Cluster Munitions: Syria Use Persists
The Syrian government is still using cluster munitions in its conflict even as nations that have joined the treaty banning the weapons are rapidly destroying their stockpiles, Human Rights Watch said at the release of Cluster Munition Monitor 2013, a...
Afghanistan: Child Marriage, Domestic Violence Harm Progress
Afghan President Hamid Karzai should take urgent action to fight child marriage and domestic violence or risk further harm to development and public health in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the president.
UN food agency appeals for increased funding to assist 11 million people in the Sahel
Improved seed is distributed to farmers in the Sahel.
Germany offers temporary resettlement to 5,000 Syrian refugees
A Syrian girl in a makeshift Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon.
Tunisia: Drop Charges Against Cameraman
Domestic Workers Treaty Goes Into Force
A groundbreaking global treaty on the rights of domestic workers goes into legal effect on September 5, 2013, offering vital protections to millions of workers around the world, Human Rights Watch said. Governments should promptly act to ratify and...
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on Civil Society
The Azerbaijani government is engaged in a deliberate, abusive strategy to limit dissent. The strategy is designed to curtail opposition political activity, limit public criticism of the government, and exercise greater control over nongovernmental...
US: Federal Go-Ahead for Local Marijuana Laws
The United States Justice Department’s decision not to prevent the states of Washington and Colorado from legalizing the use, production, distribution and sale of recreational marijuana should reduce the human rights costs of current drug control...
UNESCO Director-General deplores deaths of three Egyptian journalists
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova denounced the deaths of reporter Ahmed Abdel Gawad and photographer Mosab Al-Shami in Cairo in August 14, and journalist Tamer Abdel Raouf, at Damanhur in the north of Egypt on 19 August. The Director-General...
Alternatives to immigration detention prove cheaper, more humane
Detaining...
