UNHCR concerned about fighting in northern Syria affecting thousands of vulnerable civilians
UNHCR is deeply concerned about the plight of some 165,000 displaced persons reportedly massing near the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Syria.
BANGLADESH: Families demand return of their disappeared dear-ones within the month of Ramadan
EFF to FCC: Prevent ISPs From Following Your Every Internet Move
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on May 27 to update privacy rules to prevent broadband Internet access service providers from recording and sharing their customers’ every move online.
UNICEF and Government of Italy agree on ways to help refugee and migrant children
Ahmed, 13, in Trabia, Italy, on May 19, 2016. He lives at Rainbow, a government administered...
Sri Lanka: Consultations Lacking on Missing Persons’ Office
The Sri Lankan government ratified the Convention against Enforced Disappearance but in the same week created an Office of Missing Persons without promised consultations with families of the “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch said on MAY 27. The...
UN refugee agency begins delivering supplies to families escaping besieged Fallujah
UNHCR staff in Iraq distribute emergency kits to newly-displaced families from Falluja.
Russia: Sham Upgrade for ‘Foreign Agents’ Law
The Russian parliament adopted amendments to the “foreign agents” law on May 25, 2016, without promised improvements to relieve pressure on independent groups, Human Rights Watch said today. President Vladimir Putin should not sign the bill into law...
Zambia: World Bank $20 Million Supports Former Refugees Integration
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a $20 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to help support the Government of Zambia implement its program of local integration for long term refugees.
Cambodia: Stop Cover-Up of Political Violence
The Cambodian government should ask the United Nations to help it carry out a full and independent investigation into the October 26, 2015 attack on two opposition members of the National Assembly, Human Rights Watch said on May 26 in a new report....
Burma: Proposed Assembly Law Falls Short
Burma’s parliament should amend a proposed law on public protest to better protect rights to peaceful assembly and free expression, Human Rights Watch said on May 27. The Peaceful Processions and Peaceful Assembly Act improves upon existing Burmese...
