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Japan: Cambodian Authorities Harass Exiled Dissidents
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet attend a news conference after a bilateral talk at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, May 30, 2025. 2025 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Photo Cambodian authorities are harassing Cambodians living in Japan who are publicly critical of Cambodia’s government and also harassing their relatives in Cambodia.The Cambodian...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:
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Cambodia: Revised Law Endangers Citizenship
Click to expand Image Front side of the National Assembly of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, May 7, 2019. Daniel Kalker/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Bangkok) –Cambodia’s National Assembly passed amendments to its citizenship law on August 25, 2025, that allow the government to silence dissent by reworking Cambodian citizenship, Human Rights Watch said today. The amended citizenship law strips nationals, naturalized...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Rights Activists Acquitted After Year-Long Trial
Click to expand Image Police officers outside the Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 6, 2021. 2021 Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images (Johannesburg) – AZimbabwe court’s acquittal of three human rights activists on disorderly conduct charges more than a year after their arrest highlights the authorities’ misuse of the criminal justice system against dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today. Zimbabwean authorities...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Zambia: South African Firm Transferring Toxic Lead
Click to expand Image Trucks at the “Black Mountain,” the concession of Enviro Processing Limited (EPL) that holds much of Kabwe’s mine lead waste, Kabwe, Zambia. 2023 Trajectory Media/Al Jazeera English (Johannesburg, September 4, 2025) – A South African-owned company is providing access to toxic lead-bearing waste in the Zambian city of Kabwe despite immense health risks for local residents, Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru
Click to expand Image Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru, September 3, 2018. 2018 Jason Oxenham/AP Photo Last week, the Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is alsoproposing newlegislation to strip those facing deportation of their basic procedural rights.The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Indonesia: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detention
Click to expand Image Protesters brandish brooms as a symbol of their calls for reform, and ending police brutality and lawmakers’ perks, outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta, September 3, 2025. 2025 Willy Kurniawan/Reuters (Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities have detained more than 3,000 people in a nationwide crackdown during anti-government protests since late August 2025, Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Tajikistan: Investigate Deaths of Five Pamiri Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image The Tajikistan flag. 2022 Maksim Konstantinov, Sipa via AP Images (Berlin, September 3, 2025) – Tajikistan authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the deaths in custody of five ethnic Pamiri activists during 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.The deaths highlight grave concerns about the Tajik authorities’ treatment of ethnic Pamiris, a historicallypersecuted cultural, religious,...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Colombia: Don’t Cut Ombudsperson’s Office Budget
Headquarters of the Ombudsman’s Office in Bogotá, Colombia, June 15, 2020. Defensoría del Pueblo 2020 (Bogotá) – Proposed budget cuts toColombia’s Ombudsperson’s Office would be a blow to the protection of human rights in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The Ombudsperson’s Office requested a very modest budget increase for 2026, partly to keep pace with the roughly 5 percent annual inflation rate and partly...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:African, Caribbean Summit Should Address Reparations
Click to expand Image Hundreds of people of African descent took part in the African Emancipation Day Reparations March in London, August 1, 2017. 2017 Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a question...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Iran: Missile Strikes on Israeli Civilians Likely War Crimes
Click to expand Image Damage caused by an Iranian missile strike that killed nine civilians, including three children, in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, on June 15, 2025. Photo taken on July 1, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war...
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