Syria: Defying Security Council on Aid Access
Russia: Stop Crackdown on Free Expression
Russia’s State Duma should reject a draft law to ban publishing negative information about the Russian government and military. The government should put a decisive end to its relentless crackdown on free expression.
Kyrgyzstan: Withdraw Draconian Homophobic Bill
The sponsors of a discriminatory and stigmatizing draft bill to curtail lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights should withdraw it from Kyrgyzstan’s parliament, Human Rights Watch said. Such a law would infringe on freedom of expression...
Central African Republic: Siege on Capital’s Muslims
Muslims wait to be evacuated in the PK12 neighborhood after they fled attacks by anti-balaka forces. The...
UN human rights chief presses for investigation into alleged abuses in Sri Lanka war
High Commissionner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addresses the 25th session of the Human Rights...
Greece: Protect Migrant Crime Victims
The Greek government should immediately drop plans that would deter migrant victims from reporting law enforcement abuse. The government should also reintroduce measures to protect undocumented victims and witnesses of crimes, including racist...
Kenya: Plan to Force 50,000 Refugees Into Camps
The Kenyan authorities should reconsider a new plan to forcibly move 50,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers from cities to overcrowded and underserviced refugee camps. News media reported that Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku made...
Technological progress and economic crisis reshape media landscape, according to new UNESCO report
UN marks Day of Remembrance with calls to tackle slavery’s lingering consequences
Egypt: Shocking Death Sentences Follow Sham Trial
The criminal court in Minya, Egypt sentenced 529 people to death, possibly the largest mass death sentence in recent years anywhere, in a trial lacking basic due process protections.
