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FWRM Releases Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls Rape Case Analysis 2018 24/01/2019 The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement has today published Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls Rape Case Analysis 2018. The paper is a continuation of the annual rape ... Read more...

Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018 Read more...

GENEVA (23 January 2019) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit the Bangladesh island of Bhashan Char on Thursday, 24 January. The Bangladesh Government has been developing the island and says that ... Read more...

JAKARTA ( The Jakarta Post/Asia Pacific Report ): Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the state and its ideology, following news he ... Read more...

SUVA ( Global Voices/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch ): Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet. Read more...

SOCIAL MEDIA SHUTDOWN IN VENEZUELA IS A WARNING OF WHAT IS TO COME AS POLITICAL TENSIONS RISE Read more...

GENEVA (22 January 2019) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday expressed serious concern after the approval in first reading of a bill to amend Guatemala’s long-standing National Reconciliation Law. If adopted, the ... Read more...

GENEVA (22 January 2019) – As global leaders meet in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), United Nations experts stressed the critical importance of human rights to the Forum’s central theme of “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture ... Read more...

ILO Future of Work Commission: ITUC Welcomes Calls for Revitalised Social Contract and Universal Labour Guarantee Read more...

Tartu, 22 January 2019 - Climate change is one of the most serious threats to humanity. The ‘Partnership for New Energy Leadership’ sustainable energy conference will focus on building an energy-conscious, low-carbon future in Central and Eastern Europe ... Read more...