The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school 1,000 days ago, but some brave young women refuse to accept it.
June 8 marks 1,000 days since the Taliban banned girls over the age of 12 from all schools in Afghan...
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China is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans, rights group says
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders...
Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home
BANGKOK (AP) — A leading international human rights organization on Thursday urged the Thai governme...
Rights group warns major carmakers over risk of forced labor in China supply chains
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to en...
At least 60 civilians were killed in Burkina Faso last year in military drone strikes, watchdog says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Thursday that Burkina Faso’s security forces last year...
"Irreversible damage" for boys and girls in Taliban schools "will haunt Afghanistan's future," report warns
The U.S. Treasury announced new sanctions over the weekend against two Taliban regime officials in A...
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says
The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, ...
Rights groups report widespread war crimes across Africa’s Sahel region with communities under siege
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces and armed groups are committing war crimes against civilians i...
Ethiopia launching joint investigation with Saudi Arabia after report alleges hundreds of migrants killed by border guards
Ethiopia will launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch report accusi...
"They fired on us like rain": Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, Human Rights Watch says
Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom fr...
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