HRW Report: Past Years Most Tumultuous in a Generation

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that from Russia, to China, to Ethiopia, to Turkey, rights crackdowns took place in 2013 and 2014, making them the most tumultuous in a generation. No challenge in the past year has exploded more dramatically than the emergence of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the right group says. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday upon the release of 2015 World Report, the group's Executive Director, Kenneth Roth, said that...

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