US: Joint Appeal to Investigate Torture
Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amnesty International called on United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a June 23, 2015 letter to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate torture and other violations of US law in...
EU: Abuses Against Children Fuel Migration
Afghan youth rest at the Lesbos harbor after walking 30 hours from the point...
Nepal: in earthquakes' wake, UNICEF speeds up response to prevent child trafficking
Millions of world’s poorest children left behind despite global progress, new UNICEF report says
Kenya, June 2011. Shari (aged 13) collects rubbish at the dump in Korogocho slum, in order to...
Malaysia: Court Convicts 9 Transgender Women
Transgender people face discrimination and abuse from state officials and agents,...
Singapore: Exonerate 16-Year-Old Blogger
Singapore authorities should exonerate a 16-year-old convicted for a blog and video post about the death of Singapore’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, Human Rights Watch said on June 22. Amos Yee Pang Sang has a sentencing hearing on June 23,...
EU: Rights Abuses at Home Drive Mediterranean Crisis
Russia: Abusive Counterinsurgency Tactics in Southern Republic
The government’s response to a decade-long insurgency in Dagestan, a southern Russian republic, has been marked by serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on June 18. Insurgents also have attacked civilians.
Yemen: Houthis, Southern Fighters Endanger Aden Hospital
Houthi forces and southern armed groups have committed serious abuses at a hospital in Yemen’s port city of Aden, forcing its evacuation in late April 2015.
Russia: Abusive Counterinsurgency Tactics in Southern Republic
The government’s response to a decade-long insurgency in Dagestan, a southern Russian republic, has been marked by serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on June 18. Insurgents also have attacked civilians.
