Human Rights

North Koreans trapped in ‘vicious cycle of deprivation, corruption, repression’ and endemic bribery: UN human rights office

Children in a newly built clinic in Musan County, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK...

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UN: Focus on Civilians With Disabilities in Wartime

The inclusion of the need to protect civilians with disabilities in wartime in the United Nations secretary-general’s new report should help spur action by UN agencies and member states, Human Rights Watch said on May 28, 2019.

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Egypt: Serious Abuses, War Crimes in North Sinai

Egyptian military and police forces in the Sinai Peninsula are committing serious and widespread abuses against civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on May 28, 2019. Some of these abuses, part of an ongoing campaign against members...

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New Health Guidelines Propel Transgender Rights

The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a major change to its global manual of diagnoses on May 25, 2019, that will greatly benefit transgender people around the world, Human Rights Watch said on May 27, 2019. The World Health Assembly, the WHO...

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Countries Act to Protect Schools in Wartime

Students and teachers from around the world call for schools and universities to be protected...

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Lebanon: Syrians Summarily Deported from Airport

Lebanon summarily deported at least 16 Syrians, some of them registered refugees, on April 26, 2019 after they arrived at the Beirut airport, Human Rights Watch, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH), Legal Agenda, Frontiers Rights, and the...

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Cameroon: Promised Investigation Should Be Independent

Cameroonian soldiers went on a rampage in the English-speaking North-West region on May 15, 2019, burning over 70 homes in Mankon, Bamenda. Soldiers dragged one man from his house, shooting him dead in the street.

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Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code

Brunei should immediately repeal its newly enacted penal code, which violates a range of human rights, Human Rights Watch said on May 22, 2019 in an open letter to the sultan of Brunei and a report, “Brunei’s Pernicious New Penal Code.”

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Burkina Faso: Respect Rights During Counterinsurgency Operation

Burkina Faso’s security forces should scrupulously respect human rights during a new military operation launched in response to a deadly uptick in attacks by armed Islamist groups, Human Rights Watch said on May 22, 2019.

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Venezuela: Free Freelance Photojournalist

Venezuelan authorities should immediately release Jesús Medina, who they have arbitrarily imprisoned because of his reporting for nearly nine months, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Human Rights Watch said on May 21, 2019.

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