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May 21, 2024
Chinese government officials are systematically using extreme forms of pressure to coerce rural Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages. Officials have relocated or are currently relocating 500 villages with over 140,000 residents to new locations, often hundreds of kilometers away.
May 21, 2024
“Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds”
China’s Forced Relocation of Rural Tibetans
The 71-page report, “‘Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds’: China’s Coercive Relocation of Rural Tibetans,” details how participation in “whole-village relocation” programs in Tibet, in which entire villages are relocated, amounts to forced eviction in violation of international law. Officials misleadingly claim that these relocations will “improve people’s livelihood” and “protect the ecological environment.” The government prevents relocated people from returning to their former homes by generally requiring them to demolish these homes within a year of relocating.
May 21, 2024
Sudan: Rights Groups Urge UN Human Rights Council to Extend Sudan Fact Finding Mission
One year on, the armed conflict that broke out in Sudan on 15 April 2023 continues. Since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their affiliated forces, thousands of people have lost their lives and 8.6 million have been displaced.
May 21, 2024
A Step toward Justice in Gaza and Israel, Daily Brief May 21, 2024
Daily Brief, 21 May, 2024
May 20, 2024
What the Iranian President’s Death Means for Human Rights
Iranians woke up on Monday to the news that President Ebrahim Raeesi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, and several other government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. How Raeesi’s death will affect human rights in the country is already the subject of much commentary.
May 20, 2024
Israel/Palestine: ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrants
Karim Khan’s decision to seek arrest warrants for five people for grave international crimes committed in Israel and Palestine since October 7 in the face of pressure from US lawmakers and others reaffirms the crucial role of the International Criminal Court.
May 20, 2024
Shipbreaking: The Most Dangerous Job in the World
What happens to cargo ships at the end of their lives? Often, they wind up beached on shores in the global south where untrained and unprotected workers are tasked with breaking them apart in dangerous conditions. In this episode, Host Ngofeen Mputwbwele takes listeners to the beaches of Bangladesh where Human Rights Watch
May 20, 2024
The New Cycle of Atrocities in Darfur Must Be Stopped
For months now, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an independent military force, together with allied armed groups, have been besieging the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. If the city falls, this would likely kick off yet another wave of killings. This is happening in the total absence of any UN or other international or regional presence mandated to protect the civilian population there.
May 20, 2024
Iraq: Repeal Anti-LGBT Law
The Iraqi government should immediately reverse the recently passed law that punishes same-sex conduct and transgender expression with imprisonment. The law violates fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, association, privacy, equality, and nondiscrimination of LGBT people in Iraq.
May 19, 2024
South Korea: Extend Health Benefits to Same-Sex Partners
South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service should extend benefits to same-sex partners, Human Rights Watch said in an amicus brief filed before the country’s Supreme Court on May 16, 2024.