Millions of people with disabilities in Russia continue to face significant barriers to participation in society, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. In 177 days, Russia will host the March 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi.
Children as young as eight-years-old are working in Tanzanian small-scale gold mines, with grave risks to their health and even their lives, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Egyptian authorities should take the necessary steps to protect churches and religious institutions against mob attacks. Since August 14, 2013, attackers have torched and looted scores of churches and Christian property across the country, leaving at least four people dead.
Egyptian security forces’ rapid and massive use of lethal force to disperse sit-ins on August 14, 2013 led to the most serious incident of mass unlawful killings in modern Egyptian history.
Human Rights Watch is investigating security forces killing of at least 278 protesters after Egyptian security forces moved in to clear the two sit-ins of Muslim Brotherhood supporters on Wednesday morning. Heba Morayef reported from just outside the site of the Rab’a sit-in.
Egyptian authorities should stop arbitrarily detaining Syrians and threatening to summarily deport them. The authorities should release the Syrian detainees unless they are promptly charged with a valid offense, and not deport Syrians with visas or asylum seekers without their claims being impartially reviewed.
