US: Don’t Suspend Conflict Minerals Rule
A move reportedly under consideration by the Trump administration to suspend a rule requiring companies to disclose their source for gold and other potential “conflict minerals” could enrich abusive armed groups in Africa, Human Rights Watch said on...
Ukraine: Activists ‘Disappeared’ in Separatist Territory
А Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activist and another person have been missing since January 31, 2017, in the separatist-controlled area of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, and are feared to be victims of enforced...
US: Don’t Target Muslim Brotherhood
A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the rights to association of Muslim groups in the United States. Such a designation...
Bangladesh: Reject Rohingya Refugee Relocation Plan
The Bangladeshi government should immediately drop its plan to transfer Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited, undeveloped coastal island, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 08. Relocating the refugees from the Cox’s Bazar area to Thengar Char island would...
Egypt: Workers Charged over Protests
Egyptian prosecutors should drop all charges against at least 26 workers who were arrested and charged in recent months in connection with peaceful strikes and protests, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 08. The parliament should also revise a new trade...
UN: North Korea Exploiting Children
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child should press the North Korean government to end the exploitation of children through forced labor and discrimination, Human Rights Watch and three Korean nongovernmental organizations said on Feb...
Turkmenistan: Upcoming Presidential Poll Lacks Rights Protections
Turkmenistan’s appalling human rights record undermines the possibility of a free and fair presidential election on February 12, 2017, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 07. The election climate in Turkmenistan denies its citizens the ability to choose...
Thailand: Reopen Case of 'Disappeared' Activist
Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a prominent ethnic Karen activist, was last seen in government custody at Kaeng Krachan National Park...
Violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity – UN special adviser
Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng.
Burundi: Measures being used to ‘criminalize’ work of human rights defenders, warn UN experts
Protestors raise their hands in front of police in the Musaga neighbourhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, on 4 May...
