India: Women With Disabilities Locked Away and Abused
A resident sits on the floor in the women’s ward of Thane Mental Hospital, a 1,857-bed...
Egypt: Judge Issues Mass Death Sentences
An Egyptian criminal court handed down provisional death sentences against 188 defendants on December 2, 2014, the third such mass sentencing this year.
UN rights office voices alarm over increasing polarization in Egypt amid protests
Angry protestors pelt policemen with stones in central Cairo on the second anniversary of the...
On Day to Abolish Slavery, UN urges end to modern-day scourge trapping 21 million
Children engaged in stone and sand collection in Jaflong, Sylhet (Bangladesh).
Saudi Arabia: Release Women Driving Activists
Saudi authorities detained two women on the Saudi side of the border with the United Arab Emirates on December 1, one of whom tried to drive a car across to Saudi Arabia. Saudi activists told Human Rights Watch that Lujain al-Hathloul, 25, and Maysa...
UN: WHO Condemns ‘Virginity Tests’
Governments should immediately carry out a new United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to end degrading, discriminatory, and unscientific “virginity testing” of women and girls, Human Rights Watch said.
Iran: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts
Iran’s judiciary should vacate the death sentence of a 30-year-old man who faces imminent execution for Facebook posts linked to his account. On November 24, 2014, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a criminal court ruling sentencing Soheil Arabi to hang....
Improving the humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons
A PACE committee has urged all sides in the conflict in Ukraine to fully respect the Minsk ceasefire and to refrain from the use of force and violence, particularly against civilians.
Missouri Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Teen Resigns
The white Missouri police officer who escaped indictment in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in August has resigned.
Giovanni Buttarelli named new data protection watchdog
The next European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) will be Giovanni Buttarelli, Parliament's President Martin Schulz announced in plenary on Thursday. His Assistant Supervisor will be Wojciech Rafał Wiewiórowski.
