Syria’s new justice body risks excluding thousands of victims
Syria’s transitional authorities unveiled two new government bodies on 17 May aimed at addressing human rights abuses committed over more ...
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DEM Party calls for Turkey to recognise Anfal Massacre as genocide
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has announced plans to submit a draft law to the Turkish parliament recognising ...
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Iran faces global outcry over Nobel Laureate’s re-arrest threat
Iranian authorities are facing mounting international criticism over their threat to return Nobel Peace Laureate and human rights activist Narges ...
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Execution of Minorities: Iran’s strategy to create a climate of fear across Iran
Human Rights Watch, in a statement issued on 11 November, strongly condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran’s increasing reliance on ...
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HRW: Over half a million voters lose elected mayors in Turkey amid trustee appointments
The Erdoğan government’s removal of five democratically elected mayors and dissolution of municipal councils constitutes a “significant blow to Turkey’s ...
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Iraq’s child marriage law will devastate women’s rights and futures: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Iraq's proposed law to legalise child marriage would severely undermine the rights and ...
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MHP leader Bahçeli criticised for meeting with SNA human rights abusers
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the close relationship between Turkey's Justice and Development Party/Nationalist Movement Party (AKP-MHP) alliance, and ...
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Human Rights Watch labels Turkey ‘occupying force’ in Syria, details torture allegations
Human Rights Watch has categorised Turkey as an "occupying force" in northern Syria in a significant submission to the United ...
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