Egypt: Gang Rape Witnesses Arrested, Smeared
Click to expand Image Women chant slogans as they gather to protest sexual harassment in front of the opera house in Cairo on June 14, 2014. © 2014 Reuters / Asmaa Waguih (Beirut) – Egyptian security...
View ArticleBolivia: Justice System Abused to Persecute Opponents
Click to expand Image Police present Mauricio Jara, who is facing criminal charges for sharing WhatsApp messages criticizing the interim government and in support of former president Evo Morales, at a...
View ArticleUK’s Bid for Brexit at All Costs Will Damage Human Rights
Click to expand Image The Union Flag and European Union flag fly in Parliament Square in central London, September 9, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Empty shelves. Panic buying. Queues outside supermarkets....
View ArticleEritrea Busses Thousands of Students to Military Camp
Click to expand Image Satellite Imagery of the Sawa military camp, including the Warsai Yikealo Secondary School, recorded in January 2015. Imagery © DigitalGlobe - Maxar Technologies 2019; Source:...
View ArticleCambodia: Free Detained Youth, Environmental Activists
Click to expand Image Supporters of Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, shout slogans in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, August 1,...
View ArticleIran: Wrestler on Death Row for Alleged Murder
Click to expand Image Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestler facing a death sentence. © Private (Beirut) – The case of an Iranian wrestler on death row is part of a systematic pattern in which Iranian...
View ArticleGreece’s Moria Camp Fire: What’s Next?
Click to expand Image Moria camp on Lesbos island following a fire that started on the evening of September 8, 2020, destroying most of the camp and leaving 12,000 asylum seekers and refugees without...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Protecting Rights Essential in Negotiations
Click to expand Image Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center left, wears a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, on the last day of an Afghan Loya Jirga or traditional...
View ArticleChina’s Inhumane ‘Guilty-by-Association’
There is a joke among human rights activists in China: the primary qualification is “single, parents dead.” Given how often Chinese authorities treat family members of people opposing government rights...
View ArticleIsrael: Release Body of Slain Palestinian
Click to expand Image Ahmed Erekat © Private (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities have held the body of a Palestinian man, Ahmed Erekat, for more than ten weeks after officers killed him seemingly...
View ArticleBlaming the Victim for Sexual Violence in Pakistan
Click to expand Image Women demonstrate to condemn the police response to the of rape of a woman by a highway, Islamabad, Pakistan, September 12, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Anjum Naveed “Azaadi!” – or...
View ArticleKenosha Police Turned a Blind Eye to US Vigilantes
Click to expand Image Police in riot gear clear the area in front of Kenosha County Courthouse during clashes with protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 25, 2020. © 2020 2020 AP Photo/David Goldman...
View ArticleYemen: Aid Obstruction Puts Millions at Risk
The Houthi armed group and other authorities are severely restricting the delivery of desperately needed aid in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The situation is exacerbating...
View ArticleHardships for Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers Rise
Click to expand Image An Ethiopian domestic worker waits in front of the Ethiopian consulate after she and others were abandoned by their Lebanese employers, in Hazmieh, east of Beirut, Lebanon, June...
View ArticleHungary Renews Attacks on Independent Radio Station
In the most recent attack on media freedom in Hungary, the country’s Media Council last week unexpectedly announced it would revoke Klubradio’s frequency as of February 2021. It justified its decision...
View ArticleBelarus: Systematic Beatings, Torture of Protesters
Click to expand Image Protesters objecting to the flawed August presidential election and the government's brutality, in march along the Independence Prospect during the "March of Unity" rally in...
View ArticleBangladesh: Reunify Rohingya Refugee Families
Click to expand Image Refugees held on Bhasan Char island protesting to return to Cox’s Bazar during a 3-day “go and see visit” to the island for 40 refugees from the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,...
View ArticleAustralia: Deaths of Prisoners with Disabilities
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this report contains images and names of people who have passed away. In many areas of Indigenous Australia, it is common...
View ArticleFocus on Merit in International Criminal Court Elections
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch The 123 member countries of the International...
View ArticleUN: Release Saudi Dissidents, Activists
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend the first meeting of the defense ministers and officials of the 41-member Saudi-led Muslim...
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