US: Ease Sanctions on Iran in COVID-19 Crisis
Broad US-imposed economic sanctions are negatively affecting the Iranian government’s ability to adequately respond to the mounting health consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The US should take immediate action to ease US sanctions...
Bahrain: Free Imprisoned Rights Defenders and Opposition Activists
Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD)
Zimbabwe: Government, UN launch a US$715m humanitarian response plan for 2020
Myanmar: Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19
Myanmar authorities should immediately move to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus by reducing the populations of the country’s overcrowded and unsanitary prisons, Human Rights Watch said on April 03, 2020. Myanmar confirmed its first COVID-19...
DR Congo: Respecting Rights Key Amid COVID-19
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic should prioritize support for low-income communities, displaced people, and others at greatest risk, Human Rights Watch said on April 03, 2020.
Asylum in the EU Member States 612 700 first-time asylum seekers registered in 2019, up by 12% compared with 2018
Australia: Hold Special Forces to Account
Australian SAS search operation in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan,...
USA: Trump administration using coronavirus pandemic to justify discriminatory ban on asylum-seekers at southern border
Americas Refugees
Rapporteur welcomes Azerbaijan's release of Afgan Mukhtarli, calls for immediate action on all cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Relocating unaccompanied children from Greece: what works and what does not
Moria Refugee Camp, Greece, Oct 2019
