Iran should stop persecuting women who refuse to wear the headscarf, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. The organisation called for charges to be dropped against three women who were arrested in Iran in January following the beginning of anti-government protests in the country. Nargess Hosseini, who was arrested on[…]
Myanmar’s government has razed at least 55 villages once populated by Rohingya, destroying with them evidence of crimes against the persecuted minority, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Satellite images released by the rights group on Friday show that, between December 2017 and mid-February, areas that were once full of[…]
Israeli legislators have approved a bill that makes it more difficult to divide Jerusalem. The bill passed early on Tuesday and stipulates that two-thirds support is needed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, before Israel can relinquish control over any portion of the holy city to a foreign entity, according[…]
Human Rights Watch accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of war crimes on Tuesday, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months. The rights group said five air strikes hitting four family homes and a grocery store were carried out either deliberately or recklessly,[…]
Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to explain whether its former crown prince has been under house arrest since he was overthrown last month. The international rights advocacy group has called on Saudi Arabia to clarify immediately whether there are restrictions on the movements of Mohammad bin Nayef[…]
ISIS probably killed more than 300 Iraqi former police three weeks ago and buried them in a mass grave near the town of Hammam al-Alil south of Mosul, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. A Reuters reporter visited the site of the mass grave, where residents said the militants buried[…]
The extremist armed group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has unlawfully executed at least 49 people in its Libyan stronghold of Sirte since February 2015, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Those killed, by means such as decapitating and shooting, include captive fighters, political opponents, and[…]
France has carried out abusive and discriminatory raids and house arrests against Muslims under its current state of emergency, traumatising and stigmatising those targeted, including children and the elderly, human rights groups said. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International published separate research on Wednesday, pointing to cases where excessive[…]
Human Rights Watch South Africa says while the country has strong human rights laws in place, implementation remains “problematic”. Human Rights Watch launched their annual report in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. It reported that South Africa continued to face a number of human rights challenges, particularly in terms of its[…]
Human Rights Watch says Syrian refugees who have been attempting to enter Turkey are being pushed back as they try to cross. In a report released on Monday, the New York-based rights group said Turkey has now closed all its borders to Syrian refugees and is pushing them back to[…]
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