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SYRIAN GOVERNMENT USING BANNED SOVIET-MADE CLUSTER BOMBS, KILLING CIVILIANS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS


Syrian government using banned Soviet-made cluster bombs, Amnesty International says... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 35

SAUDI 'FREEZES BANK ACCOUNTS' OF MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF


'Rights concerns' On Wednesday, US-based Human Rights Watch HRW said in a statementthe mass arrests carried out by Saudi Arabia raises human rights concerns... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 3324

HRW: SAUDI ARABIA HATE SPEECH STILL TARGETS MINORITIES


Despite Saudi Arabia's poor record on religious freedom, the US has shielded Saudi Arabia from possible sanctions under US law, HRW's Whitson said... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 1571

DEATHS OF CIVILIANS IN SYRIA AIRSTRIKES PROMPT CRITICISM OF US-LED COALITION


Syria war Human Rights Watch criticises deaths of civilians in airstrikes by US-led coalition... READ MORE

24th September, 2017 67

HRW: SAUDI-LED AIR STRIKES IN YEMEN ARE 'WAR CRIMES'


Human Rights Watch has accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of committing war crimes, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 2351

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EXCLUSIVE: OVERRULING DIPLOMATS, U.S. TO DROP IRAQ, MYANMAR FROM CHILD SOLDIERS' LIST


Human Rights Watch said in January that it had learned that militias had been recruiting child soldiers from one Iraqi refugee camp since last spring... READ MORE

24th June, 2017 9022

EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS APPARENTLY KILLED UNARMED MEN


It also comes after human rights groups accused the Egyptian military of killing up to 10 men in January in a staged counterterrorism raid in Sinai... READ MORE

21st April, 2017 7050

HOW THE WORLD VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS, COUNTRY BY COUNTRY


12 18PM GMT 02 Feb 2015 This map provides a snapshot of the human rights violations identified by Human Rights Watch HRW in their 25th annual review... READ MORE

2nd February, 2015 3292

ISRAEL DENIES VISAS TO STAFF FROM 'HOSTILE' HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH


We have little relations with governments in North Korea, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Cuba and Venezuela where there is zero appetite for human rights engagement, Shakir said... READ MORE

25th February, 2017 3207

HRW SEEKS INFORMATION ON SAUDI ARABIA'S NAYEF


Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to explain whether its former crown prince has been under house arrest since he was overthrown last month... READ MORE

27th July, 2017 3047

ISRAEL CALLS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH A PROPAGANDA TOOL, SAYS IT IS NOT WELCOME


This is not a club that Israel wants to join, said Sari Bashi, Israel and Palestine advocacy director for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

24th February, 2017 2848

IRAQI FORCES ACCUSED OF KILLING CIVILIANS NEAR MOSUL


Iraqi denial Later on Thursday, Iraq's federal police issued a statement denying its forces had been involved in extrajudicial killings... READ MORE

10th November, 2016 2743

ALEPPO GRIPPED BY BARREL BOMB FEARS


Satellite photos and witness accounts show the brutality unleashed on parts of Aleppo, according to Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

10th February, 2015 2439

EMERGENCE OF POPULIST LEADERS THREATENS DEMOCRACY, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH


Companies needed to take a clear, unequivocal stance that did not tolerate links to human rights abuses anywhere in their operations and supply chains, said Zeid... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 2158

WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME


Saudi officials first proposed allowing women to vote in 2005, according to Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

12th December, 2015 1970

FROM SAUDI VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW TO WESTERN COMPLICITY IN GENOCIDE


Armed with American and British ammunition and European warplanes, among other Western-supported military hardware, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has wreaked havoc in Yemen since March 2015... READ MORE

15th March, 2017 1853

FIRST WOMEN ELECTED TO OFFICE IN SAUDI ARABIA


Saudi officials first proposed allowing women to vote in 2005, according to Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

13th December, 2015 1780

EGYPT BLOCKS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WEBSITE


Human Rights Watch report claims Egyptian authorities used arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances and torture... READ MORE

8th September, 2017 1718

ALLEGED SAUDI COALITION STRIKE ON REFUGEE BOAT CONDEMNED BY HRW


UNHCR said it was appalled by the deaths of refugees. All parties to the conflict denied involvement in the attack... READ MORE

26th March, 2017 1563

DEADLY AIR STRIKE HITS MARKET IN YEMEN


More than 45 civilians reported killed at livestock market in apparent air strike by Saudi-led coalition... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 928

SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS


There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

4th December, 2015 887

CLUSTER BOMBS USED IN FIVE COUNTRIES REPORT SAYS


The Cluster Munitions Coalition report said cluster bombs were dropped on two locations in Libya this year, but there was no clarity on who was responsible... READ MORE

3rd September, 2015 865

ANALYSIS | SAUDI WOMEN NEED PERMISSION FROM MALE GUARDIANS FOR LIFE CHOICES. WILL NEW REFORMS HELP END THIS?


Last month, more outrage flowed when Saudi Arabia was elected by U.N... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 787

MASS RAPE IN DARFUR: SUDANESE ARMY BLAMED FOR MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON WOMEN


Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch, labelled the attacks a new low in the catalog of atrocities in Darfur ... READ MORE

12th February, 2015 678

HOUTHI LEADER ACCUSES UK OF WAR CRIMES IN YEMEN OVER ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA


Houthi leader accuses UK of war crimes in Yemen over arms sales to Saudi Arabia -- RT News... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 561

WOMEN IN INDONESIA SUBJECTED TO PAINFUL 'VIRGINITY TESTS' TO JOIN POLICE FORCE


The Government in Indonesia is subjecting female recruits for its national police to painful and traumatic virginity tests, a human rights watchdog has found... READ MORE

19th November, 2014 531

YEMEN'S HOUTHI REBELS ARREST ACTIVIST HISHAM AL-OMEISY


On August 12, Hisham al-Omeisy tweeted to his 23,700 followers Armed goons backed by corrupt officials are forcefully taking real estate in Sanaa... READ MORE

18th August, 2017 515

SAUDI WOMAN'S PLEA FOR HELP EXPOSES RUNAWAYS' PLIGHT


In Saudi Arabia, activists tracking her plea for help attempted to meet Lasloom at Riyadh airport overnight Wednesday... READ MORE

17th April, 2017 503

IRAN ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OF ATTACKING EMBASSY


The deepening enmity between Iran and Saudi Arabia has threatened to worsen conflicts across the region, including the civil war that began in Yemen last year... READ MORE

7th January, 2016 409

IRAQ 'INVESTIGATING MOSUL CLIFF KILLING VIDEO'


Human rights groups say they have received numerous witness reports of torture and executions in Mosul... READ MORE

13th July, 2017 393

THE TRAGIC STORY OF A DEAD BABY SHOWS THE TERRIBLE TOLL OF YEMEN'S WAR


In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016, photo, infant Udai Faisal, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, is hospitalized at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen... READ MORE

31st March, 2016 379

INDONESIA'S FEMALE POLICE RECRUITS SUBJECTED TO VIRGINITY TESTS


Indonesia's predominant religion is Islam, and, even though premarital sex is common, officials and religious leaders still place a high value on female virginity... READ MORE

18th November, 2014 355

INDONESIA'S FEMALE POLICE RECRUITS SUBJECTED TO VIRGINITY TESTS


Indonesia's predominant religion is Islam, and, even though premarital sex is common, officials and religious leaders still place a high value on female virginity... READ MORE

18th November, 2014 287

REPORT: RUSSIA IN 'DAILY CLUSTER BOMB ATTACKS' IN SYRIA


At a December news conference, Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian military, denied allegations that the air force has stockpiled cluster munitions in Syria... READ MORE

9th February, 2016 215

RIGHTS GROUP, ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY SAY RELATIVES JAILED AFTER MELBOURNE PROTEST


Human Rights Watch is urging the Australian government to negotiate the immediate release of anybody detained as a result of the Melbourne rally... READ MORE

7th November, 2016 192


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