Chad: No Redress for Ex-Dictator’s Victims
Families of Habré’s victims demonstrate in Ndjaména, 2005. © 2005 Stephanie Hancock/HRW (Nairobi) – The Chadian government has yet to provide reparations ordered
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Human Right Violations
UK LGBT Hate Crimes Stats Make Shocking Reading
Revellers wave flags during a gay pride parade in downtown Madrid, Spain, July 2, 2016. © 2016 Reuters New hate
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Canada: Make First Nations Water Supply a Priority
Aerial photo of the vast freshwater resources in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada. October 2018. © 2019 Human Rights
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EU: Sanction Nicaraguans for Grave Abuses
An officer of the National Police shoots at a group of people outside the shopping mall Metrocentro in Managua, Nicaragua,
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Azerbaijan: Peaceful Rallies Dispersed Violently
A women’s rights protester is detained by police in Baku on October 20. © 2019 REUTERS/Aziz Karimov (Berlin) – Azerbaijan
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Monday’s Daily Brief: Online hate, gender equality in Africa, Chile protests, African migrants in Europe, Security Council in South Sudan
Companies ‘failing’ to address offline harm incited by online hate: UN expert States and companies are “failing” when it comes
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Lebanon Plan to Address Protest Grievances Falls Short
Lebanese riot police fire tear gas during a protest against government’s plans to impose new taxes in Beirut, Lebanon, October 18,
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Companies ‘failing’ to address offline harm incited by online hate: UN expert
Cautioning that hate speech runs the risk of being devalued as a term, David Kaye stressed the real dangers posed
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UN rights chief urges ‘immediate dialogue’ to end Chile unrest
At least eight people have died and more than 40 have been injured in protests against rising inequality. The demonstrations
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More than 90 per cent of Africa migrants would make perilous Europe journey again, despite the risks
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) report, Scaling Fences: Voices of Irregular African Migrants to Europe, sets out to find out
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Cambodia: Wave of Opposition Arrests
Profiles of political prisoners on HRW Cambodia Political Prisoner webpage. (New York) – The Cambodian government should cease arresting and
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Japan: Hold Myanmar to Account for Atrocities
Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at an investment seminar organized by the Japan External Trade Organization in Tokyo
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Lebanon: Security Forces Use Excessive Force Against Protesters
Thousands of protesters gathered across Beirut decrying what they called the government’s corruption and economic mismanagement and calling for its
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Bosnia Should Immediately Close Inhumane Migrant Camp
Migrants and asylum seekers in camp Vucjak where 2,500 people are now living in inhumane conditions without water, electricity, and medical
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Libya: Deadly Airstrike Apparently Unlawful
(Beirut) – An airstrike by the Libyan National Army (LNA), on a home in a residential area of Tripoli on
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