Human Rights Watch

Although the draft law contains some moderate improvements, it retains many provisions that violate the rights to freedom of speech, association, and religion. Others fall short of protections to which women, victims of torture, and LGBTQI+ people are entitled under international law.

Human Rights Watch said the “Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism” has led to the sentencing of more than 250,000 people, mostly Uyghurs and other Muslims, in China’s Xinjiang region.

“It is crucial for the Committee of Ministers, at its March session, to leave the Turkish government in no doubt that ECtHR judgments are binding on Turkey and that persistent failure to implement the ruling in Osman Kavala’s case constitutes a serious breach requiring exceptional measures” – HRW.

Amidst an ongoing campaign of increased persecution and abuses, Tunisian LGBTI activists are targeted by security forces during protests, and face online harassment in violation of their right to privacy and free expression.

“Erdoğan’s appointment of an unelected rector to Boğaziçi University and the violent arrests of students who had peacefully protested the move encapsulates the government’s disregard for basic human rights” – HRW

“Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases killed critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, and enacted vague laws criminalizing speech that they claim threatens public health.”

Mandatory order to install surveillance software infringes on child privacy and expression, according to Human Rights Watch.

There was a clarion call by countries across regions for Rwanda to end torture and ill-treatment, and investigate cases of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and deaths in custody, during Rwanda’s recent Universal Periodic Review process.