Hrw News
|
By AFP
Jerusalem -
Israel's supreme court on Tuesday upheld a government decision to expel a senior Human Rights Watch official over his alleged support of a boycott of the country, the ruling said.
|
|
By AFP
Baghdad -
Human Rights Watch on Friday condemned France's "outsourcing" of trials of Islamic State group suspects to "abusive justice systems", after seven of its nationals have this week been sentenced to death in Iraq.
|
|
By AFP
Jerusalem -
Israel's top court has delayed the expulsion of Human Rights Watch's country director following a petition challenging the move, his lawyer said Thursday.
|
|
By AFP
Jerusalem -
An Israeli court on Tuesday approved the interior ministry's decision to expel Human Rights Watch's country director for allegedly supporting a boycott of the country.
|
|
By AFP
Geneva -
Diplomats and activists on Monday denounced intense Chinese lobbying, pressure and even threats to rein in criticism of Beijing during last month's session of the UN Human Rights Council.
|
|
By AFP
Geneva -
Rights groups urged the United Nations Monday to send investigators to China's northwestern Xinjiang province to probe the mass detainment of ethnic Uighur and other Muslim minorities.
|
|
By AFP
Berlin -
A growing pushback against human rights abusers and autocrats has emerged in the last year, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, with resistance coming from a number of new sources.
|
|
By AFP
Ramallah -
The Palestinian security forces "systematically" abuse and torture opponents and critics in what could amount to crimes against humanity and undermine Palestinian accusations against Israel, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
|
|
By AFP
Ramallah -
The Palestinian security forces "systematically" abuse and torture prisoners in what could amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
|
|
By AFP
Beirut -
Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged allies of Saudi Arabia to review their ties with its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
|
|
By AFP
Geneva -
The United States under President Donald Trump appears set to renounce its role as an international human rights defender, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, urging other democracies to step up.
|
|
By AFP
Sydney -
Corruption and police abuse will only end in Papua New Guinea when officials are held accountable for their actions, Human Rights Watch said Friday, accusing the government of failing to protect victims.
|
|
By AFP
Rio De Janeiro -
Brazilian police are torturing and illegally killing thousands of people a year while violent gangs are running the country's overcrowded prisons, Human Rights Watch warned Thursday.
|
|
By AFP
Sanaa -
Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Saudi-led bombing raids against civilian factories in Yemen, which have killed scores, appear aimed at inflicting lasting economic damage to the war-ravaged country.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
A global rights group warned Monday that some of the most heinous crimes committed by military personnel against civilians during Colombia's armed conflict could go unpunished under an agreement between the government and FARC guerrillas.
|
|
By AFP
Istanbul -
Legislation agreed in Denmark to seize the valuables of refugees in the hope of limiting the flow of migrants is "despicable", US-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
|
|
By AFP
Skopje -
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Macedonian police of having mistreating migrants and asylum seekers in transit through its territory on their way to the European Union.
|
|
By AFP
Dubai -
Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen to stop using cluster munitions, saying it had uncovered new evidence of their devastating impact.
|
|
By AFP
Den Haag -
The International Criminal Court must broaden its investigation into the violence that ripped Ivory Coast apart in 2010 and 2011 to include violations committed by loyalists of President Alassane Ouattara, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
|
|
By AFP
Doha -
The German authorities should carry out an investigation into the two-day detention of Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, a global rights watchdog said Wednesday.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
The World Bank remains too passive when client governments and businesses attack critics of its development projects, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Monday.
|
|
By AFP
Dubai -
Human Rights Watch on Sunday published new evidence alleging a Saudi-led coalition is using internationally banned cluster bombs in Yemen, urging it to stop such attacks that were harming civilians.
|
|
By AFP
Birut -
Governments increasingly view human rights as "a luxury" they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots like Syria and Ukraine.
|
|
By AFP
Kinshasa -
Forty people have died in protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo against President Joseph Kabila, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, accusing security forces of using excessive force and then trying to remove evidence.
|
|
By AFP
Nairobi -
Internationally-funded African Union troops in war-torn and impoverished Somalia have gang raped women and girls as young as 12 and traded food aid for sex, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.
|
|
Rome -
A shift of intolerance in Italy toward immigrants and minorities, reflected in politicians’ use of hateful speech, violence against vulnerable groups, and political discourse are leading to increased racism and xenophobic violence, a new report shows.
|
|
Partners of gay federal workers in the US are to have their benefits expanded by the Obama administration, but the Defense of Marriage Act will enact some restrictions.
|
|
What’s happened to journalists and others who speak out against the dictatorial government of Sri Lanka? Who’s on the “hit list” the government’s state intelligence units have drawn up? One day they’re here, the next day they’ve vanished.
|
Roxana's parents plan to visit Roxana within a couple days. Through the Swiss, the US is demanding consular access to Roxana. Also, word from Iran is Roxana may not be going anywhere for up to two years, after they agreed to release her soon on March 6th.
|
apis-407086 apis-396362 apis-394176 apis-392966 apis-391811 apis-387368 apis-385980 apis-379834 apis-379829 apis-378913 apis-326004 apis-325043 apis-325016 apis-310482 apis-301773 apis-296161 apis-284255 apis-281912 apis-279728 apis-276035 apis-275896 apis-273907 apis-263571 apis-263133 apis-251211 apis-153930 apis-140434 apis-138803
Hrw Image
Child marriage in Bangladesh is wiping out a whole generation of young women. Human Rights Watch
|
|
