Egypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout
The Egyptian government has intensified its campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their supporters, arresting dozens of people in less than two weeks, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 06. A media regulatory body has...
Central African Republic: Sexual Violence as Weapon of War
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war across the country during nearly five years of conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Oct 05. Commanders have tolerated widespread...
Sessions Says Workplace Discrimination Laws Don't Protect Transgenders
Transgender people are no longer protected by federal civil rights laws banning workplace discrimination, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday.
Human rights: anti-albino attacks in Malawi, persecutions of Crimean Tatars and repression in the Maldives
MEPs condemn the rise of violence against albinos in Malawi, persecutions against Crimean Tatars and crackdown on political opponents in the Maldives in three resolutions voted on Thursday.
Burma: Military Massacres Dozens in Rohingya Village
The Burmese military summarily executed several dozen Rohingya Muslims in Maung Nu village in Burma’s Rakhine State on August 27, 2017, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 04,2017. Witnesses said that Burmese soldiers had beaten, sexually assaulted,...
Jordan: Parliament Passes Human Rights Reforms
Jordan’s parliament has approved a series of important human rights reforms in 2017, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 04. Positive changes include a new law that improves rights of people with disabilities, the full repeal of a controversial penal code...
OSCE/ODIHR Director calls on Spanish authorities to ensure respect for freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on the Spanish authorities to ensure respect for fundamental freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression.
Syria: First Atrocities Trials Held in Europe
Efforts to bring those responsible for atrocities in Syria before European courts are starting to bear fruit, notably in Swedish and German courts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Oct 03. While various authorities in Europe have opened...
Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 01. Afghan children as young as 14 have fought in the Fatemiyoun division, an exclusively Afghan...
Jordan: Syrian Refugees Being Summarily Deported
Jordanian authorities have been summarily deporting Syrian refugees – including collective expulsions of large families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Oct 02. The Syrians are not being given a meaningful chance to challenge their...
