Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned about several human rights situations that have either been inadequately addressed by this Council, or on which the Council has remained largely silent... Raped and Abandoned as War Rages in the Central African Republic
“Sometimes we prepared food, or did laundry,” she told me when I met her in May. “Sometimes when you were cooking, they would come and three of them would rape you. They did that three or four times a day—several men, different men.” Incendiary Weapons Pose Civilian Threat in Syria
These incendiary weapons contain a substance believed to be thermite that ignites while falling, which has led witnesses of attacks to describe them as “fireballs.”... EU Should Not Send Syrians Back to Turkey
“As Turkey is host to over two million Syrian refugees it is hardly surprising that many are not getting the support they desperately need to maintain livelihoods."... "Unimaginable Horrors": UN Panel Reports on ISIS Crimes on Yezidis
Yezidi victims of human rights abuses have a right to justice, not just government declarations with no consequences...
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Africa Breaking the Silence to Convict a DictatorI’ve known Khadidja for 16 years, as I worked to build the case against Habré, and I had known most of her story...But she always said that if she ever came face-to-face with Habré, she would have something else to tell... Asia Indonesia’s Blind Eye to Abusive Sharia Bylaws
The criminal code permits as punishment up to 100 lashes and up to 100 months in prison for consensual same-sex sexual acts... Europe/Central Asia Moldova Should Reject ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law
“Rhetoric about ‘protecting children’ around this ill-conceived bill, cynically misuses children’s rights to perpetuate the falsehood that to be gay or lesbian is to be a danger to children."...
