Hungary: Draft Law Tramples Asylum Seekers’ Rights
A draft bill proposed by the Hungarian government would allow the authorities to automatically detain asylum seekers in transit zones and to summarily return asylum seekers to the Serbian border from anywhere in Hungary, Human Rights Watch and the...
BANGLADESH: UN expert group urges Bangladesh to stop enforced disappearances
United Nations human rights experts are calling on Bangladesh to act now to halt an increasing number of enforced disappearances in the country.
Iraq/Kurdistan Region: Men, Boys Who Fled ISIS Detained
The Khazir camp in northern Iraq housing thousands of people internally displaced by the fight against ISIS. Kurdistan...
Chinese Netizens Attack Minority Uyghur Muslims
Within hours of the February 14 knife attack in Pishan county, Xinjiang, China’s state media released identical reports: Three assailants attacked people in a residential district, killing five while injuring another five, and the assailants were...
Cambodia Project to Help Poor and Vulnerable Families in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on February 24 approved financing of $20.17 million for the Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor Project (LEAP). The Project intends to help poor and vulnerable families in the Siem Reap...
Philippines: Arrest of Duterte Critic Widens ‘Drug War’
The arrest of Philippine Senator Leila de Lima on politically motivated charges signifies the widening of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” to include critics and political foes, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 24. De Lima, a former justice...
Israel: Human Rights Watch Denied Work Permit
Israeli authorities denied Human Rights Watch’s application for a work permit for its Israel and Palestine director on the grounds that it is not a real human rights group, the organization said on Feb 24.
UN rights experts urge action to curb 'invisible threat' of toxic air
Thailand: Quash Editor’s Conviction for ‘Insulting Monarchy’
Thai authorities should quash the conviction and release a prominent magazine editor imprisoned under Thailand’s draconian law on insulting the monarchy, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 24.
Malawi Amends Constitution to Remove Child Marriage Loophole
A 14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in...
