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Bulgaria’s prosecutor general should reject a call from a political party in the country’s governing coalition to disband the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC), Human Rights Watch said on Oct 02, 2019. The party has been in legal battles for years with the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee over its stance on anti-discrimination issues.

UN Postal Administration-issued stamp featuring a painting of Mahatma Gandhi by Ferdie Pacheco in Commemoration of International Day of Non-Violence.

Following the Saudi government’s belated admission of responsibility for the October 2, 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, it should move promptly to provide justice for its role in the crime and release jailed government critics, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 02, 2019. It should also provide redress and an apology to injured family members and associates and end illegal surveillance and persecution of citizens expressing their opinions, at home and abroad.

An Iranian student sits in a wheelchair in a classroom with fellow students.

An elder man talks to children according to the Mapoyo oral tradition.

The Bangladesh government’s plans for barbed wire and guard towers around Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar violate refugees’ rights to freedom of movement, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 01, 2019. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan announced the plan on September 26, 2019, saying it was specifically ordered by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Al-Hawl camp in Syria

Al-Hawl camp in Syria

Lebanese authorities have largely failed to comply with the country’s Right to Access to Information Law, and the government has not established the body designated to oversee its implementation nearly three years after its passage, Human Rights Watch said on Sep 27, 2019.

Egyptian authorities have arrested nearly 2,000 people in a sweeping nationwide crackdown following anti-government protests that erupted on September 20, 2019. Authorities acknowledged only 1,000 arrests.