Human Rights

US Coast Guard Reports Surge of Cuban Immigrants

The U.S. Coast Guard says the the number of Cubans picked up at sea trying to reach the United States has surged since President Barack Obama announced plans to restore diplomatic relations with Havana.

DR Congo: Wanted Rebel’s Troops Instill Fear

Congolese authorities should intensify efforts to arrest and bring to justice a rebel commander whose troops have committed vicious killings, mass rapes, mutilations, and child abductions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mexico/US: Obama Should Press Peña Nieto on Justice

US President Barack Obama should press President Enrique Peña Nieto to address Mexico’s failure to investigate and prosecute egregious abuses by Mexican security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday in a letter to Obama.

Pakistan: Displaced families face harsh winter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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November 2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Afeel Khan and his children wait to be registered at the Jazolai camp for...

Human Traffickers Challenge Europe

Human traffickers are using a new tactic to combat a change in Italy’s approach to dealing with asylum-seekers, leaving a new wave of refugees, mainly from Syria, abandoned in ships steaming toward shore.

PAKISTAN: Establishment of military court: a recipe for disaster

The year 2014 bids us adieu, as the government of Pakistan gears up to set up military court “come what may”. The military machinery at GHQ is at full swing these days a s hurried consultation between the governmnet and the military officials take...

South Sudan conflict ‘devastating’ for country’s children – UN report

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Children in Juba, South Sudan.

Central African Republic: Multimedia Feature Recounts 2014 Violence

On the second anniversary of a rebellion that plunged the Central African Republic into bloody upheaval, Human Rights Watch Tuesday released a multimedia feature on several research missions undertaken in the Central African Republic in 2014.

Libya: UN urges end to 'senseless cycle of violence' as country reels from latest attack

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The streets of Sirte were the most heavily damaged after a nine-month war in 2011.

UN chief urges Pakistan to end executions, reinstate death penalty moratorium

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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan.