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Myanmar forces 'deliberately' killed dozens of anti-coup protesters

The killing of at least 65 protesters in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon earlier this year was "planned" and premeditated, says Human Rights Watch.

For the US judiciary, corporate interests outweigh human rights

The arrest of environmental lawyer Steven Donziger is yet another example of an ongoing pattern of corporations using the US legal system to intimidate advocacy organisations and activists.

Silence in the face of Shia militia atrocities will ensure Daesh returns

The impunity enjoyed by the militias and continued collective punishment against Sunnis can only lead to civil war.

Syria unsafe for any refugee return from host countries - HRW

Human Rights Watch report shed light that Damascus operates a mafia-style intelligence state where returnees face brutality even after signing a “reconciliation” document.

Eritrean forces and Tigray's militias committed 'evident war crimes'

Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have engaged in killings, rape, and other fatal assaults against refugees, says a new HRW report.

Rights group: Brazil's Bolsonaro blocking critics on social media

Human Rights Watch’s Brazil director Maria Laura Canineu said Jair Bolsonaro is trying to rid his social media accounts of people and institutions that disagree with him and turn them into spaces where only applause is allowed.

Indonesian army to terminate archaic “virginity tests”

The compulsory check-up in the recruitment process of female cadets has been called abusive and discriminatory by human rights groups.

Why HRW is calling for an ICC inquiry into Israeli 'war crimes'

Human Rights Watch urges the necessity of an international inquiry into Israeli aggression on Gaza in May.

Iran’s water protests reveal an impending environmental crisis

Mismanagement of natural resources and poor policymaking and implementation has led to the water shortages — and confrontations — of today.

HRW says UAE detaining and deporting Pakistani Shias

The New York-based campaign group had previously said that hundreds of activists, academics and lawyers are serving lengthy sentences in UAE jails, often following unfair trials on vague and broad charges.

Why does Israel refuse to return the bodies of slain Palestinians?

Bodies of slain Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces kept in Israeli graves are identified by numbers and Human Rights Watch says they’re being used as “bargaining chips”.

South Korea failing to tackle digital sex crimes, rights group says

In 2019, almost 45 percent of sexual digital crime cases were dropped by the country’s prosecution, compared to 19 percent of robbery cases and 27.7 percent of homicides, a report by Human Rights Watch says.