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Travel restrictions imposed by the government of Ukraine have contributed to serious delays in the delivery of humanitarian aid, particularly medicines and medical equipment, to civilians in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said on 13 March. Human Rights Watch released a video based on interviews with medical personnel and patients in eastern Ukraine.

Women's protest action during the adoption of the CSW59 Political Declaration.

The ongoing EU data protection reform also includes changes to better protect the rights of children online, MEPs stress. More than 80 % of the victims are under 10 years old.

Pakistan’s government should reverse its decision to lift its moratorium on the death penalty for all capital crimes and move toward abolition, Human Rights Watch said on 12 March. On March 10, 2015, government officials confirmed that the Ministry of Interior had instructed provincial governments to proceed with executions according to law.

Women in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Women constitute about 90 percent of the workforce in Cambodia’s garment industry.

The Burmese police should end their crackdown on student protests and investigate officers responsible for the use of excessive force against protesters.

Women discussion group in Tenedba-Eastern Sudan

MEPs will debate problems caused by gender inequality such as violence against women, the gender pay gap and the career glass ceiling at 17.00 on Monday. Their draft resolution, to be voted on Tuesday, calls for 10 days' paid paternity leave and recognition of a woman’s right to abortion and contraception.

The Spanish Senate should scrap a flawed draft law on public security that would undermine rights protections, Human Rights Watch said on 9 March. The bill, approved by the lower house of Parliament, includes provisions that infringe on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, unjustifiably penalize vulnerable groups, and violate international norms on asylum. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill on March 10, 2015.