North Korea’s unnecessary and extreme restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic helped tighten government control while creating a humanitarian crisis, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022.
Brazil’s democratic institutions should protect voting and speech rights leading to the October 2022 presidential elections from any attempt by President Jair Bolsonaro to subvert the electoral system or undermine the rule of law and fundamental freedoms.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on August 12 concluding that Hamas may have committed war crimes during the recent escalation in May between the terror group and Israel.
Jewish Groups Respond to Human Rights Watch Report
Several Jewish groups condemned the April 27 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing Israel of apartheid.
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A view of part of the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim on January 28, 2020 in Maale Adumim, West Bank. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Several Jewish groups condemned the April 27 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing Israel of apartheid. The 213-page report doesn’t compare Israel to apartheid South Africa, but it does accuse certain Israeli government policies to be apartheid by using a definition akin to the 1998 Rome Statute and 1973 Apartheid Convention, according to Reuters.
Rights group says Israel guilty of crimes against humanity with Palestinians
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Israeli security forces fire teargas during clashes with Palestinian protesters during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip on December 27, 2019. File Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
Palestinian women wait to enter a retail district in Jerusalem, Israel, on November 27, 2020. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
Israeli border police stop Palestinian Muslims from entering the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel on October 29, 2020, to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo