The Myanmar office of the global humanitarian and children’s rights organization Plan International issued the brief statement about the condition of Ye Lin Naing, but declined to elaborate, saying that the organization did not yet know all the details of the shooting and that it was contacting the authorities involved in the incident
These tales of disappearance are easy to find in Uzbekistan, despite the official censorship hanging over the narrative. Farukh is also an ethnic Uighur but holds an Uzbek passport
The 10 Southern Cameroonian leaders abducted from Nigeria to Cameroon on January 5, 2018, who preferred to be called Ambazonians, have announced they will begin an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Black banners on the streets, crying men in dark clothing beating their bodies, somber parades, orators exhorting crowds to wail at the horrors the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson suffered before being killed some 1,400 years ago
A total of 13,600 children benefited from release and reintegration support worldwide, an increasing number compared to the previous year (12,000). 2,253 children were separated from armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 833 in Nigeria and 785 in the Central African Republic. A
London-based rights group Amnesty International has said the police are largely to blame for protester violence, because they have a tendency to use tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and batons to attack the crowd
A photo exhibit by Vincent Tremeau, featuring the hopes and dreams of girls trapped in crises around the world, opened on 29 Jul at UN Headquarters
Public criticism of police is growing after they used tear gas in a heavily built-up residential area for the second day running, leaving families with children choking in nearby restaurants, government broadcaster RTHK reported
After spending last five years fighting for and supporting opposition forces in the Unity region of South Sudan, the young men are facing the challenge of reintegration into their communities and the authorities need to ensure that they are given the support they need so that they don’t return to the armed forces, including access to education
Despite the challenges faced, Nyanduga noted that the Federal Government of Somalia and the country’s Federal Member States were enhancing access to basic human rights, including health, water and education for the residents and praised the increasing enrolment of girls in schools as a good development for the realization of women’s rights in Somalia