Saudi Arabia: Mass Expulsions of Migrant Workers
Saudi authorities have conducted a concerted campaign since 2013 to detain and deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrant workers, resulting in abuses against many of them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on May 10.
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Johannes Van Der Klaauw
The conflict in Yemen is taking a dreadful toll on civilians. Since mid-March 2015, over 1,400 people have been killed and close to 6,000 people injured, roughly half of whom have been civilians. Even civilians across the border in Saudi Arabia’s...
New UN refugee agency report documents alarming surge in Bay of Bengal crossings
Fishing boats such as these, beached on a strip of coast in Teknaf, Bangladesh, are often used to ferry passengers to...
FEATURE: Search-and-rescue worker looks back on ‘intense,’ rewarding deployment in quake-hit Nepal
Urban-search-and-rescue members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) at work in Nepal....
Unrest in Burundi sends thousands fleeing, threatening years of refugee gains – UN agency
An elderly woman waits among a crowd of other Burundian refugees for assistance in Rwanda’s...
Canada: Ex-Guantanamo Child Soldier Freed
The Canadian court’s release on bail of the former child soldier and Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on May 7, 2015, is a significant step toward ending his ordeal, which began almost 13 years ago, Human Rights Watch said on 7 May. The Canadian...
Uzbekistan: Decade of Impunity for Massacre
The US, EU, and other governments should speak out about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan on the 10th anniversary of the Andijan massacre and renew their calls for accountability, Human Rights Watch said in a video released on 7 May, 2015.
Unaccompanied minors’ asylum applications: process where the kids are, say MEPs
EU asylum applications for unaccompanied minors should be processed in the EU country where the child is present, even if this is not where the child first applied, said Civil Liberties Committee MEPs on Wednesday. Processing where children are...
Fair trials: MEPs strengthen EU-wide standards for legal aid
People who are suspected or accused of a crime, or are named in a European Arrest Warrant, but cannot afford a lawyer or court proceedings, should have access to EU member state funding and assistance for both “provisional” and "ordinary” legal aid,...
Call for help: Yazidis bear witness to violence by Islamic State
Kurdish Yazidi visitors to the European Parliament on 29 April: (back) Khorsheed Mawlud, Dilyar...
