Turkey/Iraq: Strikes May Break Laws of War

Turkey/Iraq: Strikes May Break Laws of War

Four apparent Turkish military operations against the armed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq dating back over a year should be investigated for possible violations of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today.

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President Trump is slashing the number of refugees to be resettled in the US. The fact that the US will cap the annual number of refugees admitted here at 30,000 – by far the lowest ceiling in four decades – demonstrates an utter lack of compassion for the victims of armed violence and persecution. Even in 2016, when the US admitted 85,000 refugees, resettlement was a path only open to a tiny fraction of the world’s refugees. But it provided hope to countless more refugees and made their lives of waiting more bearable. President Donald Trump’s decision to lower the numbers is yet another abdication of US leadership, at a time when there are more people displaced around the world than at any time since the Second World War. Take Action: Saudi Arabia lifted its driving ban due to the bravery of women who are now behind bars because of their activism. And car companies that cheered Saudi’s move to end its ban on women driving are now silent in the face of these arrests. Join HRW and call on car companies to get behind the wheel and stand up for these courageous women. Follow the link in our bio to see how you can help. Make your voice heard today! #StandWithSaudiFeminists Protect human rights all year long by becoming a @humanrightswatch monthly donor today. Go to HRW.org! #humanrights #hrw About 1M Turkic Muslims are reported to be held in “political reeducation camps” in China’s Xinjiang province.⁣ ⁣ 720K+ Rohingya fled to Bangladesh following Myanmar security forces’ campaign of ethnic cleansing in August 2017. ⁣ ⁣ At least 13 women have been detained in Saudi Arabia during the government’s recent crackdown on women’s rights activists.⁣ ⁣ Under 20K refugees have been resettled in the US so far in this fiscal year – less than half of the government’s annual ceiling.⁣ ⁣ 1K+ people were detained across Russia during nationwide demonstrations on September 9. Despite South Carolina issuing an evacuation order for all coastal counties ahead of category-3 hurricane Florence, the state corrections department decided Monday that it would not transfer 934 prisoners and as many as 119 staff in one prison. Past history suggests this might prove disastrous. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Human Rights Watch documented the nightmare nearly 600 prisoners endured in the Orleans Parish Prison compound. They told us officers chose to save themselves, while many prisoners were not evacuated for four days. Letters from prisoners detail how they were “left to die” with no food, water (except from toilets), lights or medical attention, amid chest-high contaminated water and broken gas lines. Conditions in many US prisons are already incredibly poor. Overcrowded facilities, unsafe and unsanitary environments, substandard nutrition and substandard medical care already pose a grave risk to prisoner health and safety. A hurricane will only exacerbate those risks. Authorities should know that they will be held accountable if they gamble with the safety of prisoners only to repeat the mistakes and abuses of the past. (📷: 2018 NASA; 2005 Reuters). #China is abusing rights in #Xinjiang on a massive scale: 13 million people subjected to forced political indoctrination & mass surveillance; Est. 1 million people in
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