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UAE: Cybercrimes Decree Attacks Free Speech
(Beirut) – A new federal decree on cybercrimes in the United Arab Emirates effectively closes off the country’s only remaining forum for free speech. The decree poses a serious threat to the liberty…
Saudi Women Score a Victory for Rights
Trending this week: Saudi women fighting for their rights scored a victory this week; the UK government is failing to provide its people enough to eat despite having the world’s 5th largest economy;…
Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transgender Healthcare
The Trump Administration released a proposed rule that would roll back nondiscrimination protections for transgender people under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The rule would have devastating effects…
New Assange Charges Threaten Investigative Journalism
In a stunning and unprecedented assault on press freedom, the Trump administration has issued an expanded indictment of Julian Assange for publishing classified information. The initial computer fraud…
Russia’s State-Affiliated TV, Police Target Activist
This week’s arrest of activist Roman Udot in Moscow should put in the spotlight the Russian authorities’ unwillingness to rein in stalking, invasion of privacy, harassment, and other abusive tactics…
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24 May 2019, Index number: EUR 44/0440/2019 A group of 47 people, including men, women and three children, were detained between 18 and 21 May during police raids following clashes between security…
Children in War Deserve Accurate ‘List of Shame’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will soon publish his annual “list of shame” of governments and armed groups that commit grave violations against children during armed conflict. He…
Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalizing homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in the progress Kenya has made toward equality in recent years, Human Rights…
South Africa is Failing Children with Disabilities: Daily Brief
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FIFA Expansion Plan for 2022 World Cup Halted
FIFA has avoided reputational disaster by scrapping plans to expand the 2022 Qatar World Cup to neighboring human rights abusers Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, or Kuwait.
South Africa: Children with Disabilities Shortchanged
(Johannesburg) - South Africa has not delivered on its promises to guarantee inclusive education for children with disabilities and to ensure that they have adequate skills for employment, Human…
Lebanon: Syrians Summarily Deported from Airport
Lebanon summarily deported at least 16 Syrians, some of them registered refugees, on April 26, 2019, after they arrived at the Beirut airport, Human Rights Watch, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights…
LGBT Hondurans March against Hate
I traveled to Honduras last week to document violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Violence abounds, according to Honduran LGBT activists, but there are also plenty…
Five things to know about the violence in Cameroon
Since 2016, conflict has been steadily growing in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon. The violence has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, creating a little-known humanitarian…
German President Should Push Uzbekistan for Further Reforms
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier likes to travel to countries he believes are on a path to reform. He contends that the extra international attention reinforces the process. For this reason,…
Opinion | It’s time for Republican women to speak up for reproductive…
I work in the Trump administration. The fight for global gender equality needs Republican women on its side.
Rape Allegations Against Pakistan’s Police
A 22-year-old woman in Rawalpindi district in Pakistan’s Punjab province reported to police that four men had abducted her at gunpoint and raped her. Most disturbingly, she alleged that three of the…
Human Rights Watch Letter to Congress Regarding Decreasing Immigration Enforcement Funding in…
Dear Chairman Enzi, Ranking Member Sanders, Chairman Yarmuth, and Ranking Member Womack: I write on behalf of Human Rights Watch to urge you to reduce funding for the administration’s wasteful and…
A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Governments in the region should swiftly implement the Nairobi recommendations. The countless victims of atrocities and human rights violations in the Great Lakes region need more than just words.
Cameroon: Promised Investigation Should Be Independent
Cameroonian soldiers went on a rampage in the English-speaking North-West region on May 15, 2019, burning over 70 homes in Mankon, Bamenda. Soldiers dragged one man from his house, shooting him dead…
Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code
Brunei should immediately repeal its newly enacted penal code, which violates a range of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to the sultan of Brunei and a report, “Brunei’s…
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Burkina Faso: Respect Rights During Counterinsurgency Operation
Burkina Faso’s security forces should scrupulously respect human rights during a new military operation launched in response to a deadly uptick in attacks by armed Islamist groups, Human Rights Watch…