Russia: Repeal New TV Advertising Law
President Vladimir Putin signed into law on July 21, 2014 a series of amendments banning commercial advertising on paid cable and satellite television channels, Human Rights Watch said. The law unnecessarily interferes with the right to freedom of...
Ukraine: Unguided Rockets Killing Civilians
An unguided Grad rocket hit the house of Valentina Fedorovna, 77, in the Kuibyshivskyi district in Donetsk on July 19, 2014....
India: Rape of 6-Year-Old Highlights Sexual Abuse
The rape of a 6-year-old girl at a school in Bangalore has refocused attention on sexual abuse of children in India, Human Rights Watch said. India’s central and state governments should take immediate steps to implement the 2012 Protection of...
As civilian casualties rise in Gaza, UN Rights Council agrees probe into alleged ‘war crimes’
A boy looks through a schoolbook as he sits in the rubble of a home destroyed during an...
Civilian toll in Gaza conflict ‘should weigh heavily on our consciences,’ UN Rights Council told A child
The United Nations Human Rights Council decided to launch an independent inquiry into purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
Iraq: UN envoy demands Islamist forces end ‘horrific terrorist acts’
The top United Nations official in Iraq called on the Security Council to demand that the Islamist forces – in control of more than a third of the country's territory – cease all hostilities and to ensure that those responsible for "horrific terrorist...
Iraq: Civilian Toll of Government Airstrikes
Iraq’s security forces have killed at least 75 civilians and wounded hundreds of others in indiscriminate air strikes on five cities since June 6, 2014. Human Rights Watch documented 17 airstrikes, the majority in the first half of July. Barrel bombs...
International Community Has to Stop this War on Children
One Palestinian child has been killed every hour over the last 2 days. The shocking number of children being killed, injured, or displaced in Gaza demands an unequivocal international response to stop the bloodshed.
UN Emergency Fund gives $75 million to boost aid operations in the Sahel and Horn of Africa
United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has allocated US$75 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost life-saving relief work in two of the world’s most neglected regions: the West African Sahel and the Horn of Africa...
Gaza: Airstrike Deaths Raise Concerns on Ground Offensive
Israel should cease attacks that cause loss of civilian life and property in violation of the laws of war. Human Rights Watch investigated eight Israeli airstrikes that were apparent violations of the laws of war before the ground offensive that began...
