Thailand Urged to Drop Charges Against Student Activists

June 5, 2015June 9, 2015 RMN News Activists, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Student, Thailand

Thai authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against 11 student activists who peacefully expressed opposition to military rule, Human Rights

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Nepal Earthquake to Increase Risk of Trafficking

May 7, 2015May 8, 2015 RMN News Earthquake, Human Rights, IJM, India, Nepal, Trafficking

In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25, International Justice Mission’s (IJM) staff in

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Victims Reveal Stories of Rapes by ISIS

April 15, 2015April 17, 2015 RMN News HRW, Human Rights, Iraq, ISIS, Rape, Rapes, Yezidi

The extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has carried out systematic rape and other sexual violence against

Damage caused by fighting in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen. Photo: OCHA/Eman (file)

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Yemen Violence: Over 540 Killed in 2 Weeks

April 7, 2015April 9, 2015 RMN News Democracy, UN, UNICEF, Violence, WHO, Yemen

The violence in Yemen continues to wreak havoc upon the country’s civilian population and restrict humanitarian access to those most

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Illegal Arrests Alleged Over Statute of Unity

March 30, 2015March 31, 2015 RMN News Gujarat, Human Rights, India, Narendra Modi, Statute of Unity

Humanitarian organization National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has reported illegal arrests and harassment of women and children in Kevadia

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Coalition Airstrikes Killed 2000 People in Syria

March 23, 2015March 25, 2015 RMN News Airstrikes, Coalition, ISIL, ISIS, SOHR, Syria

By Rakesh Raman About 2,000 people including men, women, and children have been killed and many others wounded in the