Kenneth Roth, the Chief of the Human Rights Watch based in New York, said on Sunday that he was denied entry into Hong Kong. Roth was in Hong Kong to launch the watchdog's annual report after a long spell of civil unrest in the city.
The Human Rights Watch has urged the Centre to immediately repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in view of nationwide protests against it, and said there should be an independent probe into police "brutality and excesses" against students and other protesters.
Egypt on Wednesday accused the United Nations of seeking to "politicize" the death in court of the country's first democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi by calling for an "independent inquiry".
New York: A leading human rights body has criticised successive Indian governments for "failing" to prosecute senior officials for their roles in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and called on the new government to seek police
Berlin: The Syrian government's policy of waging war by killing civilians, and increasing abuses by rebel groups, elicited horror in 2013 but not enough pressure from world leaders to end atrocities and hold perpetrators to
London: Nepal saw new setbacks in efforts to end impunity for perpetrators of wartime abuses over the last year, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in its World Report 2014.The newly elected Constituent Assembly should take
Islamabad, Feb 3: Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2013 has slammed Pakistan government for allowing extremist groups to attack religious minorities like Hindus, Shias and Christians, and failing to act against human rights
Syria, Dec 15: Human Rights Watch will release a report on Thursday citing the names of some 74 Syrian commanders and officials it claims are responsible for attacks on unarmed protesters.The human rights organisation says
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