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Lebanon
Lebanon: Security Forces Use Excessive Force Against Protesters

Lebanon: Security Forces Use Excessive Force Against Protesters

Human Rights Watch

Riot Police Fired on Crowds with Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets

Kurds
Turkey’s ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria Would Be Anything But (HRW)

Turkey’s ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria Would Be Anything But (HRW)

Human Rights Watch

Plan Increases Risks for Returned Refugees

Donald Trump
Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Human Rights Watch

Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests

Displaced and Refugees
US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk: Expanded ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Undermines Due Process

US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk: Expanded ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Undermines Due Process

Human Rights Watch

( Human Rights Watch) – (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) –The Trump administration has drastically expanded its “Remain in Mexico” program while undercutting the rights of asylum seekers at the United States southern border, Human Rights Watch said today. Under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – known as the “Remain in Mexico” program – asylum seekers in […]

Egypt
As New Rallies Break out, Egypt must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest: Human Rights Watch

As New Rallies Break out, Egypt must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch

President al-Sisi Should Ensure Restraint by Security Forces

Arms Sales
Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?

Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?

Human Rights Watch

Conduct in Yemen War Means UK Government Should Not Resume Arms Sales

censorship
India, Infringing Basic Freedoms, must Restore Kashmir’s Internet, Phones

India, Infringing Basic Freedoms, must Restore Kashmir’s Internet, Phones

Human Rights Watch

Shutdown Affects Essential Services, Harms Economy

Yemen
Civilian Casualties Mount in Indiscriminate Fighting in Yemen

Civilian Casualties Mount in Indiscriminate Fighting in Yemen

Human Rights Watch

Separatist and Government Forces in Aden Showing Scant Concern for Civilians

Immigration
US Homeland Security could return Syrian Refugees in US to Violence, Arrest, Torture under al-Assad

US Homeland Security could return Syrian Refugees in US to Violence, Arrest, Torture under al-Assad

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – The US should renew its grant of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to almost 7,000 Syrians living in the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. People forced to return to Syria still face violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, and torture. Destroyed house from US-led coalition strike that killed 13 […]

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