Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch accuses Yazidis of executing civilians

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

The US-based rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier in June. It said in a report on Wednesday that it has information from relatives of the victims that on June 4 Yazidi forces detained and then executed men, women and children from eightRead more

Iraq accused of violating due process for ISIS suspects

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Human Rights Watch in a report on Tuesday criticized Iraq and the autonomous Kurdish authorities over mass trials of suspected ISIS group militants. In "Flawed Justice: Accountability for ISIS Crimes in Iraq", HRW said Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the north were holding "thousands of trials of Islamic State suspects without a strategy to prioritize the worst abuses underRead more

HRW calls for sanctions on Damascus over chemical arms

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the international community to slap sanctions on the Syrian government after UN investigators blamed President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for a sarin gas attack that killed dozens. “The (UN) Security Council should move swiftly to ensure accountability by imposing sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for chemical attacks in Syria,” the New York-based rights watchdogRead more

2 suicide bombers targeted a police station in Amiriyat

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

A U.S.-trained Iraqi military unit committed “war crimes” in Mosul during the battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The group said two international observers alleged that the unit, the 16th Division of the Iraqi army, summarily killed four people in mid-July. The observers also alleged they had evidence ofRead more

Rwandan forces killing suspects without trial: HRW

Nairobi - Muslimchronicle

The soldiers came at dawn to Fulgence Rukundo's house in a village in western Rwanda, and accused him of stealing a cow. They draped slabs of the dead cow's carcass around his shoulders and positioned the animal's head on his before marching him into a banana plantation and shooting him dead, according to witnesses cited in a Human Rights WatchRead more

Libya’s Serraj oversees new Misrata-Tawergha agreement

Tripoli - Fatima Al Saadawy

Lebanon’s former Minister of Culture Ghassan Salama decided to accept to accept to head the United Nations mission to Libya to succeed Martin Kobler. UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on the choice of Salama. In case of his appointment, Salama would be the second Arab diplomat to take the position. UNSMIL’s a new chief has been confirmed. Secretary-GeneralRead more

Saudi woman's fear: 'They will kill me'

Dubai - AFP

Activists feared Friday for the safety of a young Saudi woman they say was returned to the kingdom against her will, in a case highlighting tight restrictions on women. Dina Ali Lasloom, 24, intended to flee to Australia to escape a forced marriage, Human Rights Watch cited a Canadian witness as saying. The witness said Lasloom approached her while inRead more