Mexico: Delays, Cover-Up Mar Atrocities Response
The Mexican government delayed investigations into the enforced disappearances of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero State, and the killing of 22 people in Tlatlaya, Mexico State, Human Rights Watch said. In the Tlatlaya case, state prosecutors sought to...
Iran: Free Woman in Sports Protest Case
Iran’s judiciary should quash the conviction of Ghoncheh Ghavami for “propaganda against the state” and immediately release her since the charge is on its face a punishment for peaceful speech and protest, Human Rights Watch said. Ghavami, a dual...
UN expert panel issues guidelines on rights of women asylum-seekers, refugees
Internally displaced women hold their ration tickets while waiting for a World Food Programme...
US: Tobacco Giant’s Move Could Reduce Child Labor
A 15-year-old girl works on a tobacco farm in North Carolina.
Uganda: Violence, Reprisals in Western Region
The government response to deadly ethnic violence and reprisals in the Rwenzori region of western Uganda in July 2014 has been inadequate. The government should arrange for a credible independent investigation to examine the circumstances of the...
UN refugee agency launches campaign to eliminate statelessness within 10 years
One of the striking "I Belong" campaign images created by United Colors of Benetton.
Egypt: UN Should Condemn Worsening Abuses
Egypt’s allies should use the country’s November 5, 2014 review at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the most dramatic reversal of human rights in Egypt’s modern history under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The United States and other allies...
Syria: ISIS Tortured Kobani Child Hostages
Kurdish children from the Syrian city of Kobani (or Ain al-`Arab in Arabic) were tortured and abused while detained by Islamic State (also known as ISIS), Human Rights Watch said. Four children gave detailed accounts of the suffering they endured...
Yemen: HIV Patients Denied Health Care
People with HIV and AIDS are routinely denied care within Yemen’s health care system, Human Rights Watch said in an October 2014 letter to the Yemeni minister of health released. Yemeni authorities should end discrimination by health workers against...
Media Alert: EFF, ACLU to Present Oral Argument in NSA Spying Case on Nov. 4
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will appear before a federal appeals court next week to argue the National Security Agency (NSA) should be barred from its mass collection of telephone records of million of Americans. The hearing in Klayman v...
