Australia: Prevent Restraint in Aged Care
Australia’s health and aged care ministers should immediately revise an aged care regulation to prohibit chemical restraint, Human Rights Watch and Aged & Disability Advocacy Australia said in a letter to the two ministers on Nov 24, 2019....
Nicaragua: Cruel Response to Hunger Strikes
The Ortega government’s use of repressive tactics to prevent hunger strikes should prompt increased international efforts to demand accountability for abuses in Nicaragua, Human Rights Watch said on November 22.
IMF: Delay Vote on Equatorial Guinea Loan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board should delay a planned December 2019 vote on a US$280 million loan agreement with Equatorial Guinea, eight human rights and good governance organizations and eight prominent experts said in a...
Vietnam: Longtime Critic Facing Trial
Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges against the blogger Pham Van Diep and immediately release him, Human Rights Watch said on Nov 20, 2019.
Amazon Takes Transparency Step
Amazon took a useful first step toward transparency on November 15, 2019 by publicly disclosing on its website the names, addresses, and other details of over 1,000 facilities that produce Amazon-branded products, a broad coalition of human rights...
Iran protests: Live ammunition reportedly used, says UN human rights office
View of Nowruz Garden Park, Tehran, Iran.
HRW: Sudan Attacks May Be Crimes Against Humanity
A prominent human rights groups said Monday that fatal attacks on protesters in Sudan in June of this year may amount to crimes against humanity.
Anti-terror measures against youngsters’ online posts ‘linked to spike in child detention globally’
Fourteen-year-old Issaa, a migrant from Niger, rests his hand on a gate inside a detention...
Myanmar: More Jail Time for Satirical Troupe
A Yangon court handed down more convictions against members of a satirical theater troupe for allegedly mocking Myanmar’s armed forces, Human Rights Watch said on Nov 19, 2019.
Russia: “Foreign Agents” Bill Threatens Journalists
A bill before the Russian parliament that would expand the status of “foreign agents” to private persons, including bloggers and independent journalists, is a source of serious concern, Human Rights Watch and nine other rights organizations said on...
