By Abier Almasri | – ( Human Rights Watch) – On Saturday, Palestinians in Gaza will head to the fences with Israel that effectively serve as their prison wall– as they have done for over a year, since they began weekly demonstrations against Israel’s more than decade-long closure of Gaza. I’ve spent much of the […]
Golan: Trump Shift Denies Syrians’ Rights under International Law (HRW)
Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – A decision by the Trump administration to deny the reality of Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights would demonstrate disregard for the protections due to the Syrian population under international humanitarian law, Human Rights Watch said. Particularly amid continuing, serious rights abuses by Israel in the Golan Heights, Syrian residents […]
UN Must Name Names of Companies helping Israel to Flood Squatters into Palestinian West Bank
Item 7 General Debate (Human Rights Watch) – As Israeli authorities expand settlements at an “unprecedented high level,” in the words of a recent European Union report, it is more urgent than ever that the High Commissioner for Human Rights release the long-awaited report on the database of businesses facilitating illegal Israeli settlements. Settlements are […]
Bangladesh to Exile 100K Rohingya Refugees to an Island “Prison”
By Brad Adams, Asia Director | – (Human Rights Watch) – Relocating Refugees to Unsafe Island Would Risk Lives, Livelihoods Bangladesh authorities say they will soon start relocating over 100,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. Officials said this is necessary to reduce pressure on the world’s largest […]
UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi
Geneva (Human Rights Watch) – A joint statement by 36 countries on March 7, 2019 calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record was a landmark step toward justice and accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. The statement, delivered by Iceland at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, condemns the murder […]
Iran’s Bizarre Prosecution and Torture of . . . Environmentalists?
Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Iran’s judicial authorities are violating fair trial standards in the case of eight environmentalists who have been detained for over a year, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should immediately open an impartial and transparent investigation into the torture allegations the accused have raised during the trial. On January 30, […]
Top Ten Reasons Saudi Women are Running away from their Country
Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Rahaf Mohammed, the Saudi woman who managed to successfully flee her allegedly abusive family, has shed new light on the countless women trapped under the abusive male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today. Women face systematic discrimination and are left exposed to domestic violence under the […]
From Rights Abuses to Yemen War Crimes, Saudi Can’t Escape Spotlight
Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman faced scrutiny over the country’s human rights record in 2018 following the murder of a prominent journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, by Saudi agents at the country’s Istanbul consulate on October 2, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2019. The scrutiny […]
Bahrain Upholds 5-Year Sentence on Critic of Yemen War, Human Rights Violations
(Human Rights Watch) (Beirut) – The Bahrain Court of Cassation, the country’s court of last resort, on December 31, 2018 upheld a five-year sentence for Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights defender, Human Rights Watch said today. The sentence arose from comments criticizing torture in a Bahrain prison and the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen. […]
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