Tunisia: Amend Draft Drug Law
Tunisia’s parliament should amend the draft drug law currently before it to strengthen its human rights provisions, Human Rights Watch, Avocats sans Frontières, and the Tunisian League for Human Rights said in a joint letter to parliament on Jan 19....
Burundi: Attacks by Ruling Party Youth League Members
Members of the Burundi ruling party’s youth league, the Imbonerakure, have brutally killed, tortured, and severely beaten scores of people across the country in recent months, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 19. The killings and other ill-treatment...
Gambia: State of Emergency No License for Repression
President Yahya Jammeh’s declared state of emergency in Gambia provides no justification for a crackdown on peaceful dissent around the January 19, 2017, deadline for the new government to take office, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said...
Greece: Refugees with Disabilities Overlooked, Underserved
Yasami and Ali Habibi from Afghanistan, their 6-year-old twins and 2-year-...
Ukraine: TV Channel Ordered Banned
An order from Ukrainian authorities banning the Russian independent television channel Dozhd TV (TV Rain) from broadcasting on Ukrainian cable networks violates freedom of expression and should be revoked, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 18. In Russia...
Diversity ‘is richness, not a threat,’ UN chief Guterres tells forum on combatting anti-Muslim discrimination
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
Burma: Kachin Christians Feared ‘Disappeared’
Burmese authorities should urgently provide information on the whereabouts and well-being of two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders who were apparently forcibly disappeared in Northern Shan State, Human Rights Watch and Fortify Rights said on Jan 16....
China: Drop Charges Against Tibetan Education Activist
Chinese authorities should immediately drop the politically motivated case against a Tibetan shopkeeper who has publicly supported education in the Tibetan language, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 15. A trial is expected to take place soon.
Iraq: ISIS Bombings Are Crimes Against Humanity
Recent car and suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) targeting crowded markets and hospitals in Baghdad amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said on Jan 15. The Iraqi authorities should improve its...
The 1219 Redress Movement Called for an End to Unjust Cases and a Better Nation through the Rule of Law
The movement, which called for "true legal and tax reform and salvation of Taiwan with conscience" and created quite an echo among all walks of life, was extended as the "1219 Redress Movement." The adherence of Tai Ji Men's grandmaster and disciples...
