Tuesday, July 16, 2019
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about the increasingly hostile climate for journalists in India and, in particular, calls for the immediate release of Revathi Pogadadanda, a TV journalist held for the past four days in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Telangana, on the absurd grounds of “insulting” a guest. A programme host with Mojo TV (which she used to run), Revathi Pogadadanda was arrested at her home on the morning of 12 July, when she covered her arrest in a
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Monday, July 15, 2019
Expand Natasha in a mountain village of Chechnya’s Nozhai-Yurt district, 2008. Ten years ago, I was walking on a boulevard in central Moscow when my phone rang. It was a glorious summer day. The day before, I had returned from a week-long trip to Chechnya, which was grueling but productive. After melting in a stifling car from morning to dusk in different villages, interviewing local residents about torture, killings, and house-burnings, and then typing it all up until 3 a.m. every night, everything was ready to make these harrowing abuses public. There were practically no loose ends to tie…
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Monday, July 15, 2019
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Center “Memorial” Human Rights Watch Amnesty International International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) Norwegian Helsinki Committee Front Line Defenders World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR) Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum Committee Against Torture (CAT) Public Verdict Foundation European Human Rights Advocacy Centre…
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Monday, July 15, 2019
Expand A migrant who claims he was beaten by Croatian police while attempting to cross the border to Croatia shows his injury at a factory hall turned migrants facility in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. © 2019 Darko Bandic/AP Photo (London) – Croatia should immediately stop summarily returning migrants and asylum seekers to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in some cases with force, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. The president’s recent admission during an interview on Swiss television that Croatian officials are engaged in…
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Monday, July 15, 2019
Expand In Tijuana, migrants can no longer simply show up at the border to claim asylum in the US. They must first put their names on a list and wait in Mexico - for weeks on end. © 2018 Jonathan Pedneault/Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration on July 15, 2019 announced a new rule that effectively bars from asylum nearly anyone who crosses the southern US border after traveling through a third country, Human Rights Watch said today. “The Trump administration’s new rule shows breathtaking disregard for US obligations toward asylum seekers,” said Bill Frelick, refugee…
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Monday, July 15, 2019
Expand Kuwait’s Interior Ministry released a video statement on July 12 alleging the eight Egyptians were sought for criminal offenses in Egypt. (Beirut) – Kuwaiti authorities on July 15, 2019 unlawfully returned eight Egyptian dissidents despite the serious risk of torture and persecution they face in Egypt, Human Rights Watch said today. The deportation of the men appears to violate Kuwait’s obligations under international law. On July 12, the Kuwaiti government announced that it had separately arrested the eight dissidents, claiming that the Egyptian authorities sought them for crimes they…
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Monday, July 15, 2019
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Monday, July 15, 2019
NewsThe pro-government journalist who was arrested last week in Aleppo is the latest in a steadily growing list of journalists to fall victim to the Assad regime, a list that includes those who are supposedly its supporters. A pro-government stance does not suffice to protect media personnel from arrest. S
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Monday, July 15, 2019
NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns recent threats made by the London Metropolitan Police to treat the publication of leaked information as a “criminal matter” - marking the latest move to restrict press freedom in the UK in favour of national security.
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