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May 15, 2024 News

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…
Organizations march to demand faster investigations and justice in cases of transphobic violence in Lima, Peru, on February 22, 2023.
May 15, 2024 News
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…
Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote. Among other things, MEPs will vote today on a free trade agreement with Vietnam.
May 15, 2024 News

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…
Rwandan soldiers patrolling in Palma, Cabo Delgado
May 15, 2024 News

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…
Exterior of a court building
May 14, 2024 News

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,…
Vietnamese activists hold a photo of dead fish allegedly killed with toxic chemicals during a protest to urge Formosa Plastics Group to take responsibility for the cleanup in Vietnam, August 10, 2016, in Taipei, Taiwan.
May 14, 2024 News

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…
Pro-democracy protesters during a mourning ceremony for Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, a Thai political activist, outside the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on May 14, 2024.
May 14, 2024 News

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…
Women hold portraits of family members who went missing during Sri Lanka’s civil war that ended in 2009, during a demonstration in Colombo.
May 14, 2024 News

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…
People light candles during a vigil on May 8, 2024, in front of the house where three lesbian women were killed following an attack in Buenos Aires.
May 14, 2024 News

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…
On April 1, 2024, an Israeli attack in Deir Al-Balah in Gaza on a convoy of three World Central Kitchen vehicles killed seven aid workers.
May 13, 2024 News

Government Should Ensure Justice for All Women Who Suffer Domestic Violence

 A Kazakh court has delivered a guilty verdict in the high-profile trial of the country’s former economy minister, Kuandyk Bishimbayev. On May 13, the court found Bishimbayev guilty of the torment and murder with extreme cruelty of his partner…
Demonstrators hold protest signs
May 13, 2024 News

Ex-President’s Son Declared Winner; Opponent Killed in Lead Up to the Vote

 (Nairobi) – The political transition in Chad ended with violence as at least 9, and possibly more, civilians were reported killed by celebratory gunfire from soldiers and civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 9, 2024, the…
Deby waiving at the crowd
May 13, 2024 News

Real Improvements Need Strong Action, Commitment to Reform

 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has created a “super body” to promote human rights protection in the Philippines.On paper, the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination looks impressive, and its stated purpose is admirable.…
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a speech at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City, December 21, 2023.

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