Yemen: Set UN Inquiry Into Violations by All Sides
The United Nations Human Rights Council should create a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged serious laws-of-war violations by all parties in Yemen since September 2014, Human Rights Watch and 22 other human rights and humanitarian...
Egypt: Counterterrorism Law Erodes Basic Rights
Egypt’s new counterterrorism law increases authorities’ power to impose heavy sentences, including the death penalty, for crimes under a definition of terrorism that is so broadly worded it could encompass civil disobedience. President Abdel Fattah al...
Bangladesh’s Machete Attacks On Free Speech
Free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before, held hostage between angry, machete-wielding radicals on one hand and a government, quick to take offence, on the other.
Libya: UN human rights office alarmed by reports of ISIL-led violence, reprisal killings
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
South Africa: Education Barriers for Children with Disabilities
Two children sit on chairs in the New Covenant day care center, a center...
Moldova: Activist Faces Extradition to Tajikistan
The government of Moldova should ensure that Tajik opposition activist Sobir Valiev is not extradited or otherwise returned to Tajikistan, where he faces possible torture or ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said on August 17. Sobir Valiev, deputy...
Syria: Mazen Darwish Released
Fourteen international organisations have joined the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) in welcoming the release of its president Mazen Darwish and in calling for all charges against him and his colleagues to be dropped, as well...
SADC: Take Concrete Steps to Improve Rights
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should take concrete steps to improve respect for human rights among member states and strengthen regional human rights institutions, Human Rights Watch said on August 16. Heads of state of the SADC’s...
"Even the Hills Couldn't Save Us" - Escape From Nigeria
Minawao refugee camp, northern Cameroon. It is the largest formal refugee camp in the region for Nigerian asylum-seekers.
OSCE organizes study visit of Turkmenistan officials to United States on freedom of religion and belief
High-level officials from Turkmenistan discussed the implementation of international standards on freedom of religion and belief during an OSCE-supported week-long study visit to the United States, which concluded in Washington D.C. on 14 August.
