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...
Gender equality: time to close the gap
It would take another 70 years for women to earn the same as men with the current pace of progress, according to the European Commission. Europe might be one of the world's leaders when it comes to gender equality, but in the EU women still get on...
Saudi Arabia: Intensified Repression of Writers, Activists
Saudi Arabia has stepped up arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of peaceful dissident writers and human rights advocates in 2017, Human Rights Watch said on Feb 06. In January, a Saudi court sentenced two prominent activists to long jail terms,...
