Human Rights Watch (2018-09-06). Qatar: End All Migrant Worker Exit Visas. hrw.org Migrant laborers work at a construction site at Aspire Zone in Doha, March 26, 2016. | © 2016 Naseem Zeitoon/Reuters | (Beirut) — The bill that Qatar's emir signed on September 4, 2018 n…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-06). Iran Intensifies Crackdown On Rights Defenders. iranian.com Iranian authorities have ramped up their crackdown against human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. Since August 31, 2018, they have arrested four more human rights defenders, as well as Reza Khandan, husband of the prominent imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, all in Tehran. The authorities should immediately release these human rights defenders, who […]

teleSUR (2018-09-06). US Forces Anti-Nicaragua Agenda On UN Security Council. mintpressnews.com The U.N. Security Council meeting will move forward with a controversial decision to discuss Nicaragua and Venezuela, even without the consensus of all 15 members. | On Tuesday, China, Russia, Bolivia and Ethiopia rejected the U.S. proposal to include Nicaragua and Venezuela on the council agenda, saying the two Latin American countries pose no international security threat and that doing so could jeopardize peace efforts. | Equatorial Guinea and Kuwait were also hesitant to convene the conversation. | Despite the opposition, the United States proceeded to include Nicaragua and Venezuela on the agenda for the Security Council meeting, being presided over by the United States. | Last week, President Daniel Ortega dismissed a lengthy U.N. High Commission for Human Rights report regarding protests that took place between April 18 and August 18, calling its conclusions biased. | According to the Ortega…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-06). British Conservatives Should Stand Up for Democracy in Europe. hrw.org Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks up during a plenary session at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, Belgium April 26, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters | It can't be easy being a British Conservative member of the European…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-06). Bulgaria Stands up for the Rights of People With Disabilities. hrw.org Restrains on a bed in a seclusion room in a psychiatric hospital in southwest Croatia. | © 2014 Emina ƒÜerimoviƒá/Human Rights Watch | This is the story of how a key political body within the Counc…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-06). Iran Intensifies Crackdown On Rights Defenders. iranian.com Iranian authorities have ramped up their crackdown against human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. Since August 31, 2018, they have arrested four more human rights defenders, as well as Reza Khandan, husband of the prominent imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, all in Tehran. The authorities should immediately release these human rights defenders, who […]

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amnesty (2018-09-06). Idleb: Millions in Need of Protection. The World Must Act Now. amnesty.org …

amnesty (2018-09-06). Where are they? Their loved ones deserve to know. amnesty.org …

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). UN Rights Council Needs to Stem Nicaragua Crisis Now. hrw.org 04 August 2018, Nicaragua, Managua: Demonstration in support of doctors arbitrarily dismissed by the Nicaraguan Health Ministry authorities in apparent retaliation for participating in protests or otherwise disagreeing with gover…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). Rights Groups Form Coalition To "Protect the Protest" in US. hrw.org Activists protest construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Washington D.C., 2017. | © 2017 Vlad Tchompalov via Unsplash | Today in the United States, 18 human rights and environmental groups — including Huma…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). Support Grows for Killer Robots Ban. hrw.org At the United Nations in Geneva the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots called on governments to not allow the development of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without any human intervention. | © 2018 Mary…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). Iran: Intensified Crackdown on Rights Defenders. hrw.org Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015. | © Private 2015 | (Beirut) —

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). Prisoners Striking for Fair Wages, Humane Conditions Deserve Support. hrw.org Women in the David L. Moss Correctional Center attend a parenting class, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2017. | © Family & Children's Services | Nearly 2,000 prisoners fighting wildfires in California this summer are being paid Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). US: Deported Parents' Agonizing Wait. hrw.org Hundreds of children remain detained in the United States and separated from their parents more than five weeks after a court-ordered deadline to reunify them. About 360 of these still-separated parents were deported alone without the children with whom they traveled to the US. | (Tegucigalpa) — Hun…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). Mauritania: Rape Survivors at Risk. hrw.org The criminalization of sexual relations outside marriage in Mauritania puts rape survivors at risk. The law deters them from filing complaints because they could themselves face prosecution. | (Nouakchott) — The criminalization of sexual relations outside marriage in Mauritania puts rape survivors at risk, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The law deters them from filing complaints because they could themselves face prosecution. | The 90-page report, "'They Told Me to Keep Quiet': Obstacles to Justice and Remedy for Sexual Assault Survivors in Mauritania," found that when survivors do come forward, police and judicial investigators do not respect their rights and dignity. Human Rights Watch found that investigative procedures do not ensure privacy or confidentiality, rarely offer the possibility to interact with female officials, and can turn into an investigation of the rape survivor's moral character.

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-05). Iran's Student Activists Denied an Education. hrw.org University students cross a street during a snow storm in Tehran November 8, 2010. | © 2010 Reuters/Caren Firouz | This time of year in Iran, graduate school applicants learn if they've been accepted into the programs they've s…

Gracie Bradley (2018-09-05). UK Complicity in Post-9/11 Torture and Rendition, We're Still Waiting for the Truth. globalresearch.ca The prohibition on torture is one of the few absolute rights. Its use can never be justified, regardless of the circumstances. | After 9/11, the USA engaged in an appalling programme of …

aclu (2018-09-05). Congress, Don't Throw More Money at Donald Trump's Weaponized Department of Homeland Security. aclu.org A bigger DHS budget would reward the White House's cruel immigration enforcement policies of detention and deportation. | As summer ends, the country's political eyes are focusing even more intently on midterm elections. Although a new Congress is not far away, there remain major budgetary issues to resolve. The most immediate deadline for people concerned about President Trump's immigration policies is September 30, when fiscal year 2018 ends. , , For the Department of Homeland Security, reports Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2018-09-04). Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partners with Discovery Education to launch new education program. therealnews.com Khalilah Harris and Kerry Kennedy discuss RFK Human Rights' launch of the Speak Truth To Power education initiative; engaging young people in schools to be aware of and take action on global human rights issues; and, the need to support teachers with the right tools and resources to be effective in the classroom

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-04). An Opportunity for LGBT Rights in Ecuador. hrw.org Activists take part during the World Pride Parade 2017 in Quito, Ecuador on July 1, 2017. | © 2017 Patricio Realpe/Getty Images | When two same-sex couples went to the civil registry in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador to get married l…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-04). Nepal's Rape Survivors Need Answers. hrw.org Nepalese women protest against what they say is an increase in violence against women and demanding that the government implement stronger laws, in Kathmandu on January 3, 2013. | © 2013 Reuters | One person was killed and several were injur…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-04). Tens of Thousands in Chemnitz Stand Up to Far-Right Extremism. hrw.org A flag is flown which states 'Racism Kills' as people arrive to attend an open-air concert under the motto: 'We Are More' on September 3, 2018 in Chemnitz, Germany. | © 2018 Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-04). Who should be punished – Those behind a massacre or the people who expose it? hrw.org Monday September 3 was a black day for freedom of the press and the rule of law in Myanmar. A court in Yangon sentenced Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, to seven years in prison for allegedly violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act as they investigated a massacre of Rohingya Muslims. Trial evidence indicates that police purposefully handed them documents to "trap" them. | The burning question facing Myanmar is whether Preside…

Aba Blankson (2018-09-03). NAACP Supports Prisoners Across the Nation Protesting Long Sentences, Inhumane Conditions, and Forced Labor. naacp.org As the nation celebrates Labor Day, we must recognize those that labor every day for pennies per hour in prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country. Many imprisoned individuals are conducting peaceful protests to call for an end to unnecessarily long sentences, prison conditions that respect human rights, and fair wages for a day's […]

Hatewatch Staff (2018-09-03). Hatewatch Headlines 9/4/18. splcenter.org Human rights groups urge senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as hearings begin today; should Trump's evangelical advisers be exempt from disclosure laws? Mollie Tibbetts family says don't use her death to advance racism, and more.

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-03). Cluster Munition Coalition Statement on Stockpile Destruction to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Eighth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva. hrw.org When we released Cluster Munition Monitor 2018 last Thursday, we highlighted the untarnished compliance record regarding the convention's core prohibitions. One of the most visible examples is seen in stockpile destruction, where all of the first states with cluster munitions to ratify the convention destroyed their stocks within the convention's eight-year deadline. | This achievement shows the world that States Parties take their obligations seriously and are committed to implementation. It also demonstrates to states considering joining the Convention on Cluster Munitions that the provisions are not overly bur…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-03). Venezuela: Refugee Crisis Requires Concerted Regional Response. hrw.org Venezuela's deepening crisis has triggered the largest migration flow of its kind in recent Latin American history. Governments in the Americas should develop a collective and uniform response to the exodus of people fleeing Venezuela. | (New York) — Governments in the Americas should develop a col…

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-03). Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth. hrw.org Wa Lone arrives for a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, June 18, 2018. | © 2018 Reuters | (Bangkok) — A Myanmar court's conviction of two Reuters journalists on politically motivated charge…

Aba Blankson (2018-09-03). NAACP Supports Prisoners Across the Nation Protesting Long Sentences, Inhumane Conditions, and Forced Labor. naacp.org As the nation celebrates Labor Day, we must recognize those that labor every day for pennies per hour in prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country. Many imprisoned individuals are conducting peaceful protests to call for an end to unnecessarily long sentences, prison conditions that respect human rights, and fair wages for a day's […]

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-02). Yemen: Coalition Bus Bombing Apparent War Crime. hrw.org People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children, in a photograph taken on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen. | © 2018 Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images | Update:
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Debbie Nathan (2018-09-02). A 5-Year-Old Girl in Immigrant Detention Nearly Died of an Untreated Ruptured Appendix. theintercept.com A 5-year-old girl fell gravely ill while in Border Patrol custody in McAllen, Texas. Her mother repeatedly sought medical care before her appendix ruptured.

Human Rights Watch (2018-09-01). Libya: Civilians Killed in Tripoli Clashes. hrw.org (Beirut) — Rival armed groups have killed at least 18 civilians, including four children, since clashes broke out in the southern suburbs of Tripoli on August 26, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Armed groups should urgently allow the hundreds of civilians trapped to leave and allow safe passage of humanitarian and medical aid and take all feasible precautions to avoid or minimize harm to civilians. | theintercept.com Delaware Sen. Tom Carper portrayed himself as a health care populist at the Democratic primary debate this week, championing his role in writing and defending the Affordable Care Act and declaring, "We oughta re-import drugs from Canada." | The policy announcement came as the senior senator has sought to recast himself before the September 6 primary. The Carper campaign television advertisement currently blanketing the state proclaims that he "fights back" against Republican threats to the Affordable Care Act. | Carper, who has served for 41 years in elected office in Delaware, is facing a progressive challenge from Kerri Evelyn Harris, a community activist and Air Force veteran vying to be the state's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. | But the Delaware senator's new approach might be puzzling for some observers. Carper has generally adopted a moderate, business-friendly approach to health care.

amnesty (2018-08-31). Guatemala: President Morales tries to stop the fight against impunity. amnesty.org Reacting to the decision of the government of Jimmy Morales to revoke the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: | "The government's decision not to renew the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, just when Congress should be analyzing the preliminary hearing against President Jimmy Morales, is another maneuver to weaken the fight against impunity in the country." | | "The unusual deployment and presence of security forces in front of the Commission and during the president's announcement is an effort to intimidate the people and institutions working for justice and human rights. The government cannot lead the country to repeat its shameful history of decades gone by."

amnesty (2018-08-31). Nicaragua: In its attempt to avoid international scrutiny, government makes apparent its responsibility for human rights violations. amnesty.org Following the decision of President Daniel Ortega's government to expel the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mission one day after the presentation of its report "Human Rights Violations and Abuses in the Context of the Protests in Nicaragua", on the serious crisis which the country has been facing since 18 April of this year, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said…

amnesty (2018-08-31). Open letter to all the Pacific Islands Forum leaders: Protect and promote the rights of human rights defenders. amnesty.org Amnesty International is writing to express our concerns regarding the increasing risks and challenges faced by human rights defenders in the region, and to urge your government to demonstrate commitment to protect and promote the rights of those who defend human rights.

Joe Emersberger (2018-08-31). From Venezuela to McCain, Media and Human Rights Industry on Same Page. fair.org On August 20, the Economist ran an article on Venezuela saying that "forced migration from the country might surpass the Syria crisis." The magazine reported: The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates that at the end of 2017 approximately 1.6 million Venezuelans were living outside their country. Today that number is likely to be far […]…

RT (2018-08-31). Pentagon seeking contractors to train Saudi pilots on US soil amid bloody Yemen air campaign. rt.com The Pentagon plans to hire private contractors to train Saudi military pilots on US soil, documents show. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the move disturbing amid outcry over US involvement in Saudi Arabia's air campaign in Yemen.

Joe Emersberger (2018-08-31). From Venezuela to McCain, Media and Human Rights Industry on Same Page. fair.org On August 20, the Economist ran an article on Venezuela saying that "forced migration from the country might surpass the Syria crisis." The magazine reported: The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates that at the end of 2017 approximately 1.6 million Venezuelans were living outside their country. Today that number is likely to be far […]…

amnesty (2018-08-31). Belarus: Detention of journalists, harassment of independent media and new unduly restrictive legislation mark a low point for freedom of expression. amnesty.org The right to freedom of expression in Belarus has been dealt a series of severe blows in recent weeks, as the authorities' crusade against journalists and independent media outlets continues. The latest moves by the Belarusian authorities demonstrate their resolve to eliminate all critical voices in the country and deprive people in Belarus of the opportunity to freely access, share and disseminate information and ideas.

amnesty (2018-08-31). The US should have no part in war crimes in Yemen. amnesty.org Note: This originally appeared in the Washington Post. | The bus brimming with singing children on a field trip had stopped for snacks at a market in Sada, northern Yemen, when it was hit by a now-infamous air strike. The Saudi Arabia-led coalition attack on August 9, which it claimed was a "legitimate military action," killed 51 people, including more than 40 children. | When I spoke to the director of nearby Jamhouri hospital afterwards, he described how the blast was so powerful that, instead of corpses arriving at the morgue, it was a mangled mess of severed limbs and body parts. So many childhoods snuffed out in an instant, using what appears to be a U.S.-manufactured and -supplied Lockheed Martin precision-guided bomb found at the site. |

amnesty (2018-08-31). Further Information: Iran: Iranian Kurd facing imminent execution: Ramin Hossein Panahi. amnesty.org Ramin Hossein Panahi, from Iran's Kurdish minority, was moved to Raja'i Shahr prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 13 August in preparation for his execution. He started a hunger strike on 26 August, after which he was immediately removed from the prison's general ward. He has not been heard from since. He is at imminent risk of execution.

amnesty (2018-08-31). Syria: Statement to the Astana Working Group on detentions and abductions in the Syrian conflict. amnesty.org In this document, non-governmental organizations express concern at the failure of the Syrian government to disclose more information about the deaths of arbitrarily detained and disappeared people in conjunction with government's update of the civil registries records and, in some cases, issuance of death notices that state the cause of death, and to urge you to take immediate steps to address the continuing government policies of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and enforced disappearances in a comprehensive and just manner.

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amnesty (2018-08-31). إلى مجموعة عمل الآستانة حول الاعتقالات والاختطافات في الصراع السوري. amnesty.org نراسلكم لنعبر عن قلقنا حيال عدم كشف الحكومة السورية عن المزيد من المعلومات بشأن حالات وفاة المحتجزين والمفقودين بصورة تعسفية بالتوافق مع تحديث الحكومة للسجلات المدنية وإصدارها، في بعض الحالات، وثائق وفاة تبيّن سبب الوفاة ولنح ثّكم على اتخاذ خطوات فورية لمواجهة سياسات الحكومة المستمرة في الاعتقال التعسفي وسوء المعاملة والاختفاء القسري بطريقة شاملة وعادلة.

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amnesty (2018-08-31). خطاب به کار گروه آستانه در ارتباط با بازداشتها و آدم ربایی ها در منازعه سوریه. amnesty.org با نوشتن این نامه نگرانی خود را از عدم افشای اطلاعات بیشترهنگام به روزرسانی سوابق ثبت احوال از سوی دولت سوریه دربارهی مرگ و میر افرادی که به طور خودسرانه بازداشت و ناپدید شده اند و در برخی موارد صدور اطلاعیه های فوت فاقد علت مرگ، ابراز می کنیم و از شما می خواهیم تا اقدامات فوری برای رسیدگی جامع و عادلانه نسبت به سیاست های مداوم دولت مبنی بر بازداشت خودسرانه، بدرفتاری و ناپدید شدن های اجباری را انجام دهید..

amnesty (2018-08-31). Taiwan: First execution under President Tsai Ing-wen a crushing setback to abolition hopes. amnesty.org Responding to the execution of a 39-year-old man in Taiwan today — the country's first execution since President Tsai Ing-wen came to office in 2016 — Amnesty International Taiwan's Acting Section Director, Annie Huang, said: | "It is deeply disappointing that Taiwan has decided to resume the implementation of a cruel punishment, especially after President Tsai Ing-wen had stated clearly that her government aims to abolish the death penalty. | "That pledge now rings hollow. Today's execution is a crushing setback to the abolitionist movement in Taiwan and an act that casts a shadow over Tsai's preside…

Democracy Now! (2018-08-31). Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony. democracynow.org In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the occupation—in part because M…

amnesty (2018-08-30). When human rights defenders are silenced, who will stand up for the rights of all? amnesty.org "It is painful to live not knowing where your loved one is. Every day I think that he will come back, or that someone will tell me that he has been found. I am always pained when my children ask where their father is. I don't have an answer for them." | In a moving account, Sheffra, the wife of Zimbabwean journalist Itai Dzamara, told of her painful search to find out what happened to her husband, who was last seen in 2015. Itai is just one of many people who have been forcibly disappeared, just for doing his job. | On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (August 30), and as the Last Process: 50 Citations 2018-09-06 08:12:45 GMT (02:13 MDT)