human rights

UNHCR report notes fall in refugee child detention in focus countries

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Aug 18, 2016

News Hour: Two reports issued today show that 12 countries taking part in a UNHCR strategy to end detention of asylum seekers and refugees have made important progress towards ending detention of children over the past...
Burma’s Government’s first 100 days fail to impress on human rights

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 10, 2016

News Hour: Despite encouraging steps, Burma’s new government failed to impress in key human rights areas during its first 100 days in office, FIDH and its member organization ALTSEAN-Burma said today. The two organizations called on...
Thailand: Withdraw charges against human rights defenders

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: The Thai authorities must reverse their decision to charge three prominent human rights defenders with criminal defamation and computer crimes for documenting and publishing details of human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International...