Human Rights
Uzbekistan: UN Staffer Free After 11 Years
Erkin Musaev, a United Nations employee and former government official, tortured and unjustly jailed for 11 years in Uzbekistan, was finally freed on August 11, 2017, according to his family, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 14. Musaev had been imprisoned since 2006 and was granted early release on orders of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the family said.
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Egypt: Detained Journalist’s Health Deteriorating
Egyptian authorities should immediately provide appropriate health care to the imprisoned journalist Hisham Gaafar, whose health, including his eyesight, is deteriorating in detention, Human Rights Watch said on August 14. If prison authorities are unable to provide him necessary health care, they should allow him to seek care in private health facilities.
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Saudi Arabia: Security Forces Seal Off Eastern Town
Saudi security forces have surrounded and sealed off the predominantly Shia town of Awamiya in July 2017 as they confronted an armed group hiding in a historic neighborhood slated for demolition, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 13.
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Kenya: Police Restraint Critical
Kenyan security forces should exercise restraint in the face of protests that take place in response to election results, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 12. In any situations where security force personnel use force, they should take care to ensure that it is proportionate.
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Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students
The Philippine government’s plan for mandatory drug testing for all college students and applicants seriously threatens their safety and right to education, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 11. On August 2, 2017, the official Commission on Higher Education, which produces “plans, policies and strategies” for higher education under the office of the president, approved a memorandum order to be implemented at the start of school next year.
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UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee.
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A Step in the Right Direction on Menstrual Stigma in Nepal
In July, 18-year-old Tulasi Shahi died after a snake bit her while she slept in a shed where she had been banished – because she was menstruating. The shed, unlike her home, was open to snakes and other animals.
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Saudi Arabia: 14 Shia at Risk of Imminent Execution
Fourteen members of the Saudi Shia community are at imminent risk of execution after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court in mid-July 2017 upheld their death sentences from an unfair trial for protest-related crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 10. Courts convicted the 14 based on confessions they had repudiated in court, saying that they were coerced.
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Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students
The Philippine government’s plan for mandatory drug testing for all college students and applicants seriously threatens their safety and right to education, Human Rights Watch said on August 11, 2017. On August 2, 2017, the official Commission on Higher Education, which produces “plans, policies and strategies” for higher education under the office of the president, approved a memorandum order to be implemented at the start of school next year.
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Protecting indigenous peoples' rights 'is protecting everyone's rights' – UN
A H/mong hill tribe woman in a village of Sin Chai, Sapa, Viet Nam. Women’s labour accounts for the two-thirds of subsistence agriculture in developing countries, yet they often have no rights over the land.
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