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Archives: Human Rights Watch
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![Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/russia-assault-on-freedom-of-exp-187x137.jpg)
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch | - - Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online speech and invasive surveillance of online activity…![Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? – HRW](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/do-egyptians-have-any-rights-lef-187x137.jpg)
Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? – HRW
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities in recent weeks have arrested at least 50 peaceful political activists, blocked at least 62 websites, and opened a criminal prosecution against…![Iran: Does the Rouhani Win Matters for Human Rights?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/iran-does-the-rouhani-win-matter-187x137.jpg)
Iran: Does the Rouhani Win Matter for Human Rights?
By Tara Sepehri Far. | ( Human Rights Watch ) | - - In Second Term, Should Move on Rights Reforms When the 2017 election season kicked off April 21, Iranian President…![After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/after-trump-massacres-in-mosul-c-187x137.jpg)
After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Candidate Donald Trump called last year for carpet-bombing of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. It is possible that Trump has loosened…![Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/iraq-isis-dumped-hundreds-in-mas-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
Via Human Rights Watch | - - Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of…![Iraq: Hundreds of Police bodies found in ISIS Mass Grave](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/iraq-hundreds-of-police-bodies-f-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Hundreds of Police bodies found in ISIS Mass Grave
Human Rights Watch | - - Witnesses Describe Executions (Erbil) – A mass grave discovered near Mosul by Iraqi Security Forces on November 7, 2016, most likely contains the bodies of at…![Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/humanitarian-crisis-in-mosul-as-187x137.jpg)
Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | - - . . . "There's no question that, in the worst case, Mosul will represent the single largest, most complex humanitarian crisis in…![UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia: Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/un-rebukes-saudi-arabia-yemens-c-187x137.jpg)
UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia: Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations
By Kristine Beckerle, Finberg Fellow | ( Human Rights Watch) | - - Every year, the United Nations secretary-general releases a “list of shame” of government forces and armed groups that have…![Yemen: Saudis Using US Cluster Munitions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/yemen-saudis-using-us-cluster-mu-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Saudis Using US Cluster Munitions
Human Rights Watch | - - End Production, Transfer of These Banned Weapons (Washington, DC) – Saudi Arabia has used US-made cluster munitions near civilian areas in Yemen, leaving behind unexploded submunitions,…![UN must hold Perpetrators accountable for War Crime of Hospital Bombings: HRW](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/un-must-hold-perpetrators-accoun-187x137.jpg)
UN must hold Perpetrators accountable for War Crime of Hospital Bombings: HRW
Human Rights Watch | - - An airstrike on April 27, 2016, that hit al-Quds Hospital and surrounding areas, killed 58 civilians, including medical staff and many patients, according to the Syrian…![Yemen: Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital: Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/yemen-coalition-drops-cluster-bo-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital: Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces airdropped cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early on January 6, 2016. It is not yet clear…![Saudi Arabia: Poet Sentenced to Death for Apostasy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/saudi-arabia-poet-sentenced-to-d-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Arabia: Poet Sentenced to Death for Apostasy
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Palestinian man to death for apostasy on November 17, 2015, for alleged blasphemous statements during a discussion group and…![To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/to-stem-the-flow-of-refugees-sto-187x137.jpg)
To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs
By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director | ( Human Rights Watch) - - Syrian asylum-seekers are the largest component of the latest refugee surge to Europe. Germany has been extraordinarily generous in providing…![As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/as-germans-welcome-1000s-of-refu-187x137.jpg)
As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis
Euractiv.com | - - Thousands of exhausted refugees and asylum seekers received a hero's welcome Sunday (6 September) as they streamed into Western Europe. But Austria warned the emergency measures are only…![Israel: Surge in Unlawful Palestinian Home Demolitions: 126 in West Bank Left Homeless](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/israel-surge-in-unlawful-palesti-187x137.jpg)
Israel: Surge in Unlawful Palestinian Home Demolitions: 126 in West Bank Left Homeless
Human Rights Watch | - - (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military unlawfully demolished at least 39 structures in Bedouin Palestinian communities in the West Bank on August 17 and 18, 2015. The…![Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/syria-impose-arms-embargo-on-reg-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes
Human Rights Watch | - - (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government following the government’s repeated air attacks on Douma’s popular…![Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/yemen-saudi-coalition-guilty-of-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW
Human Rights Watch | - - (Sanaa) – Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least 65 civilians, including 10 children, and wounded dozens in the Yemeni port city of Mokha on July…![Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/egypt-year-of-abuses-under-al-si-187x137.jpg)
Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking office a year ago pledging to restore…![85,000 Refugees from Ramadi Restricted from Entering Baghdad, despite 110– Heat](http://web.archive.org./web/20170920182249im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/85000-refugees-from-ramadi-restr-187x137.jpg)