Myanmar: Japan-trained general linked to offending forces
(Tokyo) – A myanmar army general who received military training Japan Served as a high-ranking officer in a regional command who has been implicated in serious abuse in ethnic minority…
Philippine activist arrested for cyber libel
Philippine Police on Monday Arrested Walden Bello, a 76-year-old social worker, academic, and former congressman, on charges of cyber-humiliation at his home in Quezon City. The arrest was based on…
Brazil: Indigenous rights in grave danger
(Sao Paulo) – The Brazil The government has adopted policies that seriously jeopardize their rights indigenous People, Human Rights Watch said today, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. President…
Former Haitian sports minister arrested for alleged sexual abuse
Thank you for the courage of the survivors and whistleblowers, HaitiThe government is taking important steps to bring the top sports officials involved in child abuse to justice and out…
Japan: Press Cambodia to end trade union action
(Tokyo) – The Japani government should press Cambodian Human Rights Watch said today that authorities have stopped using public buses funded by Japan to forcibly remove striking workers from picket…
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and the IMF
Sri Lanka’s economic turmoil has become an outright political crisis and humanitarian emergency, government default on his debt in May, for the first time in its history, after years economic…
Burundi leader targets rights groups
head of BurundiThe ruling political party this week delivered a horrific speech at a public event in memory of Lieutenant General Adolphe Nishimirmina, who was killed seven years ago, before…
Afghanistan: the economic crisis is subject to massive hunger
(Washington DC) – Afghanistanhumanitarian crisis cannot be effectively addressed unless United States of america Human Rights Watch said today that other governments are easing restrictions on the country’s banking sector…
Beijing reaps the bitter fruit of its own propaganda
“F***, she got off the plane!” A man in China screams as he breaks chairs a Video Posted on the popular Chinese microblog platform Weibo. “She” refers to Nancy Pelosi,…
Dutch decision helps EU protect Syrian asylum seekers
DenmarkThe controversial move to designate parts of Syria ‘Safe’, paving the way for the possible return of hundreds of Syrian refugees, is losing ground. Intervention comes through the State Council…