Human Rights Watch

“We have not seen any evidence that military forces in Sinjar had a legitimate reason to fire on protesters, who presented no apparent risk to their lives or others,” said Human Rights Watch.

Security forces rounded up dozens of men on suspicion of being gay, torturing and humiliating the victims. Three of them have reportedly died.

Rwanda’s lack of tolerance for political dissent is well known. But those who oppose having their land taken away are also finding out the government has little patience for opposing views.

The arrest and detention of the activist, Ahmad Amhaz, is incompatible with Lebanon’s human rights obligations. Lebanese authorities should immediately release him and stop bringing charges for criticizing public officials.

Indonesian police detained and then deported two reporters, who were filming a documentary for Indonesia’s Garuda Airlines in Papua, for lacking “necessary documents from related institutions,” without elaborating.

The sentence against Tayseer al-Najjar was related to Facebook posts in which he criticized Egypt, Israel, and Gulf countries.

Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.

Brazil’s 436,000 military police have severe legal restrictions on their free speech. In a country with 60,000 killings a year, that’s a deadly problem.