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Xi Jinping Expected to Ink $29 Billion in Deals on Saudi Arabia Trip
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday for a visit expected to result in nearly $30 billion in trade agreements with the Arab kingdom.
El Salvador: Widespread Abuses Under State of Emergency
(New York) – Salvadoran security forces have committed widespread human rights violations since the adoption of a state of emergency approved in late March 2022, in response to a peak in gang violence, Human Rights Watch and Cristosal said in a joint report released today.
The 89-page report, “‘We Can Arrest
Iraq: Activist Imprisoned for Peaceful Criticism of Security Forces
(Beirut) – A criminal court in Baghdad sentenced an activist to three years in prison on December 5, 2022, for alleged criticism of the deceased former head of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, Qassim Suleimani, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 6, the authorities detained the activist, Hayder Finjan al-Zaidi,
US Supreme Court Case Puts Basic Voting Rights on Trial
Tomorrow the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a very consequential case over voting rights.
US: Back War Crimes Court in Liberia
(Washington, DC) – The Biden Administration should send an unequivocal, high-level message to Liberian President George Weah during the US-Africa Leaders Summit that a war crimes court in Liberia is important to bring justice for civil wars-era crimes and should not be delayed any further, 10 Liberian and international civil society
Briefing Note on the Call for a War Crimes Court for Liberia
Widespread and systematic violations of international human rights and humanitarian law characterized Liberia’s two brutal armed conflicts, which took place between 1989 and 2003.
ICC: Ensure Victims’ Equal Access to Justice
(The Hague) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should make a commitment at their annual meeting to provide consistent financial, political, and practical support for justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
The 21st session of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties will take place in The Hague
Canada Should Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
International Criminal Court member countries will meet in the Hague next week starting December 5th at a time of renewed attention on the crucial role of the court in justice and accountability for serious international crimes. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February and the litany of apparent
Iraq: No Justice for Protester Deaths
(Beirut) – The Iraqi government under former Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi failed to deliver on promises of legal accountability for state security personnel and state-backed armed groups responsible for killing, maiming, and disappearing hundreds of demonstrators and activists since 2019, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 40-page
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Ten years ago, Human Rights Watch united with other civil society groups to co-found the Stop Killer Robots campaign in response to emerging military technologies in which machines would replace human control in the use of armed force.
There is now widespread recognition that weapons systems that select and attack
Report: Blackrock, State Retirement Funds Invested in Chinese Firms Tied to Uyghur Genocide
A report published by Hong Kong Watch and Professor Laura T.
Fourth Industrial Revolution Will Lead to Fusion of Physical, Digital and Biological Identities – Schwab (2019)
In May 2019, the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs declared that the Fourth Industrial Revolution had already begun. This declaration was made while promoting a speech by one of their “experts” Klaus Schwab. A man whose anti-human ideologies need no introduction. Schwab told his audience:
“Let me just say some
Sri Lanka at Brink of Humanitarian Crisis
The dramatic fuel shortages that accompanied mass protests in Sri Lanka earlier this year may have eased, but for millions of Sri Lankans the economic crisis is worse than ever.
Human Rights Watch Briefing Note for the Twenty-First Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will meet from December 5-10, 2022, in The Hague for the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).
