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Iranian authorities should transparently investigate alleged government security forces’ use of excessive force in Sistan and Baluchistan province on February 22, 2021.

English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Protection and Human Rights; published on 09 Feb 2021 by HRW

Myanmar police should immediately end the use of excessive and lethal force against people protesting the February 1, 2021, military coup.

Investigate “Trigger Happy” Indian Forces Torture at Bangladesh Border: HRW Milli Gazette 10 Feb 2021 New York (9 Feb 2021): Indian authorities should investigate and prosecute newly alleged abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten years ago, the Indian government announced, following publication of a Human Rights Watch report on the issue, “Trigger Happy,” that it would order the BSF to use...

The Indian authorities should investigate and prosecute newly alleged abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. In a media release, the rights body said Indian and Bangladeshi nongovernmental organisations have reported that the BSF is continuing to commit abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and

Decade of Broken Promises to End Shootings, Torture at Bangladesh Border A Border Security Force soldier patrols Indias border fence with Bangladesh at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, May 3, 2020. © 2020 Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – Indian authorities should investigate and prosecute newly alleged abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten years ago, the Indian government announced,...

Khalra Mission Organization patron Bibi Paramjit Kaur Khalra addressing a press conference in Amritsar Sahib —Raising deep concern over the disappearances of hundreds of the agitating farmers in Delhi, representatives of six human rights advocacy groups jointly said, “As many as 200 protesters have been detained, while many have been booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Sedition sections in Delhi following the incidents took place at Red Fort on January 26”. A pre...

Uganda: Elections Marred by Violence Format Investigate Security Force Conduct; End Repression; Ensure Justice (Nairobi) – The weeks leading up to Uganda’s recently concluded elections were characterized by widespread violence and human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutdown of the internet. The authorities should ensure thor...

For two days in November 2020, Uganda witnessed some of the most violent riots in a decade. The riots were triggered by the arrest of opposition presi

India using pellet guns to blind Kashmiris Islamabad January 3, 2021 Indian severity in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is anything but a new phenomenon however, the use of pellet guns (a type of shotgun) has added another dimension to it. Pellet guns are not used elsewhere on the planet accept in IIOJK which obviously shows the Indian mentality of using it as an instrument of torment to suppress the voice of the Kashmiris. Being marked for the third time since it was officially designat...