Forces linked to Russia operating in the Central African Republic have executed, tortured, and beaten civilians since 2019, according to Human Rights Watch.
After Kenneth Roth steps down at the end of August, Human Rights Watch said deputy executive director Tirana Hassan will serve as interim executive director.
Mali says it killed 203 militants in the central region last month, but activists and Human Rights Watch say some 300 civilians were massacred in "the worst single atrocity" reported in the country's decade-long armed conflict.
Human Rights Watch estimated that about 300 people were killed in total in the town of Moura in volatile central Mali, with the vast majority of the victims being ethnic Fulanis.
El Salvador has enacted a state of emergency to fight a new spike in homicides while thousands of Haitians demonstrate against a lack of governmental support to protect their population from gangs.
The increased indiscriminate attacks by Myanmar's military in the country's eastern region have killed and displaced tens of thousands with air attacks constituting "war crimes."
Older people face a particular pattern of abuse during armed conflict, yet humanitarian assistance standards fail to meet older people’s specific assistance needs, Human Rights Watch warns.
Israel accuses Navi Pillay, UN investigation head, of "championing an anti-Israel agenda," further straining tense ties between Tel Aviv and Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Australia detains immigrants for an average of 689 days, a period 12 times longer than the US, Human Rights Watch says.
Human Rights Watch denounced the use of "assigned residences" to detain opponents of President Kais Saied, calling on authorities to "use the legal, fully transparent route to allow for a judicial challenge".
The Taliban has launched a series of raids on women's rights activists, forcing them to change safe houses daily to avoid arrest, according to activists.
Rights groups have for years raised alarm over online hate speech and misinformation stoking anti-Muslim tensions in India, Facebook's largest market by the number of users.
Subscribe to our Youtube channel for all latest in-depth, on the ground reporting from around the world.
Copyright © 2022 TRT World.
Like
Follow