Chin state authorities have warned local residents in Matupi township, north of Paletwa, to stay away from military camps and refrain from hunting with guns during the night and early morning
United Nations is highlighting zero tolerance for female genital mutilation, or FGM. In a statement this week, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, called it an “abhorrent human rights violation affecting women and girls around the world.” The controversial practice is widespread in parts of Africa, but it also happens in the United States
Rights groups say there are concerns that Wang may have been subjected to torture or other mistreatment in detention, as he was detained incommunicado for such a long period of time
Though Beijing initially denied the existence of re-education camps, Shohrat Zakir, chairman of the XUAR, told China’s official Xinhua news agency in October 2018 that the facilities are an effective tool to protect the country from terrorism and provide vocational training for Uyghurs
Politicians, lawyers, and business-owners went on strike in Balochistan Province, southwest Pakistan, after a human rights activist died, allegedly at the hands of police, on February 2
The report “Dashed Hopes: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Myanmar” documents the use of broad and vaguely worded laws against activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy-led government
After that incident, Som Bahadur returned home with difficulty. When there was intolerable pain in his stomach, his wife and son took Som Bahadur to the Arati Medical in Hatiya
On January 19, state TV aired a program claiming that Qolian and an organizer of the Shush protests, Esmail Bakhshi, were linked to Western-based activists who sought to overthrow the government in Tehran
The EU and Italy’s support for the Libyan Coast Guard contributes significantly to the interception of migrants and asylum seekers and their subsequent detention in arbitrary, abusive detention in Libya
Iran’s religiously dominated system frequently organizes hangings and corporal punishments as public spectacles to discourage would-be criminals and has been called out over its rights record, including the frequent use of the death penalty and occasional reports of blindings or stonings