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Human Rights Watch accuses Houthis of hostage-taking, torture
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused the Houthi militias in Yemen of hostage-taking, torture and other serious abuses against people in their custody ... Gulf -
Human Rights Watch demands that Iran investigate killing of 30 protestors
Human Rights Watch has called on Iran to open impartial investigations into the killing of 30 protesters since January. The human rights organization ... Middle East -
HRW: ISIS killed 300 ex-policemen south of Mosul
Residents said they believed up to 200 people were killed in the weeks before ISIS withdrew from the town Middle East -
HRW urges ban on militias with record of abuses from Mosul battle
The rights group says Iraq ‘shouldn’t risk exposing Mosul civilians to serious harm by militias with a record of recent abuse’ News -
Human Rights Watch slams ‘cruel, violent’ Hungary over migrants
Hungarian police and soldiers accused of beating people up before forcibly expelling them back into Serbia World News -
Human Rights Watch urges transparency over Fallujah abuses probe
Watchdog says not even basic details were provided and the inquiry was ‘mired in secrecy’ Middle East -
Lebanon police arrest lawyer over sex ring allegations
Lebanese police have arrested a prominent lawyer after he accused government officials of possible complicity in a sex trafficking ring Middle East -
HRW urges Jordan to ease transit for Gaza Palestinians
Israel has imposed a land, air and sea blockade since 2006 on the Islamist Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip News -
Refugees ‘smeared’ by false terror links, says HRW co-founder
Westerners grossly underestimate number of Syrian refugees, separate report finds Features -
HRW urges Egypt to annul jail terms for Christian teens
Human Rights Watch urged Egypt to annul the jail sentences handed to four Coptic Christian teenagers for contempt of Islam Middle East -
HRW: Russia and Syria carry out daily cluster bomb attacks
The Human Rights Watch report, released Monday, said that cluster munitions, which are widely banned, have been used in at least 14 attacks across ... Middle East -
Papua New Guinea ‘among world’s worst places’ for women
Women attacked and burned alive are being accused of sorcery and witchcraft World News -
Organizations: Serious flaws in the Iranian electoral system
Human Rights Watch released a report outlining serious flaws in the Iranian electoral system which they say are damaging prospects for free and fair ... Reports -
Syria regime, Russia making ‘extensive’ use of cluster munition: HRW
The watchdog said in a report it had documented the use of cluster munitions on 20 occasions since Sep. 30 Middle East -
HRW urges Syria arms embargo after deadly regime strikes
HRW said the Sunday attack on Douma outside Damascus showed the Syrian government’s ‘appalling disregard for civilians’ Middle East -
Secret detentions rise in Egypt as officers ‘operate outside the law’
In the report, published this week by Human Rights Watch, five such cases are mentioned, and local groups who have documented more than 100 instances are cited Features -
HRW: Palestinian children’s arrest by Israel ‘abusive’
Israeli authorities failed to inform parents of their children’s arrest or whereabouts Middle East -
A dragged, stripped, blamed victim in Egypt
In Egypt, it is common to blame women for being attacked, particularly when expressing their right to protest Middle East -
Sisi gets wide Western support despite rights abuses: HRW
Sisi was elected president after ousting the country’s first freely elected leader, Mohamed Mursi, in 2013 Features -
Rights group says Libya civilians trapped in eastern city
Human Rights Watch says civilians, including foreign nationals, are trapped in several neighborhoods in Libya’s embattled eastern city of Benghazi Africa -
HRW: Yemen rebels committed ‘possible war crimes’
‘The incidents, possible war crimes, exemplify the grave threats to civilians in the embattled southern seaport,’ said HRW Middle East -
Egypt’s trial of Mursi ‘badly flawed’: HRW
HRW says the trial did not establish Mursi’s ‘criminal guilt’ Middle East -
HRW slams ‘draconian sentences’ in Egypt
New York-based Human Rights Watch has issued a statement criticizing the trial of 51 alleged supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Features -
Boko Haram conflict sees spike in civilian deaths: rights group
HRW estimates that at least 3,750 civilians died during Boko Haram attacks in 2014 Africa -
HRW: Cluster bombs used in Libyan conflict
Cluster bombs explode in the air, scattering dozens of smaller bomblets over an area the size of a sports field Middle East -
Syria regime blamed for killing more than 600 doctors: rights group
Over the past four years, a total of 610 medical personnel were killed, 139 of whom were tortured or executed Middle East -
HRW chief under fire for tweeting ‘fabricated’ picture of Saudi Arabia
HRW confirmed Kenneth Roth took down the tweet as it was potentially confusing Digital -
HRW: Kurds blocking return of Arabs to disputed Iraq areas
Human Rights Watch warned the Kurdistan regional government against meting out ‘collective punishment of entire Arab communities’ Middle East -
Assad’s forces continue to use banned barrel bombs: report
The report claims that schools, hospitals and mosques have all been hit in air strikes where barrel bombs have been used Analysis -
U.S. slams Sudan for blocking Darfur mass rape investigation
The United Nations says the conflict has taken up to 300,000 lives and displaced millions Africa