Human Rights Watch

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 12 January 2017. Morocco in 2016 adopted important legal reforms but at the same time targeted selected opposition voices and protests for repression, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2017. Authorities restricted the activities of local human rights associations and systematically prevented pro-independence gatherings in […]

Chelsea Manning, sentenced to 35 years for leaking US diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, is reportedly on President Barack Obama’s shortlist for potential commutation of sentence. This welcome possibility highlights the urgency of Obama pardoning Edward Snowden.

Chelsea Manning, sentenced to 35 years for leaking US diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, is reportedly on President Barack Obama’s shortlist for potential commutation of sentence. This welcome possibility highlights the urgency of Obama pardoning Edward Snowden.

“When populists treat rights as obstacles to their vision of the majority will, it is only a matter of time before they turn on those who disagree with their agenda,” said Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth.

“When populists treat rights as obstacles to their vision of the majority will, it is only a matter of time before they turn on those who disagree with their agenda,” said Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth.

The government of President Yahya Jammeh, defeated in Gambia’s December presidential election, has arbitrarily arrested opposition sympathizers and closed three independent radio stations in the past week.

December: World authors campaign to release Chinese writers; relative calm in Nepal’s media; targeted killings in Philippines and Burma; recognition of digital journalists in Hong Kong.

UAE authorities have detained a Jordanian journalist without trial or access to a lawyer for over a year. Tayseer al-Najjar was apparently detained over three Facebook posts in which he criticized Egypt, Israel, and gulf countries.