HRW Urges Europe to Press Vietnam on Rights During Visit
By Tiana Nowzari October 21, 2026 Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the European Union (EU), Belgium and Denmark to press Vietnamese President To Lam to address the country’s deteriorating human rights situation during his October 19–24 visit to Europe. HRW said that Vietnam’s government has intensified its crackdown on basic freedoms, including freedom of expression, peaceful activism, and independent journalism. The organi
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UN Urges India to Stop ‘Excessive Force’ Against Protesters
By Kanishka Singh October 20, 2026 WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - UN experts called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into Indian authorities' conduct in a recent crackdown on protests, where they said demonstrators had sustained injuries and some reported being subjected to ill-treatment. Opposition political parties and student organizations have held protests in recent weeks in India demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over a revis
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Doubts over Transfer of Bosnian War Crimes Cases to Serbia
By Emina Dizdarevic Tahmiscija October 22, 2026 While a court in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced 13 people to a combined total of more than 180 years in prison for the killing of Bosniak civilians in two villages during the 1992-95 war, the acquittal of two others by a court in Belgrade has raised further doubts about the merit of transferring war crimes cases from Sarajevo to Belgrade. Higher court, Belgrade. Credit: BIRN It was by sheer chance that Bekir Alic survived
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India: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detentions
By Human Rights Watch October 13, 2026 Free All Wrongfully Detained; Uphold the Right to Peaceful Protest Police detain protesters during a demonstration demanding the resignation of India's chief election commissioner, in New Delhi, India, October 10, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Manish Swarup (New York) – Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian cities, Human Rights Watch said today. The protests,
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The Human Cost Of US Air Strikes In Somalia
Families recount deaths, injuries and displacement as Trump accelerates US strikes against armed groups in Somalia. By Faisal Ali Published On 20 Oct 2026 Abdiqadir Salah, age seven, shows the scar left after doctors removed shrapnel from his body following fighting involving United States air strikes around Jamaame, Somalia, in November 2025 [Fardosa Hussein/Al Jazeera] Mogadishu, Somalia – Nearly a year after a suspected US strike in southern Somalia left shrapnel embedded
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Singapore:Kokila Annamalai charged in anti-free speech trial
By: Lydia Lam October 7, 2026 After she received the correction direction, Kokila Annamalai put up an article titled, "I Defy: Why I am not complying with my POFMA Correction Direction". Credit: CNA/Raydza Rahman SINGAPORE: Activist Kokila Annamalai went on trial on Wednesday (Oct 7) for failing to comply with a correction direction issued to her under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). This was in relation to posts that she made on social med
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