Category: Human Rights

(Jakarta) – The Vietnamese government intensified its crackdown on both domestic and international nongovernmental organizations in Vietnam during 2022, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. The systematic suppression of freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly, movement, and religion persisted without letup. In 2022, the Vietnamese government stepped up its repression of […]

Over 40 million people are currently facing starvation in the Sahel, including in Burkina Faso, where conflict is the leading cause of food insecurity. At least 1.7 million people are internally displaced due to the ongoing violence – including almost 900,000 children (as of September 2022), according to government figures. In most of the country, […]

A senior Iranian Judiciary official has slammed the unexpected and surprising behavior by the Swedish appeals court toward Hamid Nouri, who has been imprisoned in Sweden on baseless charges, denouncing the degrading treatment meted out to the Iranian national as a black stain on the European country’s legal, judicial and human rights records. Kazem Gharibabadi, Secretary […]

(Beirut) – Iranian authorities used excessive and lethal force in their clampdown on nationwide protests that broke out in September 2022, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. The government imprisoned hundreds of activists on dubious charges, and issued death sentences in grossly unfair trials. The death on September 16 of Mahsa (Jina) […]

Crisis accommodation needed now Eurobodalla Mayor Mathew Hatcher remains hopeful the NSW Government will shortly offer a solution to the homelessness crisis at Moruya’s North Head campground. Mayor Hatcher wrote to NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet in December, outlining the seriousness of the situation and asking the Premier to urgently find housing appropriate to the needs […]

(Jakarta) – Cambodia’s longtime prime minister, Hun Sen, used ostensible public health measures to further clamp down on the dwindling civic freedoms in the country in 2022, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. The authorities targeted dozens of union leaders, activists, and opposition politicians and members for harassment, arbitrary arrest, and […]

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS (Reuters) – Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley defended the decision to withdraw its men’s team from a one-day international series against Afghanistan over women’s rights after criticism from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and their players. Australia opted out of the three-match series, scheduled for March in the […]

(Nairobi) – African leaders failed to tackle widespread abuses against civilians by state security forces and non-state armed groups and insufficiently prioritized justice efforts for victims of atrocities across the continent, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. These violations occurred against a backdrop of backsliding on democratic safeguards and rule of […]

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged “gross human rights violations” in his country’s history and vowed to prevent any repeat. He cited 12 “regrettable” events, including an anti-communist purge at the height of the Cold War.By some estimates, the massacres killed about 500,000 people. Mr Widodo is the second Indonesian president to publicly admit […]

(Jakarta) – Indonesia’s new criminal code puts at risk the basic rights of millions of people in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Populations already marginalized, including women and girls, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and religious minority communities will be particularly affected. “The new Indonesian criminal […]