Cambodia: Rights Crackdown Intensifies
Cambodia’s longtime prime minister, Hun Sen, used ostensible public health measures to further clamp down on the dwindling civic freedoms in the country in 2022, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023 on January 12. The authorities targeted...
Central Asia: Violent Response to Protests Fuels Rights Violations
Authorities in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan used unjustified lethal force to respond to protests in 2022 and have utterly failed to ensure accountability for a multitude of human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report...
Iran: UN rights chief Türk warns against further ‘State-sanctioned killing’
A view of Tehran, Iran's capital city.
Peru: UN rights office calls for probe into protestor deaths
Investigations must be held into deaths and injuries that have occurred amid ongoing anti-government protests in Peru, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, responding to the latest bloodshed.
Rwanda’s President Politicizes Refugee Rights
This week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame delivered a stark warning to refugees fleeing renewed violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “We cannot keep being host to refugees for which, later on, we are held accountable in some way, or even...
Myanmar: Hundreds of political prisoners released, but thousands remain in jail
Protesters in Washington DC, United States, march against the military takeover...
‘Urgent need’ for more accountability from social media giants to curb hate speech: UN experts
An anti-racism protest takes place in Colorado, USA.
Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Found Dead
The body of a Kenyan gay rights activist was found in a metal box discarded along a road in Kenya’s Uasin Gishu county, in the western region of the country.
UN expert on Myanmar: Security Council resolution not strong enough on 'systematic gross human rights violations'
A demonstration against Myanmar's military coup takes place outside the White...
Belarus: New Laws Target Critics in Exile
Belarusian parliament passed legislative amendments to a 2002 citizenship law that could be used to target members of the political opposition, activists, and other critics in exile, Human Rights Watch said on December 22, 2022. The draft law, if...
