Human Rights

Tunisians Implicated in Iraq War Crimes

The Tunisian authorities should promptly investigate allegations that Tunisian combatants have committed war crimes in Iraq and Syria. On June 13, 2014, a man calling himself Abu Hamza al-Mouhamadi, and identifying himself as Tunisian, posted on his...

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Tajikistan: Dam Resettlement Undermines Livelihoods

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A row of partially complete, unoccupied houses in the resettlement...

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Court ruling forcing Slovak newspaper to publicly apologize may have chilling effect on media freedom, warns OSCE representative

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A view of Bratislava, Slovakia. (Jim Nix)

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Kenya: Toxic Lead Threatening Lives

Thousands of people in a poor urban district outside Mombasa face serious health consequences from toxic lead from a battery recycling plant, Human Rights Watch said. The crisis is the result of the Kenyan government’s failure to adequately regulate...

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China: End Arbitrary Detention System for Sex Workers

The Chinese government should abolish the Custody and Education system used to detain primarily sex workers for up to two years without trial, Human Rights Watch said in a report newly translated into Chinese that was released. China has an estimated...

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‘It is not a crime to carry a camera,’ UN rights chief warns as Egypt sentences journalists

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Iraq violence pulls in children, UN warns, as agencies scale up efforts to aid displaced

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Children in the Khazar IDP camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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Save the Children to Provide Child-Friendly Spaces for Children Affected by Border Crisis

Save the Children is working to address the immediate needs of children at the US border who have fled violence and insecurity in Central America. Thousands of minors are now overwhelming our border control institutions ill-prepared to meet the basic...

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'UN will not give up trying to restore peace to your country,' Ban tells Syrian people

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A girl carrying jerrycans of water, walks past a pile of debris on a street in Aleppo, Syria.

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War’s Human Cost’: World's population of displaced tops 50 million, UN refugee agency reports

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UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report shows that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally...

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