WHO and China: A Healthy Relationship?
The World Health Organization's relationship with China has been under the spotlight since day one of the pandemic -- and ...
Tag: Human Rights Watch
Turkey Detains Dozens of Pro-Kurdish Party Officials
Turkish police detained dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials and a prominent human rights activist, as prosecutors step up pressure on ...
UN Calls for Independent Probe of Fire That Killed Migrants in Yemen
The United Nations has called for an independent probe of a fire in Yemen's capital that killed dozens of migrants ...
China Targets Uighurs With More Prosecutions, Longer Prison Terms: HRW
China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison ...
Myanmar’s Democracy Veterans, Once Again Political Prisoners
Myanmar's military takeover stunned the world and brought a decade-long democratic experiment to a halt, but for lifelong democracy activists, ...
Human Rights Watch Urges Fair Covid Vaccine Rollout in Syria
Human Rights Watch urged support for aid groups to ensure "equitable" distribution of coronavirus vaccines across all of war-torn Syria, ...
Jailed Saudi Activist in Terrorism Court on ‘Spurious’ Charges: UN Experts
Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul appeared before a terrorism court on Thursday, her family said, as she faces the prospect ...
G20 Host Saudi Under Fire Over Human Rights; Activists Call for Boycott
Saudi Arabia, the first Arab state poised to host a G20 summit, has faced intense criticism over its human rights ...
Unrest in Nigerian City After Deadly Shooting of Protesters
Buildings were torched in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos on Wednesday as authorities shut down the economic hub, after the shooting ...
Turkey Trial Begins Into 2015 Killing of Bar Association Head
A long-awaited trial opened Wednesday of three police officers for the 2015 killing of a prominent rights lawyer in Diyarbakir, ...
Free Speech Coalition Denounces Repression in Lebanon
A coalition of 14 rights groups has accused the Lebanese government of using "repression" and "intimidation" to crack down on ...
China Slaps Sanctions on US Over Hong Kong Unrest
Sanctions will apply to NGOs that had acted "badly" over the recent unrest in Hong Kong, including the National Endowment ...
Trump Emboldened Israel to Target HRW Country Chief, Group Says
Israel has been trying to expel HRW's American director for Israel and Palestine, Omar Shakir, after accusing him of advocating ...
Saudi Women On Trial After Contact With Foreign Media: HRW
"After nearly a year of accusations... that these brave champions of women's rights are 'foreign agents,' the actual charges against ...
Torture in Palestinian Jails ‘Systematic,’ Rights Group Finds
Abuses are focused on those allegedly affiliated with rival factions, including protesters, dissidents, journalists and bloggers, with the aim of ...
‘No Justice’ Over Bloody Egypt Protest Crackdown 5 Years On, HRW Says
Egypt is yet to prosecute members of the security forces over a bloody 2013 crackdown on protesters that left hundreds ...
HRW Urges Probes into ‘Rampant’ Use of Torture in Iraq
Human Rights Watch called for investigations into the "rampant" use of torture against people arrested on suspicion of belonging to ...
HRW: Popular Resistance Limits Extent of Human Rights Damage Under Trump
Activists have decried the rise of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and his embrace of populist strongmen as a blow ...
DR Congo Recruited Rebels for Deadly Crackdown on Protests: HRW
Former militants were recruited by the Democratic Republic of Congo government for a bloody crackdown on protests against the president ...
HRW Calls On Turkey To End Emergency Rule
While Turkey's authorities ramped up their crackdown on No voters who took to streets to protest referendum result, detaining at least ...
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