DR Congo: 1,900 Civilians Killed in Kivus Over 2 Years
Armed groups in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces have killed 1,900 civilians and abducted more than 3,300 others between June 2017 and June 2019, Human Rights Watch and the New York University-based Congo Research Group said in a...
Hong Kong: Police Should Exercise Restraint
The Hong Kong police should stop using excessive force against pro-democracy protesters in the city and abide by international standards governing the policing of assemblies, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 14, 2019. Authorities should also allow an...
Australia: Press Laos to Protect Rights
The Australian government should press the Lao government to take serious steps to remedy its poor human rights record at the 6th Australia-Laos human rights dialogue on August 12, 2019, in Canberra, Human Rights Watch said on July 11, 2019.
Lebanon: No Quick Fixes to Trash Crisis
Lebanon’s ministerial committee tasked with solving Lebanon’s waste management emergency has yet to act despite a four-month trash crisis in the north, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 10, 2019. The crisis has resulted in trash in the streets and...
Egypt: Investigate Treatment of Detained American
Egyptian authorities should investigate the conditions of US citizen Khaled Hassan who attempted suicide in July 2019 while in pretrial detention in Tora prison, Human Rights Watch and The Freedom Initiative said on Aug 09, 2019. An independent...
Australia: Protect Public Interest Reporting
Problematic Australian national security provisions and sweeping law enforcement powers threaten free speech, Human Rights Watch said on August 7. Human Rights Watch made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the impact of law enforcement and...
Eritrea: Conscription System’s Toll on Education
Eritrea’s use of secondary school to channel students into indefinite government service and its conscription of teachers subjects students and teachers to forced labor and physical abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 08, 2019...
Colombia/Venezuela: Attacks on Civilians in Border Area
Armed groups have committed egregious abuses against Colombian and Venezuelan civilians as they fight for control in Catatumbo, northeastern Colombia, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 08, 2019.
South Africa: Decriminalise Sex Work
Intensified Al Qaeda and ISIL activity in Yemen ‘deeply worrying’, says UN Human Rights Office
Damage caused by fighting in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen
