a volcanic eruption, thousands of people are still living in camps.
From Ban Ki-Moon to Bono, 40 global public figures have jointly urged Bangladesh to stop harassing Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is often openly vilified by the Sheikh Hasina government.
The U.N.’s new human right chief said his agency has documented China’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and the separation of children from their families in comments during a global update on human rights on Wednesday in Geneva.
About Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, a press briefing is held. Seated from left to right are: Michèle Audette, Senator of Canada; Coralee McGuire-Cyrette, Ontario Native Women’s Association; Bailey Oster, Director of Youth Programs and Services of the Métis Nation of Alberta; and RoseAnne Archibald
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Novgorodske, a typical industrial city in the Donbas, became even poorer. Residents of the city chose to alter the city’s name to New York as the war approached in order to attract help and money from the West. Yet the investments and visitors never came
A large number of Syrian men have migrated to Europe as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the community and the women and kids left behind, this has created unique challenges
Battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the military coup and an ensuing civil war, Myanmar’s school system is in shambles. The number of high school students taking a key exam has plunged 80%, parents, teachers and educational experts say.
On the theme of “Towards the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000),” Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, addresses United Nations Security Council meeting on Women, Peace, and Security