Lebanon: Civilians Tried in Military Courts
Civilians in Lebanon, including children, face trial in military courts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Jan 26. Such trials do not respect due process rights and violate international law. In one prominent case scheduled for January...
Ukraine: Armed Conflict-Related Abuse in Detention
Both sides in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine have detained and abused people with complete impunity, Human Rights Watch said at a joint press conference with Amnesty International in Kyiv on Jan 25. In a statement released in Kyiv jointly with...
Fighting impunity is the best way to protect Mexico’s human rights defenders – UN expert
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst.
Kyrgyzstan: Travesty of Justice for Rights Defender
A Kyrgyzstan court on January 24, 2017, upheld a life sentence for a human rights defender, Azimjon Askarov, despite the UN Human Rights Committee’s ruling that he should be released and his conviction quashed, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 24. The...
Burma: Don’t Prosecute Peaceful Speech
Burma’s government should act to end the prosecution of peaceful critics in violation of their right to free speech, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 24. The National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government should seek to amend or repeal laws that...
UN rights expert ‘deeply concerned’ about reprisals against those she met on official visit to Myanmar
Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee.
EPA Civil Rights Office Takes Steps To Enforce Civil Rights Laws
After years of ineffective enforcement of civil rights laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office found that agencies in three states tasked with enforcing environmental laws should take steps to comply...
AWC Taiwan Calls the Attention of the Two International Covenant Review Committee Members to Taxpayers' Human Rights in Taiwan
AWC representatives.
Egypt: Court Names 1,500 to Terrorist List
An Egyptian criminal court decision on January 12, 2017, designating about 1,500 citizens “terrorists” for their alleged assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood reflects the authorities’ indiscriminate use of broad counterterrorism laws, Human Rights...
Zimbabwe: Widows Deprived of Property Rights
Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to...
