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July 4, 2024 News

Venezuela: Ramp-Up Repression Ahead of the Elections

HRW oral statement - ID on High Commissioner report on Venezuela - HRC56

 Vice president,We thank the High Commissioner for his report and share his concerns regarding the recent worsening of the human rights situation in Venezuela.We are deeply alarmed by the arrest of opposition members, arbitrary disqualifications of…
OHCHR Meeting room
July 4, 2024 News

Meaningful Follow-Up Needed as China’s UN Rights Review Concludes

UN Member States Should Press Beijing on Recommendations

 Throughout its Universal Periodic Review – a state-to-state rights review process at the United Nations Human Rights Council that concluded today – the Chinese government issued blanket denials in the face of well-documented and egregious…
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July 4, 2024 News

Qatar Risks Backsliding on Critical Labor Reforms

Shura Council Proposal to Reinstate Exit Permits Puts Domestic Workers at Greater Risk of Abuse

In a recent meeting, Qatar’s advisory Shura Council proposed the government adopt measures that would require domestic workers to obtain their employer’s permission before being allowed to leave the country. Workers would have to submit their leave…
Excessive working hours
July 4, 2024 News

Adoption of the Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Saudi Arabia

Human Rights Watch Oral Statement - Item 6 Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption

 As the Council meets to adopt the Universal Periodic Review of Saudi Arabia, authorities in the country continue to commit widespread violations of basic human rights within and beyond its borders. Reforms remain inadequate and the government’s…
July 4, 2024 News

Chinese Government Expands Criminalization of Taiwanese Identity

Court Guidelines Aim to Further Intimidate Taiwan’s Population

 New judiciary guidelines in China specify that crimes of secession by Taiwanese “separatists” are punishable under Chinese law. The guidelines authorize the use of trials in absentia and even the death penalty for anyone asserting Taiwan’s…
Chinese authorities issued a set of guidelines on criminal punishment for "Taiwan independence separatists” during a press conference in Beijing, China, June 21, 2024.
July 4, 2024 News

South Sudan: Damaging Security Law Revisions Adopted

President Kiir Should Reject Law and Limit Broad, Unqualified Powers

 (Nairobi) – South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly on July 3, 2024, amended the law governing the National Security Service (NSS), in ways that will further undermine human rights and entrench the agency’s longstanding abuses, Human Rights…
An illustration of an eye with a captive man kneeling down in the iris
July 4, 2024 News

African Union Conference Addresses Pregnant and Parenting Students

Need to Adopt Human Rights-Focused Framework

 The African Union Commission and its specialized agency on girls and women’s education is currently hosting a conference in Addis Ababa with government ministers, education experts, and civil society representatives to accelerate progress on girls’…
A secondary school student who is pregnant holds a doll inside her home in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya on September 30, 2020. (
July 4, 2024 News

The Delusion, Once Again, of a ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria

Dumping Grounds for Refugees, Where Safety is a Masquerade

 Here we go again. Since shortly after the beginning of Syria’s civil war, countries faced with the prospect of hosting Syrian refugees have touted the idea of “safe areas” within Syria to which refugees could be returned, despite the fact that…
Syrian refugee trucks and cars prepare to leave Lebanon back to Syria, May 14, 2024.
July 3, 2024 News

Brazil Prevents Meta from Using People to Power Its AI

First Data Privacy Safeguard of Its Kind in the Country Protects Children

 Yesterday, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority issued a preliminary ban on Meta's use of personal data of users based in Brazil to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.The decision stems from “the imminent risk of serious and…
Two young girls are playing with their cameras in a garden, Osterode, Germany, January 8, 2016.
July 3, 2024 News

Dominican Republic’s Senate Doubles Down on Abortion Ban in Criminal Code

Bill Reduces Penalties for Sexual Violence, Excludes LGBT People from Protection

 A deeply problematic bill for a new Criminal Code is now approaching final approval in the Dominican Republic's Senate. The bill, which the Senate approved on first review on June 26, maintains the country's complete ban on abortion. It…
A demonstration to demand legal abortion, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on May 23, 2021.
July 3, 2024 News

A Path to Justice for Afghans

Countries Should Investigate Former Afghan Officials and Taliban for Serious Crimes

A United Nations meeting in Doha last weekend between Taliban officials and representatives from 22 countries faced widespread criticism as an attempt by governments to normalize relations with the Taliban. Rights activists expressed concern that these…
Asadullah Khalid
July 3, 2024 News

Artist Rearrested in Cameroon

Worrying Sign for Freedom of Expression ahead of 2025 Elections

 Aboubacar Siddiki, known as Babadjo, was released from prison in Cameroon on June 21 after serving a three-month sentence for insulting a local governor. Moments after he stepped out of the prison he was rearrested on charges of disturbing…
Aboubacar Siddiki Babadji, known as Babadjo.
July 3, 2024 News

Belarus: UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus a lifeline for civil society as authorities stamp out civic space (HRC56 oral statement)

Member states should implement her recommendations to protect Belarusians in exile and advance accountability for international crimes

This statement was delivered at the UN Human Rights Council on July 3 2024l, during an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.Mr. President,Human Rights Watch thanks the Special Rapporteur for her…
Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
July 3, 2024 Report

“If the Soldier Dies, It’s on You”

SummaryPeople who have nothing to do with the war are dying. Health professionals are targeted, tortured, arrested, killed. We want to be free to give treatment to whoever needs it.— Medical Doctor, South Gonder Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia, January…

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