UNITED NATIONS: The past 12 months marked a “formidable” year for suppression of human rights, with world leaders ignoring violations in Sudan and Gaza, and against marginalized groups like the Uighurs, a monitor said Friday. In its world report for 2024 Human Rights Watch singled out
RIYADH: Between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen into the oil-rich kingdom, according to a new Human Rights Watch report released on Monday. The report comes as Saudi Arabia implements an
Sydney: Over 31,000 Sikhs voted for Khalistan Referendum in Sydney amid stiff resistance from the Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal campaign to stop Sikhs from holding the third phase of the referendum in Australia. The Sydney phase of the Khalistan Referendum was organised
London: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the government of Pakistan to protect citizens’ rights to land and livelihood as it develops a new infrastructure such as the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project. The rights watchdog, in a statement, shared that the authorities were “forcibly
Dhaka: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military
Jerusalem: Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged that new Israeli rules for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territory into "another Gaza," cutting residents off from the outside world. The regulations, which have faced waves of condemnation from the European Union (EU) and the
Dhaka: Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Tuesday accused Bangladesh's police of abusing the Rohingya refugees in the congested camps in the southern border district of Cox's Bazar. In a report published Tuesday, HRW said: “APBn (Bangladesh's Armed Police Battalion) is committing extortion, arbitrary arrest, and harassment
New York: International Human Rights watchdog denounced BJP-led Modi government for intensifying multiple level of human rights violations in India. Human Rights Watch an international non-governmental organization published a report recently on title “World Reports 2021: Rights trends in India’. It highlights the incidents happened
Kyiv: Russia’s war in Ukraine has wrought a devastating toll on civilians and shattered civilian life in much of the country, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023. Russian forces have committed apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, summary executions, and
London: Children repatriated from camps for former Daesh families in northeast Syria are “building new lives” in their home countries, according to Human Rights Watch report published on Monday.