Greece: Dire Conditions for Asylum Seekers on Lesbos

Greece: Dire Conditions for Asylum Seekers on Lesbos

The already dire conditions in the overcrowded Moria camp for asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos may deteriorate into a full-blown humanitarian disaster as winter approaches unless urgent action is taken.

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Stop Trump from Locking up Families

After ripping 2,000 children from the arms of their parents, the Trump administration is now locking up huge numbers of families together. Halting the separation of families is not enough. This cruelty must stop. Click here to find out how you can help #EndFamilyDetention.

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The decision by @airbnb to stop listing properties in unlawful Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is a positive step that other global tourism companies should follow. Human Rights Watch and Kerem Navot evaluated how Airbnb and Booking.com contribute to making settlements sustainable economically and benefit from the serious rights abuses and entrenched discriminatory practices stemming from the settlements. Israelis and foreigners may rent properties in settlements, but Palestinian ID holders are effectively barred – the only example in the world the organizations found in which Airbnb hosts have no choice but to discriminate against guests based on national or ethnic origin. By delisting rentals in illegal settlements off-limits to Palestinians, Airbnb has taken a stand against discrimination, displacement, and land theft. The continued business activities of Booking.com and other companies in settlements contribute to entrenching a two-tiered discriminatory regime in the West Bank. On #TransDayofRemembrance, we are highlighting Florida’s failure to deliver basic HIV services to many transgender women, endangering their health and contributing to an uncontrolled HIV epidemic in the state. Florida and federal HIV officials talk a lot about the importance of reaching “high risk” groups like transgender women. Human Rights Watch investigated whether the reality on the ground is matching the rhetoric – it isn’t. Transgender women are struggling to find affordable health care, including HIV prevention and treatment, that respects their gender identity and where they feel safe. The Trump administration is attempting to roll back anti-discrimination provisions based on gender identity under the Affordable Care Act, part of a broader rollback of federal LGBT rights protections. Reversing existing legal protections could have devastating consequences for access to health care for transgender women. But no one should have to choose between being who they are and getting life-saving medications. Great news! A day before the release of a new HRW report, @airbnb has announced it will stop brokering rentals in illegal Israeli settlements that effectively bar entry to Palestinian ID holders. This is the right outcome, and now we urge others to follow suit. Stay tuned to HRW.org tonight via the link in our bio to read the damning findings our experts uncovered while investigating #AirBnB business in the settlements. Girls are being deprived of education in Pakistan simply because they have no access to it. Nearly 22.5 million of Pakistan’s children – in a country with a population of just over 200 million – are out of school, the majority of them girls. Thirty-two percent of primary school age girls are out of school in Pakistan, compared with 21 percent of boys. By ninth grade, only 13 percent of girls are still in school. Human Rights Watch interviewed 209 people for the report – most of them with girls who never attended school or were unable to complete their education, and their families – in all four of Pakistan’s provinces. “The Pakistan government’s failure to educate children is having a devastating impact on millions of girls,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, women’s rights director at Human Rights Watch. “Many of the girls we interviewed are desperate to study, but instead are growing up without the education that would help them have options for their future.” (📷: © Insiya Syed for Human Rights Watch) Tunisian authorities are confiscating and searching the phones of men they suspect of being gay and pressuring them to take cruel, degrading, and harmful anal “tests” and to confess to homosexual activity. Prosecutors use the information they collect to prosecute these men, under the country’s harsh sodomy laws. Police arrested two of the men after they went to the police to report being raped. But Tunisian authorities have no business meddling in private sexual practices between consenting partners, humiliating them under the guise of enforcing discriminatory laws. Read our new report via the link in our bio. (Illustrations © 2018 Human Rights Watch) BREAKING: Attorney-General Jeff Sessions submitted his resignation today at the request of US President Donald Trump. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been no friend to human rights, including over criminal justice and immigration policies. But President Trump’s decision to request Sessions’ resignation raises serious concerns about his commitment to the rule of law in the United States. From fanning racial discord and demonizing immigrants to his no-holds-barred attacks on officials who disagree with him, Trump has shown little respect for the checks and balances that allow freedom and rights to flourish. (📷: © 2017 Reuters)
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End Shackling in Indonesia

Help end shackling once and for all by calling on the Indonesian government to monitor and end the practice of shackling inside institutions. Help #BreakTheChains today!

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