On the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre the CCP continues to suppress any discussion or commemoration of the event. Activists in China and Hong Kong have been imprisoned for commemorating June 4, including on social media
Human Rights Watch called on the Hong Kong government to immediately quash a court’s groundless national security law convictions of prominent pro-democracy activists
“Hong Kong’s mass show trial lays bare Beijing’s utter contempt for fundamental freedoms and democratic political processes,” said Maya Wang, acting China director at HRW
The Chinese government is using extreme forms of pressure to coerce Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages, according to a report by Human Rights Watch
The Rwandan government has barred Clementine de Montjoye, a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Africa division, from entering the country, prompting accusations that officials are seeking to dodge independent scrutiny just weeks before the UK government is due to send asylum seekers there for the first time.
"The denial of entry reflects the authorities’ intensifying assault on human rights, months ahead of the country’s 2024 general elections, Human Rights Watch said."
"Israeli Forces Attack Known Aid Worker Locations in Gaza"
"A new Human Rights Watch Report finds Israeli forces have attacked humanitarian aid convoys and facilities at least eight times since October 7.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza over the past seven months.... What’s really unique is the high number in such a short period of time.”
Israeli forces have knowingly struck "at least eight aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since October 2023, which "killed or injured at least 31 aid workers & those with them.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7.
"Aid workers have also been unable to leave Gaza, since Israeli forces seized control of and closed the Rafah Crossing on May 7"
Israeli forces have knowingly struck "at least eight aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since October 2023, which "killed or injured at least 31 aid workers & those with them.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7.
"Aid workers have also been unable to leave Gaza, since Israeli forces seized control of and closed the Rafah Crossing on May 7"
A new analysis from #HumanRightWatch argues that numerous attacks on humanitarian relief operations by #Israeli forces prove the bombing that killed 7 people was "far from being an isolated 'mistake.'"
Israeli forces have knowingly struck "at least eight aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since October 2023, which "killed or injured at least 31 aid workers & those with them.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7.
"Aid workers have also been unable to leave Gaza, since Israeli forces seized control of and closed the Rafah Crossing on May 7"
According to Human Rights Watch, Israel’s military has carried out at least eight attacks on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October last year, even though the aid groups had provided their coordinates to Israeli authorities.
The attacks have killed or wounded at least 31 humanitarian workers and those with them.
Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups had provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities to ensure their protection.
Israeli authorities did not issue advance warnings to any of the aid organizations before the strikes, which killed or injured at least 31 aid workers and those with them.
Israel used a US weapon in a March airstrike, which killed 7 healthcare workers in Lebanon, an attack which was described by Human Rights Watch as a violation of international law.
"Israel’s assurances that it is using US weapons lawfully are not credible. As Israel’s conduct in Gaza and Lebanon continues to violate international law, the Biden administration should immediately suspend arms sales to Israel”
Ramzi Kaiss, HRW
As the UK government pushes through its execrable Rwanda Bill, some background on Rwanda’s activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ironically creating hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing violence, rape and murder perpetrated by the Rwandan backed M23 militia.
The Ethiopian military summarily executed several dozen civilians and committed other war crimes on January 29, 2024, in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s northwestern Amhara region, Human Rights Watch said today. The incident was among the deadliest for civilians during the fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and Fano...
The new report "Beneath the Rubble" from Human Rights Watch (#HRW) about #Mariupol is absolutely horrifying.
"Death was everywhere in Mariupol; it was impossible to avoid, with bodies scattered in the streets, alone in apartments, and buried in shallow graves."
“Seeing dead bodies became the new normal in Mariupol,”
"As occupying forces build a new Mariupol, this one in #Russia’s image, the war in #Ukraine continues."
Israel #NSO Group's #Pegasus#spyware targeted nearly 3 dozen journalists, activists, and lawyers in Jordan, raising concerns about privacy violations and government abuse.
HRW said that the decision by 18 governments to suspend funding to UNRWA comes months after Israeli authorities cut off essential services, including water and electricity to Gaza.
Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, willfully impeding humanitarian assistance & razing agricultural areas.
Unless governments reverse their decisions to suspend aid to UNRWA, they risk contributing to the current catastrophe.
Iran is increasingly in the news again, for its support of the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas, so here is the latest Human Rights Watch report on Iran. It makes sobering reading..
And apart from the well documented abuses, Iran is in the world top ten of greenhouse gas emitters.
In this signature yearly report, Human Rights Watch will document and address human rights abuses in more than 100 countries, plus a keynote essay by executive director Tirana Hassan.
There is a worldwide trend of double standards and transactional diplomacy when it comes to human rights.
Tirana Hassan described transactional diplomacy as when states “turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in exchange for meeting some sort of short-term domestic need, which could be around natural resources, security or migration”. She argued that this allowed authoritarian states to escape accountability, and further emboldened them.
Ethiopia: Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region (www.hrw.org)
The Ethiopian military summarily executed several dozen civilians and committed other war crimes on January 29, 2024, in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s northwestern Amhara region, Human Rights Watch said today. The incident was among the deadliest for civilians during the fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and Fano...