 | Afghan Taliban unlawfully detaining, torturing civilians, says Human Rights WatchThe Taliban have responded by deploying to the province thousands of fighters, who have carried out search operations targeting communities they allege are supporting the National Resistance Front. |
 | Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth to resign after nearly three decadesKenneth Roth ran the New York-based group as it shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its efforts to ban anti-personnel land mines. |
 | Sri Lanka police transfer three top officers over protester's death in RambukkanaA special police team has been appointed to probe the incident and report within 3 days. |
 | Russia shutting down Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and similar organisations15 organisations have been taken off Russia's registry of international organisations and foreign NGOs due to 'violations of the current legislation of the Russian Federation.' |
 | Human Rights watch allege deliberate manslaughter of 300 men in Mali by militaryIt is the worst single atrocity reported in Mali's 10-year armed conflict against Islamic extremists, according to the rights group which said it interviewed several witnesses about the killings. |
 | Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, claim of conforming with international recognitionSince the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August last year, it had barred girls from going to schools across Afghanistan. |
 | UN chief welcomes Taliban's plan to reopen schools for girls, boysSince taking power, the Taliban have rolled back women's rights in virtually every area, including crushing women's freedom of movement. |
 | UN expresses concern over detention of two Afghan journalistsJournalists in the provinces have described Taliban members as threatening, detaining, and beating them and their colleagues who were trying to report the news, the HRW said. |
 | Cambodia: Opposition Politicians Convicted in Mass TrialThe Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced 19 senior and local members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), plus one defendant’s relative, to between five and ten years in prison. |
 | Rights group documents extrajudicial harassment in VietnamThe group said it found more than 170 people who were subject to travel bans and other pressure from 2004 to last year. |
 | Human Rights Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prisonThe prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hassakeh, known as Gweiran or al-Sinaa, held over 3,000 inmates, of which some 600 were children. |
| Israel calls on Amnesty not to release apartheid reportThe International Criminal Court is already investigating potential war crimes committed by Israel and Palestinian militants in the occupied territories. |
 | Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing OlympicsHuman Rights Watch activists representing Chinese dissidents and the minority Uyghur and Tibetan populations urged international attendants to voice their opposition to China's hosting of the Games. |
 | India should stop using abusive foreign funding law: Human Rights WatchRights groups seek the government to amend the FCRA to bring it in line with international law and human rights standards. |
 | Critics of BJP-led government in India face politically motivated harassment, prosecutions, and tax raids: Human Rights WatchIn July, the death of jailed tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, 84, was emblematic of the ongoing persecution of rights activists. |
