List Reaffirms Global Rejection of Illegal Settlement Enterprise
World Court Rules against Buddhist Burma on Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
International Court of Justice Unanimously Orders Measures to Prevent Genocide
Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthis still Ravaging Yemen with War Crimes: Millions at Risk
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Yemen’s armed conflict and humanitarian crisis is resulting in unspeakable suffering for millions of civilians despite increasing global attention to abuses occurring in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. The Saudi government’s murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in late […]
Born Without Civil Rights: Israel’s Use of Draconian Military Orders to Repress Palestinians in the West Bank
(Human Rights Watch The Israeli army has deprived generations of Palestinians in the West Bank of their basic civil rights, including the rights to free assembly, association and expression, regularly drawing on military orders issued in the first days of the occupation. Even if such restrictions could have been justified then to preserve public order […]
How the Israel Army Muzzles Free Expression for Palestinians
52 Years into Occupation, Peaceful Protest, Waving Flags Still Criminalized
Muslim Ban goes Global? How India’s Citizenship Bill Discriminates against Muslims
Draft Law Favors Hindus, Other Non-Muslim Immigrants
Saudi Arabia’s Strategy to ‘Sportswash’ Abuses
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New Leaked Documents Reveal China’s Chilling Crackdown on Muslims
By Sophie Richardson, China Director | – (Human Rights Watch) – “I’m sure that you will support them, because this is for their own good…and also for your own good.” This was one of the lines officials were instructed to deliver to children returning to Xinjiang and learning that their family members had been sent […]
Iran: Violent Gov’t Crackdown on Protesters with Live Fire and many Casualties, hidden by Internet Blackout
(Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces appear to be using excessive force against protests that emerged after an abrupt government increase in fuel prices across the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities have ordered the near-total shutdown of the internet. Occasional video footage of protests posted on social media amid the […]