China: ‘Belt and Road’ Projects Should Respect Rights
The Chinese government should ensure the projects it finances or engages in under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) respect human rights, Human Rights Watch said on April 21, 2019. On April 25-27, 2019, President Xi Jinping will host heads of state...
Sudan: Heed Calls for Justice
Sudan’s transitional military council should uphold their commitments to human rights and justice for past crimes by transferring Omar al-Bashir, the deposed president, and other Sudanese fugitives to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ICC states...
Iran: Release Anti-Compulsory Hijab Activists
Iranian authorities should release and quash the convictions of all activists who have been prosecuted for peacefully protesting the country’s compulsory hijab laws, Human Rights Watch said on April 18, 2019. In the past week, the authorities arrested...
Myanmar: Satire is Not a Crime
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and first lady Cho Cho, left, smile as they take...
Iraq: Torture Persists in Mosul Jail
In its August 2018 report on Faisaliya detention facility, Human Rights Watch interviewed...
Guinea: Create Special Unit to Probe Protest Deaths
Anti-riot police clash with Guinean opposition supporters in Conakry on March 22,...
Whoever Wins Indonesia’s Presidential Election, Indigenous People Will Lose
On Wednesday, Indonesians go to the polls to determine their next president.For one demographic, the stakes of the vote, regardless of the results, remain uncertain: the country’s indigenous peoples. Indigenous rights groups that represent some 17...
Bangladesh: Ensure Justice for Murdered Student
The Bangladesh government should thoroughly investigate the murder of a madrassa student and fairly prosecute all those responsible, Human Rights Watch said. The murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was killed after she filed a complaint of attempted rape...
Nigeria: 5 Years After Chibok, Children Still at Risk
The five-year anniversary of the Chibok school abduction is a reminder that schoolchildren remain vulnerable to attacks and abductions by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria’s beleaguered northeast region. The lack of information on the whereabouts of 112...
South Africa: Attacks on Foreign Nationals
Authorities in South Africa should urgently investigate, and arrest and prosecute those responsible for a spate of violence against foreign nationals in Durban from March 25 to April 2, 2019, the South Africa-based African Diaspora Forum and Human...
