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The acquittal of all defendants in Turkey’s first prosecution for the killings and disappearances of 21 Kurds in the early 1990s leaves the victims of serious abuses by state actors without justice, Human Rights Watch said on November 5.

Relatives of victims killed or forcibly disappeared by state agents in Cizre in the 1990s protest the court decision to acquit members of the security forces and village guards on murder charges. Eskişehir, November 5, 2015.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

Countries should take concrete steps to strengthen international law governing incendiary weapons, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on November 5, ahead of a diplomatic meeting devoted to incendiary and other weapons that will be held in Geneva November 9-13, 2015.

Niamey, 4 November 2015. The “Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend” Project was officially launched on 2 November 2015, under the patronage of His Excellency, Mr. Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger at the Palais des Congrès in Niamey.

Pakistani authorities should conduct a prompt and impartial investigation into the November 4, 2015 killing of journalist and rights monitor Zaman Mehsud, Human Rights Watch said on November 5. Those responsible should be promptly and fairly prosecuted.

Ruth, 29, shows me a fresh wound, slowly healing, on the top of her head, while she stays at a safe house in Port Moresby. “About 6.30am. I was getting ready for work. We had an argument ... My husband threw a rock. My head was broken. No one helped,” she says matter-of-factly. “This has been going on for six years — him beating me.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron should press Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to take urgent, concrete steps to address grave human rights abuses by his government, Human Rights Watch said on November 4. Cameron is due to meet al-Sisi during his visit to the United Kingdom on November 5, 2015, and hold talks at Downing Street.

UNICEF Good Will Ambassador, Harry Belafonte, addresses event “Confronting Silence Perspectives and Dialogue on Structural Racism against people of African Descent Worldwide,” November 3, 2015.

György Schöpflin