Ukraine: Civilians Need Greater Protection
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany should press Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk to ensure that Ukrainian forces take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians. Merkel and Yatseniuk are scheduled to meet in Berlin on January 8,...
Sri Lanka: Violence, Intimidation Threaten Vote
Authorities in Sri Lanka should ensure that voters have safe and secure access to the polls to vote in presidential elections on January 8, 2015, and that state media is not misused in favor of the incumbent, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Local...
US Coast Guard Reports Surge of Cuban Immigrants
The U.S. Coast Guard says the the number of Cubans picked up at sea trying to reach the United States has surged since President Barack Obama announced plans to restore diplomatic relations with Havana.
DR Congo: Wanted Rebel’s Troops Instill Fear
Congolese authorities should intensify efforts to arrest and bring to justice a rebel commander whose troops have committed vicious killings, mass rapes, mutilations, and child abductions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mexico/US: Obama Should Press Peña Nieto on Justice
US President Barack Obama should press President Enrique Peña Nieto to address Mexico’s failure to investigate and prosecute egregious abuses by Mexican security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday in a letter to Obama.
Pakistan: Displaced families face harsh winter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
November 2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Afeel Khan and his children wait to be registered at the Jazolai camp for...
Human Traffickers Challenge Europe
Human traffickers are using a new tactic to combat a change in Italy’s approach to dealing with asylum-seekers, leaving a new wave of refugees, mainly from Syria, abandoned in ships steaming toward shore.
PAKISTAN: Establishment of military court: a recipe for disaster
The year 2014 bids us adieu, as the government of Pakistan gears up to set up military court “come what may”. The military machinery at GHQ is at full swing these days a s hurried consultation between the governmnet and the military officials take...
South Sudan conflict ‘devastating’ for country’s children – UN report
Children in Juba, South Sudan.
Central African Republic: Multimedia Feature Recounts 2014 Violence
On the second anniversary of a rebellion that plunged the Central African Republic into bloody upheaval, Human Rights Watch Tuesday released a multimedia feature on several research missions undertaken in the Central African Republic in 2014.
