By Lama Fakih | Director, Crisis and Conflict Division | – (Human Rights Watch ) – Turkey’s plan to create a 32-kilometer “safe zone” in Syria where it could relocate one million Syrian refugees is woefully misguided and dangerous – and bound to fail. Turkey’s military operations in northeast Syria could displace civilians currently living […]
Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk
(Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – The Turkish offensive in Northeast Syria points to urgent need for the Turkish Armed Forces, Kurdish-led forces, and all other local armed groups to make protecting civilians and respect for human rights a priority in their operations, Human Rights Watch said today. Human rights priorities for Turkish forces […]
US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk: Expanded ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Undermines Due Process
( 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 […]
As New Rallies Break out, Egypt must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest: Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding Egypt’s obligations under international human rights law, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should immediately release all those arrested for solely exercising their rights. Media reports and videos posted on social media on the evening of September 20, 2019 show thousands of […]
Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?
By Stephanie Hancock, Media Manager | – (Human Rights Watch) – “The future for our defence sector is a very bright one.” So said Fleur Thomas, head of exports for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, as her government prepares to help host Europe’s biggest arms fair in London this week. Many foreign countries will […]
India, Infringing Basic Freedoms, must Restore Kashmir’s Internet, Phones
( Human Rights Watch) – (New York) – The Indian government’s lengthy shutdown of the internet and telephones in Jammu and Kashmir inflicts disproportionate harm on the population and should be immediately lifted, Human Rights Watch said today. The disruption to services since August 5, 2019, has exacerbated an information blackout, stopped families from communicating, […]
Civilian Casualties Mount in Indiscriminate Fighting in Yemen
By Priyanka Motaparthy | Acting Emergencies Director | – Clashes between pro-government and separatist forces have wracked the city of Aden in Yemen for the past several days, causing numerous casualties in the fiercest fighting the city has seen since the start of the war. While fighting has paused, it could resume at any time. […]
US Homeland Security could return Syrian Refugees in US to Violence, Arrest, Torture under al-Assad
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 […]
3 Years Ago, the UN made a Database of Companies Facilitating Illegal Israel Squatting In Palestine: Where is It?
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