Thailand: New Whitewash of 2010 Political Violence
Relatives of the 2010 violence victims stage a protest against the dismissal of malfeasance...
China: Free 38 Detained Lawyers, Activists
The Chinese authorities should release the 38 lawyers and activists associated with the Beijing Fengrui Law Firm who have been arbitrarily detained since July 2015, Human Rights Watch said on January 6, 2016. Many are held under the criminal procedure...
UN human rights chief calls on Thai Government to probe scores of enforced disappearances
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
U.S. Congress Should Act on Gun Violence
U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden (R) and family members of...
Fresh allegations of sexual abuse made against UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic
Peacekeepers serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central...
Afghanistan: Include Women in New Peace Talks
The Afghan government should include female negotiators in the upcoming multistate meeting on the Afghan peace process, Human Rights Watch said on Janurary 4.
Faced with Israeli denial of access to Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN expert resigns
Makarim Wibisono, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories...
Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution Largest Since 1980
Saudi authorities carried out the largest mass execution in the country since 1980, putting 47 men to death on January 2, 2016. According to the Saudi state news agency, all of the men were convicted on terrorism charges, and most were members of Al...
UN officials 'deeply dismayed' by Saudi executions, urge commuting all death sentences
Yemen: UN agency appeals to all sides to allow food in for hundreds of thousands under siege
In many areas of Yemen, devastated by conflict, ongoing insecurity hampers WFP’s efforts to get food to the...
