North Korean justice system treats people as 'less than animals,' rights group says
Torture, humiliation and coerced confessions are rampant in North Korea's pretrial detention system, which treats people as being worth "less than an animal," a rights group said Monday in a report on the country's opaque legal processes. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch drew on interviews with ...
Human Rights Watch report documents abuse of child athletes in Japan
A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse during training.
China’s security law threatens Hong Kong journalists, says media watchdog
The new national security legislation China is imposing on Hong Kong could be used against journalists operating in Asia’s main financial hub, which maintains distinct freedoms from the mainland, a global media watchdog group said. Reporters Without Borders said Beijing’s move to bypass Hong Kong’s ...
Japanese response to alleged global Chinese assault on rights 'lukewarm,' rights group says
Human Rights Watch released a scathing report Wednesday slamming the Chinese government for crafting an "Orwellian high-tech surveillance state" at home and deploying its growing economic clout to silence its critics overseas, while an official with the group criticized Japan's response to alleged rights ...
China defends barring Human Rights Watch head from Hong Kong
China on Monday defended barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying nongovernmental organizations were responsible for political unrest in the city and should "pay the proper price." Kenneth Roth was supposed to give a news conference in Hong Kong this ...
China suspended U.S. warship visits and sanctioned American NGOs on Monday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The financial hub has been rocked by nearly six months of increasingly violent unrest demanding greater autonomy, which Beijing has ...
Over 300 slain in Brazil's Amazon over land and resources in past decade, HRW report says
A Human Rights Watch report on Tuesday found that more than 300 people have been killed over the past decade in conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon, many by organized criminal networks profiting from illegal deforestation. Of those cases, only ...
Human Rights Watch accuses Nicaragua of torturing protesters and urges sanctions
Pro-government forces in Nicaragua committed human rights abuses including torture in suppressing recent protests against President Daniel Ortega, and top officials should face sanctions, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday. After demonstrations against Ortega broke out in April 2018, more than 700 ...
Two Saudi sisters who fled their country and appealed for international protection earlier this week saying their lives would be at risk if they were to return to the conservative kingdom got an offer of help from Georgia on Thursday. Immigration authorities in the former ...
Vietnam forces Facebook and Google to pick privacy or growth
Vietnam's new cybersecurity law could force Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc. to choose between access to one of Asia's fastest-growing digital economies and protecting their users' privacy. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1 after the National Assembly passed it this month, requires ...
Satellite imagery shows mass destruction targeting Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine: HRW
New analysis of satellite imagery from Myanmar's Rakhine State shows the near total destruction of 214 villages amid the military's crackdown on Rohingya militants there, Human Rights Watch said today. The New York-based rights watchdog said the images reveal destruction of tens of thousands of ...
Saudi coalition probes own airstrikes in Yemen, deems its actions mainly justified
A panel set up by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate civilian casualties found a series of deadly airstrikes largely justified, citing the presence of armed militiamen at the homes, schools and clinics that were targeted. The Joint Incidents Assessment Team said on ...
