Human Rights Watch

Although the United Nations refugee agency, was recently granted access to Roszke, Hungarian authorities have not given permission to journalists or human rights organisations to visit the two police-run detention centres at the Roszke border between Serbia and Hungary, known as Hangar 1 and Hangar 2.

Protests were organized against a proposed law to give corrupt businessmen and state officials from the Ben Ali era immunity from prosecution if they return the assets they plundered.

The killing of a right-to-information activist in Bihar state, India in August 2015 highlights the risks to people requesting information from the authorities, as provided by law.

“This report provides an utterly damning indictment of Mexico’s handling of the worst human rights atrocity in recent memory,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. “Even with the world watching and with substantial resources at hand, the authorities proved unable or unwilling to conduct a serious investigation.”

“International donors to Burma’s elections should be expressing public concern over the election commission’s bias in favor of the military and its censorship of criticism,” HRW said. “Elections should be an occasion for more political speech, not less.”

Most of those arrested are affiliated with the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP), which has an active student and youth wing and conducts public rallies and events.

At least five leading opposition candidates have beeb disqualified from running for office in Venezuela’s upcoming elections.

Pro-Amazigh activist, Kameleddine Fekhar, and his 24 co-defendants, are charged with participating in a terrorist act and inciting hatred, for their alleged role in violent confrontations between the Amazigh and the Arab communities on July 7 in the Mzab.