Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr to publicly order police to end their war on drugs. This, has led to the killings of thousands of suspects since the previous administration launched it in 2016. The…
Rights Group calls Ethiopian, Tigrayan truce a ‘crucial opportunity’
Human Rights Watch said Friday that a truce reached by Ethiopia and Tigrayan authorities earlier in the week “provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe.” The cessation of hostilities…
Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim countries after top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, drawing accusations of blasphemy across some Arab nations that have left New Delhi…
CIA-backed paramilitary ‘death squads’ guilty of war crimes in Afghanistan – HRW (RT)
With aid and training from the CIA, Afghan paramilitary forces have carried out a spree of war crimes and other “grave” abuses against civilians – including torture and executions – an investigation by Human Rights Watch found. Interviewing eyewitnesses, US…
Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi woman blocks Bangkok deportation move (BBC)
A young Saudi woman who says she has fled her family in fear for her life has barricaded herself in her hotel room at Bangkok airport. Thai immigration officials want to return Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, to Kuwait, where her…
Female students in Senegal’s schools sexually exploited by teachers, HRW says (CNN)
Fanta was just 16 when she began having sex with her 30-year-old teacher. A year later, she found out she was pregnant by him. The teacher denied he impregnated the student when her father tried to make him accept the…