A staggering one-in-three women, experience physical, sexual abuse
Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much of it is often unreported due to impunity, shame and gender inequality, the UN highlighted ahead of Monday’s World Day to...
DR Congo: Development Banks Linked to Palm Oil Abuses
Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is violating workers’ rights and dumping untreated waste, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Nov 24, 2019. The company, Feronia,...
Australia: Prevent Restraint in Aged Care
Australia’s health and aged care ministers should immediately revise an aged care regulation to prohibit chemical restraint, Human Rights Watch and Aged & Disability Advocacy Australia said in a letter to the two ministers on Nov 24, 2019....
Nicaragua: Cruel Response to Hunger Strikes
The Ortega government’s use of repressive tactics to prevent hunger strikes should prompt increased international efforts to demand accountability for abuses in Nicaragua, Human Rights Watch said on November 22.
IMF: Delay Vote on Equatorial Guinea Loan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board should delay a planned December 2019 vote on a US$280 million loan agreement with Equatorial Guinea, eight human rights and good governance organizations and eight prominent experts said in a...
Vietnam: Longtime Critic Facing Trial
Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges against the blogger Pham Van Diep and immediately release him, Human Rights Watch said on Nov 20, 2019.
Amazon Takes Transparency Step
Amazon took a useful first step toward transparency on November 15, 2019 by publicly disclosing on its website the names, addresses, and other details of over 1,000 facilities that produce Amazon-branded products, a broad coalition of human rights...
Iran protests: Live ammunition reportedly used, says UN human rights office
View of Nowruz Garden Park, Tehran, Iran.
HRW: Sudan Attacks May Be Crimes Against Humanity
A prominent human rights groups said Monday that fatal attacks on protesters in Sudan in June of this year may amount to crimes against humanity.
Anti-terror measures against youngsters’ online posts ‘linked to spike in child detention globally’
Fourteen-year-old Issaa, a migrant from Niger, rests his hand on a gate inside a detention...
