Bahrain: Activist’s Family Targeted
Bahraini authorities are apparently targeting the family members of a prominent Bahraini activist in retribution for his human rights work, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 06.
International Women’s Day: Parliament sheds light on women’s economic empowerment
Money alone does not make you happy. It can, however, give you financial independence and the freedom to determine your future or to quit a violent relationship. Yet women still receive lower wages and pensions, have limited access to top positions,...
Jordan: Executions Won’t End Terror Attacks, Murder
Jordan joined a worrying regional trend towards increasing executions when it hanged 15 Jordanian men on March 4, 2017, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 05. Those executed included 10 convicted in six terrorist attacks between 2003 and 2016, and five...
Iraq: Displacement, Detention of Suspected “ISIS Families”
Iraqi forces have forcibly displaced at least 125 families said to have familial ties to affiliates of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), Human Rights Watch said on Mar 05.
Sri Lanka: UN Official Calls Progress ‘Worryingly Slow’
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights decried Sri Lanka’s slow progress on its reform pledges in his report to the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 03.
US: Immigration Memos Will Wreak Havoc on Rights
The Trump administration’s new immigration enforcement memorandums outline striking and sweeping changes to immigration policy that will have a dire impact on the rights of immigrants and their families and hurt the communities they live in, Human...
UN expert urges greater protection of people with albinism from witch doctors
A caregiver attends to an abandoned toddler with albinism in Goma, North Kivu, DRC. 07 September 2007.
US: Curb Executive Branch Surveillance Powers
The hearing by the US House Judiciary Committee on March 1, 2017, about one of the broadest and most intrusive surveillance laws in the United States highlights the need for reforms to prevent executive branch abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 02...
Bangladesh: Man Released From Long Secret Detention
The release this week of a man held incommunicado for more than six months after his apparent abduction by security forces is a step forward, but Bangladeshi authorities need to immediately reveal the fate and whereabouts of two other men held in...
Philippines: Police Deceit in ‘Drug War’ Killings
Philippine police are falsifying evidence to justify unlawful killings in a “war on drugs” that has caused more than 7,000 deaths, Human Rights Watch said in a new report on Mar 02. President Rodrigo Duterte and other senior officials have instigated...
