States concerned about autonomous weapons systems – that would select and use force against targets based on sensor processing rather than human inputs – should urgently act to start negotiations on a new international treaty to ban and regulate them.

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Ny rapport från HRW: Ryska soldater avrättade 30 ukrainska fångar - Nyheter (Ekot)

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Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered. These incidents should be investigated as war crimes.

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Saudi Arabia’s court of appeal in April 2024 approved death sentences for two Saudi men for protest-related crimes allegedly committed as children.

Saudi authorities should immediately halt executions for child offenders.

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UAE authorities are holding an unfair mass trial that has raised serious due process concerns. The trial includes many defendants held in prolonged solitary confinement, which may amount to torture.

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Just appalling that authorities in the 'world's largest democracy' India are so thin-skinned that they made it impossible for ABC journalist Avani Dias do her job.

Restricting access for foreign journalists is a tactic to silence critical reporting. hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Burkina Faso stryper landets tillgång till internet efter vår rapport om militärens massaker i februari. En robust internationell oberoende utredning behövs, för att utreda brott mot mänskligheten och utkräva ansvar.

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Fick möjlighet att vara med i den utmärkta Nyhetspodden för att prata om hur Storbritannien skickar asylsökande till Rwanda och riskerna för övergrepp mot individer och underminering av hela skyddssystemet, när andra länder funderar på att göra samma sak. arenan.yle.fi/poddar/1-70121…

North Korea’s victims need support from international institutions and governments, there should be accountability for rights violations, and international investigations into the nexus between rights violations and weapons proliferation in North Korea.

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Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy - Compulsory Sterilization Removed, but Lawmakers Should Reject all Onerous Requirements

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Gästade SVT Aktuellt för att prata om ukrainska barn som förts till Ryssland och utsätts för propaganda, desinformation och andra övergrepp. Mer måste göras för att återförena barnen med sina familjer.

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Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023.

The grave abuses are part of a broader pattern of serious human rights violations to repress dissent.

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Angola’s parliament should significantly revise or withdraw a proposed national security law. The law would permit excessive government control over private institutions, undermine media freedom and the rights to freedom of expression, and association.

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Gambia is among the 10 countries with the highest levels of FGM. If the National Assembly adopts the Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2024 at its June session, Gambia would become the first country to overturn a FGM ban. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

'Israel is increasingly worried by the prospect of the International Criminal Court...issuing arrest warrants against PM Benjamin Netanyahu & other Israeli political and military leaders for alleged breaches of international law in Gaza.' As it should be. timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-off…

West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence - Entire Palestinian Communities Displaced Months After Attacks

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New data from the World Health Organization shows that many governments around the world did not meet public healthcare spending benchmarks, indicating possible violations of countries’ obligations to the human right to health.

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#Nigeria : 10yrs after #BokoHaram abducted 276 Chibok schoolgirls, over 90 remain unaccounted for & more than 1600 children have since been abducted or kidnapped as the government’s plans to make schools safe continue to fall short. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1… Human Rights Watch

📣! New today from Human Rights Watch !📣

Analysis of World Health Organization (WHO) data from 190+ countries exposes failures to adequately fund health care at the height of the pandemic, and trends that have worsened inequalities between countries over the past 20 years

More 👇 (w/ charts!)
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Last week, UN Human Rights Council decided to establish a new investigative body to advance accountability for international crimes committed by Belarusian authorities. This sends a strong message to perpetrators that their crimes will not go unpunished.

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