Thailand: Still No Justice for ‘Disappearance’ Victims
Thai authorities have failed to honor past pledges to resolve cases of enforced disappearance and hold those responsible to account. August 30, 2013 is the International Day of the Disappeared.
DR Congo: Outspoken Lawmaker Gets 3-Year Sentence
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately drop the apparently politically motivated case against a member of parliament. Muhindo Nzangi was sentenced to three years in prison over comments he made on a radio program in...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for presidential election in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani citizens will vote at presidential elections on 9 October 2013.
Soco failed to assess human rights risks before Virunga exploration, paper alleges
About 27,000 fishermen make their living in Virunga's Lake Edward, which is ground zero for Soco's...
Thousands flee to Central African Republic airport to escape violence
Children in the Central African Republic.
Statement on Possible Intervention in Syria
Following apparent chemical weapons attacks on August 21, 2013, in Eastern and Western Ghouta near Damascus, the United States, Britain, France, and other countries are assessing options for military intervention in Syria.
Tanzania: Hazardous Life of Child Gold Miners
A 15-year-old boy mixes mercury and ground gold ore at a processing site in Mbeya Region, Tanzania....
In Victory for Student Free Speech, Department of Education Dismisses Complaints
Civil rights organizations this week welcomed news that the Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has closed three investigations against three University of California schools, at Berkeley, Santa Cruz, and Irvine, which...
UN, partners assisting hundreds of thousands affected by floods in Sudan
A man stands on a bus in the Sharg al Nil area of Khartoum, Sudan, where as many as 530,000 people may have been affected since the...
Australia: Human Rights Watch Opens Sydney Office
Human Rights Watch is launching its first-ever office in Australia on August 28, 2013, with the aim to increase its engagement and advocacy with the Australian government on human rights issues in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere.
