Jordan: Arrests, Forced Dispersal at Teacher Protests
Jordanian authorities have exploited the country’s Covid-19 pandemic to forcibly disperse public protests against the arbitrary closure of the country’s Teachers Syndicate and mass arrests of its leadership, Human Rights Watch said on August 27, 2020...
Thailand: More Protest Leaders Arrested
Thai authorities are increasingly arresting pro-democracy leaders in Bangkok for their role in organizing the widening protests, Human Rights Watch said on August 27, 2020. The authorities should immediately drop all charges and unconditionally...
SOS from Taiwan to redress Tai Ji Men case of injustice
Tens of thousands people holding SOS sign in protest of illegal auction
Rights expert denounces lack of investigation into 2017 killing of journalist in South Sudan
Agnès Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
Brazil: Amazon Fires Affect Health of Thousands
Fires resulting from unchecked deforestation are poisoning the air millions of people breathe, affecting health throughout the Brazilian Amazon, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), the Institute for Health Policy Studies (IEPS), and...
Iraq: Basra Political Group Targeted
Unidentified gunmen have since August 14, 2020, assassinated two protesters and wounded another four, all linked to a youth protest group with political aspirations in Basra, in southern Iraq, Human Rights Watch said on August 26, 2020. They are the...
Tai Ji Men case is martial law continued in disguise; Absurd prosecution causing serial persecutions (Part 1 of 2)
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Liberty Square on August 16 holding up posters of 3 people wanted: the prosecutor Hou Kuan-ren,...
UN rights office ‘appalled’ at violence against human rights defenders in the Philippines
A view of the entrance to Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, headquarters of the Office of...
Myanmar: Drop Charges Against Free-Speech Activist
Myanmar authorities should immediately drop all charges against the free-speech activist and poet Maung Saungkha, Human Rights Watch said on August 20. Maung Saungkha is to appear in court on August 21, 2020 to face accusations of organizing a protest...
Thailand: Drop Charges, Free Democracy Activists
Thai authorities should immediately drop all charges and unconditionally release prominent pro-democracy activists arbitrarily detained for their role in peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said on August 20, 2020. On August 19, 2020, Thai police...
