Zimbabwe's leaders are meeting to choose a new government as part of a power-sharing agreement signed Monday aimed at ending the country's political crisis. But human rights groups say they will press the new unity government to reign in abuses by s...
The U.N. Special Investigator for Sudan reports an overall deterioration in the country's human rights conditions. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA the investigator has submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sima Samar (2007 file...
New York's City Council has voted in favor of extending term limits for elected officials, paving the way for the city's billionaire mayor to run for another term. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York Bureau that the move on Thursday had m...
The United Nations' deputy high commissioner for human rights has endorsed the establishment of a tribunal in Kenya to try those responsible for violence that followed December's presidential elections. She made the remarks at the end of a four-day...
Officials say Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far right views generated Western outrage, has died in a car crash. Stefan Bos reports that the 58-year-old Haider died early Saturday, reportedly while on his way to a family gathering. Austria'...
Human Rights Watch says at least 10 people are being detained without charges in Ethiopia, following an operation in early 2007 that covertly transferred terrorism suspects between countries in the Horn of Africa region. As Derek Kilner reports from...
An independent human rights monitoring mission in South Ossetia paints a complex picture of propaganda, suffering, and ongoing threats to civilians in the breakaway region of Georgia. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow. On Septembe...
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French political parties are hosting a series of meetings, in the coming weeks, to mark the new political season. That includes the National Front Party - the most popular far-right movement of any major European Union nation. Six years ago, the ant...
Russia is claiming the right to increase the number of troops it has in and around South Ossetia, where it is also establishing additional checkpoints in response to what it says is a continued Georgian threat. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky has t...