Thailand: Constitution to Give Soldiers ‘License to Kill’
Thailand’s junta has proposed that the new constitution protect military personnel from prosecution for serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said on November 24. The constitution drafters should reject the proposed de facto amnesty.
‘Orange the World’ campaign kicks off efforts to end violence against women and girls – UN
More than 100,000 people took part in the 2015 International Istanbul Marathon in Turkey on 15...
Turkey: Syrians Pushed Back at the Border
Turkey has all but closed its borders to Syrian asylum seekers and is summarily pushing back Syrians detected as they try to cross, Human Rights Watch said on November 23. Syrians described Turkish border guards intercepting them at or near the border...
China: Allow Independent Investigations Into Xinjiang Violence
Independent observers and monitors should be allowed to investigate the latest raid by Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region, which reportedly left 28 people dead, Human Rights Watch said on November 23. Clarifying facts on the ground is...
Universal Children’s Day: Why fair matters
The world remains a deeply unfair place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, according to a UNICEF report released on 20 November.
Syria: Fears for Life of Free Expression Advocate
Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom of expression being held in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance may be facing a death sentence, 36 local and international organizations said today. His wife has received unconfirmed reports that a...
Education unions increase efforts to release imprisoned Colombian Academic
Colombian academic Dr Miguel Ángel Beltrán Villegas
Vietnam: Widespread ‘National Security’ Arrests
Vietnam is using vague national security laws to stifle dissent and arrest critics, Human Rights Watch said on November 19. The United States and other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should press Vietnam to drop proposed...
Amid Insecurity, Protect Refugees
Ali, a young Iraqi boy, is reunited with his family after...
Global campaign strives to make schools free of gender based violence
