Muted cheers mark South Sudan’s fifth birthday, with millions displaced
Gatluak Ruei Kon, 56, hugs his wife and one of his granddaughters in Akobo, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. He has not seen his...
Iraq: ISIS Rule Marked by Executions, Cruelty
Syria: UN relief wing sounds alarm on behalf of some 300,000 people trapped in war-torn Aleppo
A girl stands barefoot on a muddy walkway between rows of tent shelters, in the Bab Al Salame camp for internally...
US: Deaths in Immigration Detention
Newly released United States government records summarizing investigations of the deaths of 18 migrants in the custody of US immigration authorities support a conclusion that subpar care contributed to at least seven of the deaths, Human Rights Watch...
UN condemns this week's deadly gun violence in US
Protestors in New York City demonstrate in the wake of the verdict in the case of the police...
Surveillance amendments in new law in Germany pose a threat to media freedom, OSCE Representative says, asks Bundestag to reconsider bill
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, expressed on 8 July concern about a proposed law on the German Foreign Intelligence Agency (BND, Bundesnachrichtendienst), which was debated in the Bundestag, Germany’s Federal Parliament,...
Burundi: Intelligence Services Torture Suspected Opponents
Burundian intelligence services have tortured and ill-treated scores of suspected government opponents at their headquarters and in secret locations, Human Rights Watch said on Jul 7. Police and members of the ruling party’s youth league, the...
Brazil: Extrajudicial Executions Undercut Rio Security
Rio de Janeiro state promised improvements in public security in preparation for the Olympics, but it has not done enough to address extrajudicial executions by police, a central obstacle to more effective law enforcement, Human Rights Watch said in a...
China: Free Rights Lawyers Held Secretly for a Year
One year after the Chinese government began a nationwide sweep of more than 300 human rights lawyers, legal assistants, and rights activists on July 9, 2015, 24 still remain in detention, Human Rights Watch said on 7 July. The government has blocked...
China: UN Chief Should Stress Rights Erosion
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should publicly press China’s leaders to end their crackdown on activists and independent groups, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the secretary-general, on 5 July. Ban will visit China from July 6 to...
