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Cuba – Clampdown on Artists, Journalists (HRW)

The Cuban government is committing systematic human rights abuses against independent artists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said today as it released a video on the...

Philippines – Drop Proposal for New Militia (HRW)

The Philippine government should immediately drop its plan to organize new militias that would worsen the country’s disastrous human rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today....

Malaysia – Raids on Migrants Hinder Vaccine Access (HRW)

The Malaysian government’s raids on irregular migrants are deterring people fearful of arrest and deportation from getting vaccinated for Covid-19, Human Rights Watch said today. These...

USA – Prioritize Home, Community-Based Services for Older People (HRW)

US lawmakers should prioritize support for home and community-based services for older people as part of the negotiations on infrastructure bills under way in...

Rohingya Refugees – Rohingya Refugees Facing Medical Crisis on Bhasan Char (Meenakshi Ganguly, HRW)

More than a quarter of the approximately 18,000 Rohingya refugees being held on Bangladesh’s silt island of Bhasan Char are reportedly suffering from a...

Protecting Miners – Does a New ‘Gold Standard’ Really Protect Miners? (Juliane Kippenberg, HRW)

Many products these days come with the promise that workers and communities all along their supply line are protected from abuse under a particular standard or...

Haiti – Prisoners in Haiti Still Face Horrendous Conditions (Nathalye Cotrino Villarreal, HRW)

“We are tired of living like this, we live worse than animals,” a Haitian prisoner recently told the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti...

Canada/Israel/Palestine – On Israel and Palestine, It’s Time for Canada to Recognize Reality (Farida Deif, Omar Shakir, HRW)

Foreign Minister Marc Garneau will visit Israel and the West Bank this week in an effort to advance “the goal of a comprehensive, just...

Gaza – Disability Rights Defender in Gaza Addresses UN (Abier Almasri, HRW)

Abeer al-Harakli, a 28-year-old disability rights defender from Gaza, addressed the United Nations earlier this month at the 14th session of the Conference of...

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