Saudi Arabia: Prince in Incommunicado Detention
Saudi authorities detained Prince Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud, a son of the late King Abdullah and former head of the Saudi Red Crescent Society, on March 27, 2020 and have since apparently held him incommunicado, Human Rights Watch said on May 09,...
Pakistan: Ahmadis Kept Off Minorities Commission
Pakistan’s government has excluded the long-persecuted Ahmadiyya community from a new government commission aimed at safeguarding the rights of the country’s minorities, Human Rights Watch said on May 07, 2020.
Bangladesh: Mass Arrests Over Cartoons, Posts
Bangladesh authorities have arrested four people and charged seven others for “spreading rumors and misinformation on Facebook,” because they criticized the government’s response to Covid-19, Human Rights Watch said on May 07, 2020. The authorities...
Venezuelans ‘teetering on the brink of survival’ warn UN human rights experts
United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take concrete actions to tackle the devastating impact on basic human rights of the country’s economic crisis.
Egypt: Covid-19 Cover for New Repressive Powers
The Egyptian Parliament on April 22, 2020 swiftly approved government-proposed amendments to the 1958 Emergency Law which will give additional sweeping powers to President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi and security agencies, Human Rights Watch said on May 07...
Philippines: Put Network Back on Air
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should rescind an order to shut down ABS-CBN, the country’s largest broadcast television and radio network, Human Rights Watch said on May 06, 2020. The House of Representatives, whose inaction on bills to renew...
Jordan: Free Speech Threats Under Covid-19 Response
Jordanian authorities have arrested media workers and others and issued a vaguely worded emergency decree that could chill online discussion about Jordan’s Covid-19 response, Human Rights Watch said on May 06, 2020.
Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19
The Ethiopian government has been using Covid-19 restrictions and a recently declared state of emergency as a pretext to restrict free speech.
Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees in Risky Covid-19 Quarantine
Bangladesh authorities have quarantined 29 Rohingya refugees without adequate access to aid on an unstable silt island in the Bay of Bengal, Human Rights Watch said on May 05, 2020. The authorities said that they are holding the refugees, who had been...
Syria: ISIS Dumped Bodies in Gorge
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) used a gorge in northeast Syria as a dumping ground for the bodies of people it had abducted or detained, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on May 04, 2020. A Human Rights Watch investigation and drone...
