Human Rights

Spain: Halt Summary Pushbacks to Morocco

Spain should immediately halt summary returns of migrants to Morocco from its North African enclave, Melilla, Human Rights Watch said. Spain should also investigate evidence that Guardia Civil officers beat migrants at the border fence.

Kenya: Killings, Disappearances by Anti-Terror Police

There is strong evidence that Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Human Rights Watch also found evidence of arbitrary arrests and mistreatment of terrorism suspects...

Ban condemns attack on UN Mali base, declares it 'will not deter' peace efforts

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Malian refugees, carrying their belongings, approach UNHCR vehicles that will carry them to a...

Libya: UN mission condemns 'grave escalation' in fighting, urges ceasefire

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Displaced people in eastern Libya outside the town of Ajdabiya.

Colombia: EI throws support behind university professor amid false accusations

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Beltran being detained by police

UN rights experts urge halt to Sri Lanka's deportations of Pakistani asylum seekers

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Independent Expert on Minority Issues Rita Izsak.

Burundi: No Justice Decade After Massacre

Burundian authorities should hold accountable those responsible for a 2004 massacre of Congolese refugees, Human Rights Watch said. More than 150 refugees, most of them women and children, were killed and more than 100 others injured, on August 13,...

US: Stop Intimidating Missouri Protesters

Police in Ferguson, Missouri should stop using intimidation tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists following the police killing of a young African-American man on August 9, 2014.

‘Barbaric’ sexual violence perpetrated by Islamic State militants in Iraq – UN

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A Yazidi family receives WFP food assistance in Erbil, Iraq.

Tunisia: Suspension of Associations Arbitrary

The Tunisian government’s suspension of more than 150 organizations across the country for alleged links to terrorism was disproportionate and arbitrary. On July 22, 2014, a government spokesperson said the authorities had issued suspension notices to...

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