· November, 2014

Stories about Human Rights from November, 2014

Infographic: 5 Facts About Sri Lanka’s Tamil Community in the North

  14 November 2014

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), a civil society think tank in Sri Lanka, has recently conducted a top line survey on “Democracy in post-war Sri Lanka 2014“. The results show that difference of opinion on the reconciliation still exists between the Tamil and the Sinhalese people after the Sri...

Too Many Under Trial Detainees in India's Jails

  12 November 2014

Indian alternative news portal Beyond Headlines sheds light on the darker side of India's judiciary. In India, of all people detained in lockups and state prisons there are more people under trial than convicts. Because of the slow process of the judiciary process, thousands of people suspected or accused of...

Educating Girls Today, Empowering Women Tomorrow

  11 November 2014

Marita Seara, who blogs for Voces Visibles (Visibles voices), invites us to reflect on the discrimination that affects girls and teenagers — access to education — and the need of educating our girls today so they can be the empowered women of the future. According to data backed up by...

Dominican Republic Found Guilty of Discrimination Against Haitians

  6 November 2014

According to reports from Spanish newspaper El País, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CIDH) found the government of the Dominican Republic guilty of discriminating against Haitians and descendants of Haitians born in the country in a ruling issued on Wednesday, October 22.  The CIDH, based in San José, Costa Rica,...