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Human Rights Watch: Bahraini activist’s family targeted
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Human Rights Watch: Bahraini activist’s family targeted

Bahraini authorities are targeting the family members of a prominent Bahraini activist in retribution for his human rights work, Human…
HRW in Joint NGO Letter: Member states should call for improvements in human rights situation in Bahrain
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HRW in Joint NGO Letter: Member states should call for improvements in human rights situation in Bahrain

In a joint letter, a number of human rights groups urged the permanent representatives of member and observer states of…
Human Rights Watch: Bahrain proposed military trials of civilians
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Human Rights Watch: Bahrain proposed military trials of civilians

Bahrain’s Council of Representatives on February 21, 2017, approved an amendment to Bahrain’s Constitution that would enable military courts to…
Human Rights Watch: ISIS torture, rapes Iraqi women
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Human Rights Watch: ISIS torture, rapes Iraqi women

ISIS militants are arbitrarily detaining, ill-treating, torturing, and forcibly marrying Arab women and girls in areas under their control in…
Human Rights Watch urges investigations over Saudi-airstrike on Yemeni school
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Human Rights Watch urges investigations over Saudi-airstrike on Yemeni school

An unlawful attack, on Yemeni school, reinforces the urgent need for an international investigation into alleged laws-of-war violations in Yemen,…
Pakistan: Mass forced returns of Afghan refugees
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Pakistan: Mass forced returns of Afghan refugees

Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans since July 2016,…
HRW: ISIS used Mosul hospital as military base
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HRW: ISIS used Mosul hospital as military base

As the battle for Mosul unfolds, ISIS is regularly occupying medical facilities and placing civilians and staff there at risk…
Trump supporter abuses, kicks Muslim woman at JFK airport
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Trump supporter abuses, kicks Muslim woman at JFK airport

A supporter of US President Donald Trump from Massachusetts has attacked a Muslim woman at New York’s John F. Kennedy…
HRW warns new unfair executions may occur in Bahrain
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HRW warns new unfair executions may occur in Bahrain

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that the Manama regime authorities may execute two more Bahrainis after “unfair” trials and…
Human Rights Watch calls for Saudi weapons sale halt for war crimes in Yemen
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Human Rights Watch calls for Saudi weapons sale halt for war crimes in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition has violated laws of war with impunity in 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in its World…
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