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By Mona Ghuneim New York 04 July 2007 Three documentaries featured at the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York this year aim to put a human face on the issues and crises facing Africa today. From New York, VOA's Mona Ghuneim has the st
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 18 December 2006 watch report on Leigh Nash When Leigh Nash was 16, she found herself on stage in front of thousands of adoring fans performing a number one hit. That song, Kiss Me, topped the charts internationally.
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 24 January 2007 watch Diet report Trying to lose weight can be challenging and confusing, because there are so many different diet plans competing for attention. Low fat, or low carbohydrates, or high fiber? It's hard
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 09 February 2006 watch Human Rights report A recent documentary film focuses on the lack of human rights in Iran.
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 February 2006 To mark the fourth-annual International Day of Zero Tolerance of female genital mutilation, the U.N. Children's Fund is calling for stronger action to end a pra
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 26 November 2006 Die, 18, who has been in the streets for the past five years, exhales smoke from a marijuana joint, 6 Aug 2006 Human rights groups are protesting what they say is the eviction of street youths from Democratic
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 24 October 2006 watch Darfur Ad Campaign Newspaper advertisements appeared in two major American newspapers recently (Washington Post and New York Times) calling on the international community to take strong action ag
By Scott Stearns White House 27 October 2006 Leading human rights groups are denouncing U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney for appearing to approve an interrogation method they consider torture on suspected terrorists. Bush administration officials say
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 30 July 2006 Lebanese hold a candlelit vigil in memory of at least 56 people - more than half of then children - who were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that crushed a building in the southern Lebanese village of Qana
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 18 August 2006 Islamic militiamen in Mogadishu The catalyst for the ban took place late Thursday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. A meeting at a local hotel to commemorate the anniversary of a Somali Islamic movement 28 ye
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 27 April 2006 watch Military Energy Cost The cost of fighting the war on terror is measured in blood and in treasure -- the number of lives lost, and the number of U.S.
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 27 April 2006 Thai soldiers remove remnants of a deadly clash at the Kreu Se mosque in Pattani province, near the border of Malaysia, April 29, 2004 In Thailand, security has bee
By David Byrd Washington 23 May 2006 When the World Cup gets under way in Germany next month, the odds-on favorite - Brazil - faces Croatia, Australia and Japan in the first round. The Brazilians shou
By David Lewis Goma 23 January 2006 UN peacekeepers guard a street in the center of Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (File photo -Dec. 13, 2004) Eight Guatemalan Special Forces soldiers serving wit
By Michael Bowman White House 01 February 2006 President Bush used his State of the Union address to reaffirm American opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions. The president also had a message for the
By Noel King Khartoum 22 March 2007 The human rights group Amnesty International says two women have been sentenced to death, by stoning, in Sudan for committing adultery. The sentence has raised questions about Sudan's penal code, based on Islamic S
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 February 2007 Fierce fighting between rival Palestinian factions is continuing in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, at least 23 Palestinians have been killed since Thursday. A masked
By David Gollust State Department 06 March 2007 The head of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says detention-without-trial and other practices in the war on terrorism have undermined U.S. credibility on human-rights issues. Human Rights Wat
By Sonja Pace London 13 June 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged NATO allies to step up efforts in Afghanistan during two days of talks in Brussels. The appeal comes amid similar calls for increased development aid for Afghanistan by the
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 June 2007 Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza Strip ended on Friday as Hamas Islamic militants completed their takeover of Fatah facilities. About 110 people, mostly militants, were killed in nearly a week of fightin