Ethiopia struggling to cope with South Sudanese refugee influx
Refugees at the refugee camp near the Pagak border entry point in the Gambela region of Ethiopia.
US/OAS: End Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Sentences
The United States should end the practice of sentencing people convicted of crimes committed before age 18 to life in prison without parole, Human Rights Watch said in an amicus brief filed in a case before the Inter-American Commission on Human...
Ethiopia: Telecom Surveillance Chills Rights
The Ethiopian government is using foreign technology to bolster its widespread telecom surveillance of opposition activists and journalists both in Ethiopia and abroad, Human Rights Watch said in a report released.
Ukraine: Activists Detained and Beaten, One Tortured
Armed groups in Crimea abducted two political activists, held them for 11 days in secret detention along with several other detainees, ill-treated both, and badly tortured one of them. The activists gave Human Rights Watch detailed accounts of what...
Senior UN official hails outcome of forum devoted to empowering women and girls
Women participating in a sweep campaign before local elections India's Bihar state.
Colombia: Disappearances Plague Major Port
Paramilitary successor groups have abducted and disappeared scores, and possibly hundreds, of residents of the largely Afro-Colombian port of Buenaventura, Human Rights Watch said in a report and video released. Thousands of residents have been...
Women's Rights in Afghanistan Must be Steadfastly Respected
Four years ago, a long-awaited law to protect women and girls from violence, the Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), was finally passed in Afghanistan. In a country where many women and girls are forced to enter and stay in abusive...
Extractive Industries: Transparency Group Rewards Repression
A prominent international natural resource transparency group has damaged its credibility by approving membership for Ethiopia. On March 19, 2014, the governing board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which promotes openness...
Senegal: Urgent Action Needed on Forced Child Begging
A young boy from a Quranic school begs for change from a driver...
Sri Lanka: Free Prominent Rights Defenders
The arbitrary arrest and detention of prominent human rights defenders is an attempt to silence criticism and divert the spotlight from ongoing abuses, leading global and Asian human rights monitors said in a joint statement.
