Nepal: in earthquakes' wake, UNICEF speeds up response to prevent child trafficking
Millions of world’s poorest children left behind despite global progress, new UNICEF report says
Kenya, June 2011. Shari (aged 13) collects rubbish at the dump in Korogocho slum, in order to...
Malaysia: Court Convicts 9 Transgender Women
Transgender people face discrimination and abuse from state officials and agents,...
Singapore: Exonerate 16-Year-Old Blogger
Singapore authorities should exonerate a 16-year-old convicted for a blog and video post about the death of Singapore’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, Human Rights Watch said on June 22. Amos Yee Pang Sang has a sentencing hearing on June 23,...
EU: Rights Abuses at Home Drive Mediterranean Crisis
Russia: Abusive Counterinsurgency Tactics in Southern Republic
The government’s response to a decade-long insurgency in Dagestan, a southern Russian republic, has been marked by serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on June 18. Insurgents also have attacked civilians.
Yemen: Houthis, Southern Fighters Endanger Aden Hospital
Houthi forces and southern armed groups have committed serious abuses at a hospital in Yemen’s port city of Aden, forcing its evacuation in late April 2015.
Russia: Abusive Counterinsurgency Tactics in Southern Republic
The government’s response to a decade-long insurgency in Dagestan, a southern Russian republic, has been marked by serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on June 18. Insurgents also have attacked civilians.
Young African activists share powerful stories on child marriage in first ever UNICEF Twitter takeover
Five young activists from across Africa are sharing their powerful personal experiences of child marriage in UNICEF’s first ever global Twitter takeover on this year’s Day of the African Child (June 16).
Kenya: Botched Response to Deadly Attacks
The heinous attacks on civilians in Lamu and Tana River area of Kenya’s coast in mid-2014 were followed by abusive security force operations, Human Rights Watch and the Kenya Human Rights Commission said on June 15. One year later, no one has been...
