Chemical arms watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is overseeing the destruction’s of Syria’s arsenal, has won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in...
View ArticleHead Of Azeri Election Watchdog Arrested
The head of an election watchdog in Azerbaijan has been arrested. Our correspondent says Anar Mammadli was questioned by police in Baku on December 16 on charges including tax evasion and illegal...
View ArticleWatchdog Urges Afghan Candidates To Focus On Rights
An international rights watchdog has called on Afghan presidential candidates to make human rights a “central focus” of their campaigns in the April election. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a...
View ArticleWatchdog Says Media Freedom Situation ‘Bleak’ In Post-Soviet Space
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says the situation with freedom of information in the former Soviet republics is getting “bleaker every year.” On February 12, the Paris-based group published its annual...
View ArticleChristians Fight for Middle East Religious Freedom Watchdog
Global persecution of Christians, especially in the Muslim world, is one of the most overlooked human rights disasters of the 21st century. Christian activists are demanding that the State Department...
View ArticleWatchdog: half of Syria’s chemicals removed
Syria has sent 49 percent of the raw materials used for its poison gas and nerve agent programme abroad for destruction, according to the chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the removal of the...
View ArticleAzerbaijani Watchdog Chief And Associates Jailed
The head of an election watchdog in Azerbaijan, Anar Mammadli, and his two associates have been sentenced to jail for tax evasion, illegal business activities, and using their office to falsify...
View ArticleU.S. Watchdog Says Urged Delay In Delivering More Aircraft To Afghanistan
The U.S. government watchdog charged with overseeing aid to Afghanistan has recommended delaying the delivery of additional cargo aircraft to the nascent Afghan Air Force (AAF). John Sopko, Special...
View ArticleWatchdog Warns Kyiv Of War Crimes Over Grads Use
By RFE/RL Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Ukraine to stop using unguided rockets which it said have killed at least 16 civilians in several recent attacks. The rights watchdog said that both...
View ArticleUN Nuclear Watchdog Chief To Meet Iranian Leaders
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog organization has arrived in Iran for talks with President Hassan Rohani on the country’s contested nuclear program. Iran’s state media reported that...
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