Thailand: Free Hunger-Striking Activist
Thai authorities should urgently release a student activist detained since August 6, 2016, for peacefully protesting the military junta’s proposed constitution, Human Rights Watch said on 16 August. Until his release, the Department of Corrections...
Filipino teachers ready to improve minorities’ rights
Syria/Russia: Incendiary Weapons Burn in Aleppo, Idlib
The joint Syrian-Russian military operation has been using incendiary weapons, which burn their victims and start fires, in civilian areas of Syria in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 16. Incendiary weapons have been used...
Jordan: Further Expand Education Access for Syrian Refugees
Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The...
Sri Lanka: Challenging ‘Gender Norms’ Brings Abuse
Transgender people and others who do not conform to social expectations about gender face discrimination and abuse in Sri Lanka, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 15.
South Sudan: Killings, Rapes, Looting in Juba
Soldiers killed and raped civilians and extensively looted civilian property, including humanitarian goods, during and after clashes between government and opposition forces in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, in July, 2016, Human Rights Watch said on Aug...
Thailand: Deadly Bomb Attacks in South
A string of bomb and arson attacks in Thailand’s southern provinces on August 11-12, 2016, killed at least 4 civilians and wounded 35 others, Human Rights Watch said on August 12. Within 24 hours, there were at least 11 explosions in five provinces in...
PAKISTAN: National Minorities Day - A perplexed nation
You are free; you are free to go to your temples; you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the State.
Two-thirds of young people in more than 18 countries say they have been victims of bullying
Two girls from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Syria: Government Airstrikes Closing Down Hospitals
Syrian and Russian military attacks on hospitals in recent weeks during the government air campaign in the Aleppo region are causing deaths and injuries and shutting down medical facilities. The United Nations Security Council should ask the secretary...
