Yemen: Coalition Fails to Curb Violations
The Saudi-led coalition’s investigations into alleged war crimes in Yemen have lacked credibility and failed to provide redress to civilian victims, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on August 24, 2018.
Vietnam: Activists Beaten in Concert Raid
Vietnamese government officers and men in civilian clothes raided a concert in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15, 2018, and severely beat the performer and two prominent activists in the audience, Human Rights Watch said on August 22. Vietnam should...
Libya: 45 Sentenced to Death for 2011 Killings
Libya’s judiciary convicted 99 defendants in a mass trial on August 15, 2018, sentencing 45 to death and 54 to five years in prison, Human Rights Watch said on August 22. The judiciary has a record of conducting unfair trials.
Hungary: Asylum Seekers Denied Food
Hungarian authorities have stopped food distribution since early August 2018 to some rejected asylum seekers held in transit zones on the Hungarian-Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 22, 2018. They should immediately ensure that all asylum...
Ethiopia: Probe Years of Abuse in Somali Region
The government of Ethiopia should commit to an in-depth, independent fact-finding mission into many years of rights abuses and violations of the laws of war in eastern Ethiopia’s Somali region, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 20, 2018. This should...
Killer Robots Fail Key Moral, Legal Test
Basic humanity and the public conscience support a ban on fully autonomous weapons, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 21, 2018. Countries participating in an upcoming international meeting on such “killer robots” should agree to...
‘Step backwards’ for Bosnia’s autonomous Serb region as assembly reneges on Srebrenica genocide report
A boy rests against a woman in a camp of people displaced from Srebrenica, at the Tuzla...
Germany: Put Rights on Agenda for Putin Meeting
German Chancellor Angela Merkel should raise critical human rights issues when she meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Meseburg, Germany, on August 18, 2018, Human Rights Watch said the day before. The chancellor’s spokesperson has said...
Mozambique: New Media Fees Assault Press Freedom
Mozambique’s government should cancel recently imposed exorbitant fees on local and foreign media operating in the country. The new fees are a huge setback for press freedom and access to information in Mozambique.
US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEF
Teenage boys deported back from Mexico arrive at the governmental reception shelter "Nuestras...
