Human Rights

UN experts voice ‘deep concern’ over Iran’s ‘consistent pattern’ of denying life-saving medical treatment to detainees

Despite repeated calls, Iran continues to deny medical treatment to detainees in what amounts to “a consistent pattern”, according to eight UN human rights experts, in a statement on July 10.

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The flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran flying at United Nations headquarters in New York.

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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by US border detention conditions, says holding migrant children may violate international law

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UAE: Prisoners Held After Sentences Served

At Least 5 Held for Years Without Clear Legal Basis

UAE authorities continue to hold at least five Emirati prisoners who completed their sentences between one and three years ago, Human Rights Watch said on July 09, 2019. Emirati activists said that the men remain behind bars for “counseling” without a clear legal basis.

Sudan: Put Justice Up Front

Set Independent Inquiry into Protester Killings, Abuse

Sudanese leaders should facilitate the establishment and cooperate with the work of an effective international investigation into the killings of and abuses against protesters since December 2018, Human Rights Watch said on July 09, 2019.

Egypt: Renewed Detention of Scholar’s Daughter Unlawful

Day After Judge Orders Ola al-Qaradawi’s Release, Authorities Rearrest Her

Egyptian authorities should release Ola al-Qaradawi, the daughter of a well-known Islamic scholar, who was rearrested on July 4, Human Rights Watch said on July 08, 2019. A prosecutor charged al-Qaradawi, 58, for membership and support of a terrorist group by “using her relationships in prison,” though she spent the last two years in solitary confinement.

ICC: Congo Warlord Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

Bosco Ntaganda Case Spotlights Need for Justice in DR Congo

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) conviction of the Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda sends a strong message that justice may await those responsible for grave crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said on July 08, 2019.

Syria: At least seven children killed in yet another airstrike

According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), at least seven children were killed in an airstrike against displaced civilians on Saturday on the village of Mhambel, in the outskirts of Idlib, in northwest Syria. News reports state that over 20 civilians were killed in this attack led by Government forces using missiles and barrel bombs.

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An injured boy rests on the ground of a makeshift camp in Syria's Aqrabat village, 45km north of Idlib City, near the Turkish border

In Britain, Leaders of Modern-Day Slavery Ring Sentenced

Members of what prosecutors have called one of Britain’s largest-ever modern-day slavery rings have been convicted and sentenced for their role in forcing around 400 Polish people to work and live under inhumane conditions.

Guinea: New Law Could Shield Police From Prosecution

Inadequate Guidelines on Use of Lethal Force

Guinea’s president should not put into effect a new law that gives gendarmes too much discretion to use firearms and could shield them from prosecution in case of unlawful killings, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said on July 4, 2019. Guinea’s security forces have a record of using excessive force in responding to often violent street protests

UNHCR saddened by large loss of life in Tunisia shipwreck, calls for end to detention in Libya

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The mediterranean sea.