Pakistan: Don’t Try Civilians in Military Courts
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Pakistan: Don’t Try Civilians in Military Courts
The police in Pakistan have used abusive measures in the escalating confrontation between police and Imran Khan’s supporters.
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The government of India’s Prime Minister Modi is presiding over a dangerous regression in free speech rights in pursuit of its Hindu nationalist agenda. hrw.org/news/2021/02/0 #FarmersProtest
Pakistan’s Senate should urgently pass a bill that would make torture a criminal offense. trib.al/R4OHPyj
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#Pakistan’s military courts, which use secret procedures that deny due process rights, should not be used to prosecute civilians, even for crimes against the military.
#Pakistan’s military courts, which use secret procedures that deny due process rights, should not be used to prosecute civilians, even for crimes against the military.
India has banned a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 riots in Gujarat state.
The documentary highlighted a report that found Modi “directly responsible” for the “climate of impunity” enabling the violence.
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Pakistan: Mass Arrests Target Political Opposition
In Brazil, rights defender had posted several tweets about killings by the police in Rio de Janeiro. Yesterday, a car pulled alongside hers and opened fire, killing her. hrw.org/news/2018/03/1 … Photo by Mídia Ninja
This is rare 1920s footage of Greenwood, an African-American enclave in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greenwood’s abundance of Black-owned businesses and its prosperity earned it the nickname “Black Wall Street.” But 99 years ago, angry white mobs burned it to the ground. #TulsaRaceMassacre
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Tax officials in India have raided BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, just weeks after India banned a two-part BBC documentary criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to protect Muslim minorities.
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#Pakistan’s police have now carried out mass arrests and detained more than 4,000 people in the wake of protests over the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
More from in his #HumanRights newsletter today: trib.al/alvipjJ
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Israeli officials are committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution.
The world needs to act on behalf of the millions of Palestinians being institutionally discriminated against. hrw.org/news/2021/04/2 #Courage2FightApartheid
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“Denying people a fair trial is not the answer to Pakistan’s complex security and political challenges.”
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India: Journalists Covering #FarmersProtest Charged
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Pakistani police have carried out mass arrests and detained more than 4,000 people in the wake of protests over the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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New York City police carried out a plan to trap, assault, and arrest over 250 peaceful protesters in the South Bronx on June 4.
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Reckless Use of US Helicopters to Intimidate Protesters
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A hijab ban in Karnataka, India is violating the right to express one's religious beliefs.
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“The number you have called has been temporarily disconnected”
India: Release arbitrarily held detainees;
Restore Internet and phone communications;
#EndKashmirShutdown!
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For the first time ever, the US quarter features a Black woman.
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In the span of about 24 hours between May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob descended on Greenwood, a successful black economic hub in Tulsa, Oklahoma then-known as “Black Wall Street,” and burned it to the ground.
No one has ever been held responsible. hrw.org/news/2020/05/2
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Thousands of children in the Philippines have suffered lasting physical, emotional, and economic harm from President Rodrigo Duterte’s abusive “war on drugs.”
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Kids have a right to be safe at school.
Kids have a right to be safe at school.
Kids have a right to be safe at school.
Kids have a right to be safe at school.
Kids have a right to be safe at school.
Kids' rights are human rights.
In India, the BJP-led government continued its systematic discrimination and stigmatization of religious minorities, particularly Muslims. BJP supporters increasingly committed violent attacks against targeted groups. #Rights2023
The Indian government’s blocking of a BBC documentary on the anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002 is just the latest attempt to prevent criticism of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Saudi authorities are spending billions on sports-washing to improve their image.
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Senegalese authorities should immediately ensure an independent and credible investigation into violence during protests across the country.
At least 16 deaths have been reported, and scores of others have been injured.
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A Gold Medal for Sexism in Japan
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We must make "never forget" also mean "never again".
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Wearing a hijab should be a personal choice.
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Axum #Ethiopia massacre survivor: “The hill was like a graveyard, a ghost hill.”
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Armenian forces either fired or supplied internationally banned cluster munitions and at least one other type of long-range rocket used in an attack on Barda city in Azerbaijan.
New research:
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Protests are continuing across Iran following the suspicious death of #MahsaAmini.
Iran should stop repressing protests and instead investigate her death, provide justice to her family, and abolish the compulsory hijab law.
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Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians
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After nearly 30 years, today is ’s last day as Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director.
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Shameful. The Taliban have banned women in Afghanistan from attending universities.
The Taliban need to immediately reverse this ban and also reopen secondary schools for Afghan girls. hrw.org/news/2022/12/2
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Hong Kong: Dubious Arrest of Pro-Democracy Politician
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