Bangladesh: 2 Years After Rana Plaza, Workers Denied Rights
Garment workers in Bangladesh face poor working conditions and anti-union tactics by employers including assaults on union organizers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on 22 April, 2015. In the two years since more than 1,100 workers died...
Central African Republic: Muslims Held Captive, Raped
A young Peuhl woman, around 18 years of age, held for 14 months as a sex slave by anti-Balaka...
€150,000 for a kidney: the lethal trade in illegal organs
The demand for organs far outstrips what is available, leading to illegal trafficking in organs all over the world. With Europeans travelling to other countries to receive one of these illegally harvested organs, it also forms a challenge for the EU....
UN takes first steps towards eradicating school-related gender-based violence
As Forum opens, deputy UN chief says 2015 a ‘critical year’ for world’s indigenous peoples
Opening of the fourteenth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
‘Callous’ EU politics on migrants costing lives, UN rights chief warns
Maltese emergency workers in Senglea collect bodies from the Mediterranean disaster which...
Somalia: Forced Evictions of Displaced People
Somali state security forces forcibly evicted about 21,000 displaced people in the capital, Mogadishu, in early March 2015. The authorities beat some of those evicted on March 4 and 5, destroyed their shelters, and left them without water, food, or...
Egypt: Scant Evidence for Mass Convictions
A review of the prosecution’s evidence in a mass trial of 51 alleged supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood shows that the government presented no evidence of criminal behavior besides the testimony of one police officer.
Azerbaijan: Release Activists, Journalists Behind Bars
Azerbaijan’s international partners should insist on the release of wrongfully detained and imprisoned critics as the country prepares to host the first European Games, Human Rights Watch said on 20 April. Human Rights Watch released a new video on...
UN urges ‘clear commitment’ by States to save lives following latest Mediterranean tragedy
Medics carry a young man on a stretcher off the Italian Coastguard vessel Gregoretti when it reached...
