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May 15, 2024
Thailand: ‘Swap Mart’ Targets Foreign Dissidents, Refugees
Stop Assisting Neighboring Countries’ Transnational Repression
Thai authorities are helping neighboring governments to take unlawful actions against refugees and dissidents from abroad, making Thailand increasingly unsafe for those fleeing persecution.These targets of transnational repression have gotten caught…
May 15, 2024
No Justice for Crackdown in Tajikistan’s Autonomous Region Two Years On
Scores Killed, Hundreds Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Unfair Trials
Two years ago, Tajik authorities cracked down on protesters in an autonomous region of the country, resulting in the death of a local man by what witnesses reported was live ammunition from security forces. In the next couple of days, police…
May 15, 2024
Peru Chooses Bigotry in Medical Services
Government Should Scrap Decree that Pathologizes LGBT Identities
Peru’s government published a presidential decree on May 10 classifying trans identities as mental health conditions in the country’s Essential Health Insurance Plan, which lists insurable health conditions for insurance policies. The…
May 15, 2024
Letter Urging Meta to Maintain CrowdTangle Tool Through Upcoming Elections
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Meta 1 Hacker WayMenlo Park, CA 94025cc:Nick Clegg, President of Global AffairsAdam Mosseri, Head of Instagram Roy Austin, Vice President for Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel Chris Cox, Chief Product OfficerGuy Rosen,…
May 15, 2024
A Human Rights Guide to the 2024 European Elections
Between 6 and 9 June 2024 voters in all 27 EU member states will go to the polls to elect 720 members of the European Parliament. These will be the first European elections since Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, and conflicts in Ukraine and in the…
May 15, 2024
Mozambique: Child Soldiers Used in Raid on Northern Town
Islamist Armed Group Deploys Boys as Young as 13 in Attack on Macomia
(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Mozambique used boys as young as 13 to raid and loot the town of Macomia, in Cabo Delgado province, on May 10, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. It is unclear if the…
May 15, 2024
Gambia: Landmark Swiss Conviction of Ex-Official
Jammeh-Era Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko, Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity
(Geneva) – A Swiss court’s conviction of the former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity is monumental for Gambian victims of atrocity crimes during the rule of Yahya Jammeh, Human Rights Watch said today. The…
May 14, 2024
Victims of Vietnam’s Formosa Toxic Spill Deserve Justice
Government Represses Peaceful Protests, Prosecutes Environmental Activists
In April 2016, Vietnam experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in its history when Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, a subsidiary of the Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group, discharged toxic chemical waste off the coast of Ha Tinh province,…
May 14, 2024
Thai Youth Activist Dies in Custody
End Arbitrary Arrest, Pretrial Detention of Monarchy Critics
Thai anti-monarchy activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, 28, died in custody in Bangkok today while on a hunger strike she began in January.Netiporn brought attention to Thailand’s cruel use of its lese majeste (insulting the monarchy) law, which…
May 14, 2024
15 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Conflict Ended, No Justice for War Crimes
The Unaddressed Legacy of the War has Bequeathed the Country Practices of Abuse, Impunity and Misgovernance that Directly Contribute to the Economic Crisis
Lakshmi remembers when the guns finally fell silent in Sri Lanka, in May 2009.She had been sheltering in a shallow hole in the sand – what passed for a “bunker” for the hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians huddled on the beach. For weeks they…
May 14, 2024
Maldives: Presidential Commission on Deaths and Disappearances must disclose findings of investigations to victims’ families and the public
We, the undersigned organisations, call on the Commission on Deaths and Disappearances (DDCom) in the Maldives, newly elected President Mohamed Muizzu, and the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives to ensure that DDCom’s findings are revealed to the…
May 14, 2024
Lesbian Women Set on Fire in Argentina
Three Killed, One in Critical Condition
Three lesbian women have died and one more is in critical condition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a man threw a Molotov cocktail into their boarding house room on May 6, setting them all on fire. One woman, Pamela Fabiana Cobas, was severely…
May 14, 2024
Gaza: Israelis Attacking Known Aid Worker Locations
End Unlawful Attacks, Ensure Accountability
(Jerusalem, May 14, 2024) – 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…