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HRW: China fuels crackdown in minority region
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HRW: China fuels crackdown in minority region

Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch…
UN chief calls for ‘unfettered humanitarian access’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine hit by crackdown
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UN chief calls for ‘unfettered humanitarian access’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine hit by crackdown

The United Nations has called on Myanmar authorities to “ensure unfettered humanitarian access” in Rakhine state, where state-sponsored violence has…
Myanmar Erases 55 Rohingya Muslim Villages to Cover Up Crimes against Humanity
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Myanmar Erases 55 Rohingya Muslim Villages to Cover Up Crimes against Humanity

Authorities in Myanmar have bulldozed at least 55 Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine, in an attempt to eradicate evidence that…
WOHR urges the UN to intervene to release Ayatollah Sayyid Hussein
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WOHR urges the UN to intervene to release Ayatollah Sayyid Hussein

The World Organization for Human Rights called on the United Nations Secretary-General to intervene urgently to release the son of…
Death Sentences in Bahrain Draw Condemnations
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Death Sentences in Bahrain Draw Condemnations

Human rights organizations and activists in various countries have slammed the recent wave of harsh sentences, including death penalty, handed…
Saudi Arabia should be dropped from UN Human Rights Council, say British lawyers
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Saudi Arabia should be dropped from UN Human Rights Council, say British lawyers

A campaign to remove Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council has been launched by a group of British…
New Saudi counterterrorism law aims to silence critics: HRW
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New Saudi counterterrorism law aims to silence critics: HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly denounced Saudi Arabia’s new counterterrorism law, saying it could be used to further stifle…
Nearly 300 Rohingya villages destroyed in Myanmar’s Rakhine, says HRW
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Nearly 300 Rohingya villages destroyed in Myanmar’s Rakhine, says HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says nearly 300 villages of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority have been burned in Myanmar since…
Bahrain’s Human Rights situation alarming: Rights groups
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Bahrain’s Human Rights situation alarming: Rights groups

Speaking during Thursday’s discussion about the outcomes of Bahrain’s Universal Period Review (UPR), a total of ten rights groups, including…
Bahraini hunger strikers suffer dire health situation
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Bahraini hunger strikers suffer dire health situation

Hunger striking detainees in Bahrain are reportedly vomiting blood as their health condition continues to deteriorate.   Hunger striking detainees…
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