Human Rights

Gaza investigators call on Israel to review ‘rules of engagement’ as Gaza protest anniversary looms

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Protesters walking towards the Gaza separation fence, bordering Israel.The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory presented its findings in Geneva on 28 February, 2019.

Egypt: Uncover Missing Politician’s Whereabouts

Authorities Responsible for Protecting Mostafa al-Nagar

Egyptian authorities should exert serious efforts to find and reveal the whereabouts of Mostafa al-Nagar, a former parliament member who has been missing for nearly five months, Human Rights Watch said on March 19, 2019.

Thailand: Structural Flaws Subvert Election

Stacked Senate, Media Restrictions, Repressive Laws Undermine Right to Vote

Thailand’s military government has failed to create conditions for a free and fair national election on March 24, 2019, Human Rights Watch on March 19, 2019. The process for forming a new government, in which the junta-appointed Senate will have half the total number of votes for the next government as the elected House of Representatives, severely undermines the right of Thai citizens to choose their leaders.

Niger: “fifth wife” slavery practice outlawed

Big win for Hadijatou Mani, a woman forced into sexual slavery as a “fifth wife”, against her former master.

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Hadijatou Mani

US Threatens International Criminal Court

Visa Bans on ICC Staff

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Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Russia: Rights Defender Facing Four-Year Prison Term

Political Prosecution of Memorial’s Oyub Titiev Draws to an End

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Oyub Titiev at the Shali court in Chechnya, February 12, 2019.

Drug laws must be amended to ‘combat racial discrimination’, UN experts say

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Boys reach through bars at a jail for juveniles in the Delmas neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2005

Germany: Support a Ban on ‘Killer Robots’

Germany should cooperate with like-minded countries to open negotiations on a new treaty to prohibit weapons systems that would select and attack targets without human intervention, Human Rights Watch said on Mar 14, 2019.

Malaysia: Drop Investigation of Women’s March Organizers

Repeal Draconian Sedition Act

The Malaysian authorities should halt the investigation targeting organizers of the Women’s March in Kuala Lumpur on March 9, 2019, Human Rights Watch said on March 14, 2019. The march’s organizers are being investigated for possible violations of Malaysia’s Sedition Act and Peaceful Assembly Act.

Progress on gender equality is too slow, says OECD on International Women’s Day

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