Stories tagged "humanrights"

Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been called "the worst in the world." But amid the daily threats to their life and communities, women are organizing to support each other and demand justice and protection.

Prince George's County has more people living in poverty than any other Washington suburb, yet its charitable support system is far smaller than those in other large suburbs or the District, studies show.

The dark ages have descended upon sunny San Luis Obispo, California, where a sheriff has made a personal mission out of punishing a legal medical marijuana dispensary owner. Threats, intimidation, and an absolute and total disregard for his own .....

Violence affects the lives of millions of women and girls in all socio-economic classes around the world. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers and takes a variety of forms, from domestic abuse and rape to child marriages and female circumcision

As women around the world come together to celebrate the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, violence against women remains endemic in many forms, in all societies. Just last month, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was stoned to death by a grou

Thanksgiving reflections on my incarceration in Zimbbawe - The Huffington Post

"I am going to make sure that we don't torture" Said Obama. Rights advocacy groups are calling for President-elect Barack Obama to shut down the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay soon after he takes charge of the White House in January.

The International Criminal Court has taken an important first step torward protecting humanitarian workers in Darfur by requesting arrest warrants for three rebel leaders, the suspects are responsible for numerous attacks on peacekeepers.

Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips -- part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease.

Gays who supported Barack Obama had the bittersweet experience of seeing voters who surged to the polls to vote Democratic also vote for Proposition 8, which turned gay “I dos” into “You can’ts.”