• Amnesty calls for war crimes probe in Nigeria

    Mar 30
    Amnesty International, in a briefing on the deteriorating rights situation in North-East Nigeria, called for a war crimes probe into the escalating conflict.

    Expressing concern at the number of civilians killed in the escalating violence , Amnesty stressed that the conflict had descended into “a situation of non-international armed conflict in which all parties are violating international humanitarian law.”
  • Rohingya identity will not be accepted in Myanmar's national census
    Burmese officials began the first national census in three decades today, causing tensions over the government’s decision to omit the Rohingya identity from the census.

    Despite calls from the United Nations to allow all the people in Burma to choose their identity, Burmese officials said that the Muslim Rohingya must identify themselves as Bengali to be registered on the national census.
  • Russia demands devolution of autonomous powers to Eastern and Southern Ukraine
    The Russian foreign minister, Serfei Lavrob, in his meeting with the US secretary of state, John Kerry, today, as part of a set criteria to reach a diplomatic solution to the situation in Ukraine, called for greater autonomous powers to be given to the regions of southern and eastern Ukraine.
  • EU set to intervene in CAR
    The European Union declared, this weekend, that it was ready to launch the delayed peace-keeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). 

    A spokeswoman for the EU foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton, said,
  • US and India to hold sixth East Asia consultations

    US and Indian officials met for the sixth session of consultations on East Asia on Friday, said the State Department in a press release earlier this week.

    The two countries will “share views on regional priorities and identify areas for cooperation in ... regional and multilateral institutions.”

  • UNHRC resolution calls for an international judicial action and sanctions against North Korea
    The United Nations Human Rights Council, yesterday, adopted a resolution urging the international community to back an international criminal investigation against individuals accountable for atrocities in North Korea, whilst considering targeted sanctions.
  • UNHRC demands immediate halt to expansion of Israeli settlements, calls for reversal
    The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday, in its second resolution regarding Palestine, demanded that all settlement activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory be ‘immediately’ stopped and reversed.

    Whilst condemning Israel’s expansion of settlements and expropriation of Palestinian land, the resolution called on Israel,
  • Russia will not encroach eastern Ukraine - Foreign Minister
    The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, today, outlined that Moscow would not order its armed forces to cross over the Ukrainian border into the eastern Ukraine.

    Speaking on Russian state television, he said,
  • Dutch police arrest alleged Serbian war criminal
    Dutch police, today, arrested a man wanted for his alleged involvement in war crimes during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
  • UNHRC votes to support Palestinian right to self-determination
    The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), today, overwhelmingly voted in favour of a resolution on the ‘Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.’

    The resolution, which was supported for by 46 out of the 47 voting states, called for,
  • Putin discusses US proposals with Obama
    The Russian president Vladmir Putin called Barack Obama today, to discuss proposals that appeased all parties involved in the situation in Ukraine.

    Commenting on today’s events, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, outlined that Putin had called to discuss a US proposal for a diplomatic resolution that was presented to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov earlier this week.
  • UN reiterates calls to allow aid to reach Syrian civilians
    The United Nations humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, repeated calls for the Syrian government to end restrictions on access to areas where Syrian civilians were in desperate need of international aid.

    Speaking to Reuters after briefing the United Nations Security Council, Amos said,
  • MILF agrees historic territorial peace deal with government of Philippines
    The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebel group in the Philippines signed a historic territorial peace deal with the government today, ending over four decades of conflict with the government of Philippines.
  • Buddhist protestors attack international aid agencies
    Buddhist protesters in Myanmar attacked offices and houses of international aid groups today, after a European aid worker allegedly disrespected a Buddhist flag that represented Buddhist monks that were against the census operations in Myanmar.

    The unrest comes ahead of a census that many fear will raise tension between the Buddhists and Rohingya community in the Rakhine state.
  • UN condemns Moscow backed referendum in Crimea
    The United Nations General Assembly, today, approved a resolution deeming the Moscow-backed referendum that led to Russia’s annexation of Crimea as illegal.

    One hundred countries voted in favour of the resolution, eleven nations against and 58 abstained.
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