US: Homeland Security Needs Reform, Not Expansion
The Department of Homeland Security should not expand expedited removal from the United States for asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch said on Jul 19. Plans to expand the program from its current limit of people caught within 100 miles of the border...
Iraq: Execution Site Near Mosul’s Old City
International observers have discovered an execution site in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said on Jul 19. That report, combined with new statements about executions in and around Mosul’s Old City and persistent documentation about Iraqi forces...
New Details in Deadly US Police Shooting of Australian Woman
The agency investigating the fatal police shooting of an Australian woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, says one of the officers was startled by a loud noise just moments before his partner fired the deadly shot.
Director-General calls for investigation into killing of Honduran video journalist Edwin Rivera Paz in Mexico
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the murder of Edwin Rivera Paz, the Honduran journalist who was killed in the town Acayucan, in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Wife of Princeton Student 'Unjustly Imprisoned' in Iran Calls for His Release
The wife of a Princeton University graduate student sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage in Iran said Tuesday that he had been "unjustly imprisoned'' and called for his immediate release.
Tajikistan: Stop Persecuting Opposition Families
Tajik authorities have detained, interrogated, and threatened relatives of 10 peaceful opposition activists who took part in a conference in Germany on July 9, 2017, in retaliation for the peaceful exercise of their fundamental rights, Human Rights...
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online speech and invasive surveillance of online activity and prosecutes critics under the guise of fighting extremism, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Jul 18.
UN agency seeks $421 to support alternatives for refugees, migrants crossing to Europe
A group of Gambian boys survey the ocean from the beach during an outing from a government hot spot–a...
Morocco/Western Sahara: Torture Allegations Cast Shadow Over Trial
Morocco’s judicial authorities should ensure that upcoming verdicts in a mass trial are not based on confessions or statements implicating other defendants obtained under torture or other ill-treatment during police interrogations, Human Rights Watch...
Canada: Expedite Snowden-Linked Asylum Cases
The Canadian government should fast-track its consideration of the refugee claims of seven people who sheltered US National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden before he left Hong Kong in 2013.
