Press TV - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticizedthe United States for its refusal to lift sanctions on Iran amid the new coronavirus outbreak. The report was published by the New York-based organization on Monday asserted that international law obliges any country imposing sanctions on another to consider the impact on the human rights ...

Common Dreams | Vijay Prashad: The evidence is undeniable. The U.S. sanctions are seriously destroying Irans health infrastructure and are leading to immediate deaths and suffering of the Iranian population. In late October, Human Rights Watch released a short report with a sharp titleMaximum Pressure: US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians Right to ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns that the USs harsh sanctions against Iran pose a serious threat to the Iranian peoples right to health, urging Washington to adopt swift measures aimed at facilitating trade of humanitarian goods with the Islamic Republic. The consequences of redoubled US sanctions, whether intentional or not, pose a serious ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has formally requested Argentine judicial authorities to use a domestic constitutional clauseto arrest and prosecute Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MbS, for war crimes in Yemen and the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he enters Argentina later this week to attend a G20 summit....

Press TV - Human Rights Watch says a so-called investigatory body, overseen by Saudi Arabia, has for more than two years been covering up war crimes committed by the kingdom in Yemen. The rights organization released a 90-page analysis on the investigative work of a body, known as the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT), which is made up ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the international community to hold accountable the Israeli regime for the cold-blooded killing of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the besieged Gaza Strip, as more than 130 inhabitants of the impoverished sliver have been killed recently by the live fire of Israeli soldiers. The New York-...

Press TV - Human RightsWatch (HRW) says Israeli banks are financing the regimes unlawful settlement construction activities on the occupied territories,contributing to serious human rights violations and war crimes against Palestinians. In a 41-page report published on Tuesday, the New York-based rights group said Israels seven largest banks ...

Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Saudi Arabia has permitted government-appointed scholars and clerics to incite hatred and discrimination against the countrys religious minorities, including Shia Muslims. In a 62-page report, entitled They Are Not Our Brothers: Hate Speech by Saudi Officials and released on Tuesday, the HRW said Saudi ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has lashed out at the Saudi-led coalition for its refusal to provide information on its role in the massive unlawful airstrikes against Yemen in an attempt to avoid international legal liability. According to a Friday report by HRW, the current and former members of the coalition have refused to reply to the ...

Press TV- Dozens of rights groups from around the world have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an independent investigation into the rights violations committed in Yemen since a Saudi-led military coalition invaded the country. In a letter to members of the Human Rights Council, 57 Yemeni and international rights groups ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch has warned that stripping some 15,000 Palestinians of their right to live in Jerusalem al-Quds since 1967 could amount to a war crime. Israel claims to treat [occupied] Jerusalem as a unified city, but the reality is effectively one set of rules for Jews and another for Palestinians, said the international right ...

IRNA -- Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth reiterated Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifs remarks blaming Saudi Arabias double standard approach towards terrorism. In a post on his twitter account, Roth referred to an article by Zarif recently published in New York Times and said: Iran's foreign minister notes irony of ...

Press TV- The Human Rights Watch has condemned the brutal violence by the Bahraini regime forces against protesters in a northwestern village as a crackdown on freedom of expression. "Yet again the architects of bloody destabilizing violence in Bahrain appear to be the Al Khalifah government, and the timing of this operation - two days after ...

Press TV - The Bahraini regime has refused entry visa to a Human Rights Watch (HRW)activistscheduled to attend the annual FIFA congress in Bahrain, as the Persian Gulf kingdom's brutal crackdown on dissent persists. HRWs Israel-Palestine Director Omar Shakir stated on Wednesday that he was barred from entering the small island nation with his ...

Alwaght- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged on Tuesday Australia to immediately end military sales to Saudi Arabia as the regime's aggression on neighboring Yemen has killed thousands of civilians. The rights group in a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australian government should also release details about military weapons and material ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch has voiced its deep concerns over the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC)'s failure to address the situation in Bahrain. The situation inBahraindeteriorated further in the latter half of 2016. The government has intensified its attacks on rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and association, said a report ...

Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed deep concern over the high number of citizenship revocations in Bahrain,condemning the ruling Al Khalifah regimes heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and rights activist in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. UN Advocate at the HRW office in Geneva Laila Matar told Arabic-language Lualua ...

Press TV- Palestinian rights groups have roundly condemned Israels recent decision to deny a Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigator a work visa, calling for an end to the regimes crackdown on human rights activities in the occupied territories. The refusal reflects a larger policy of repression of human rights work by Israeli authorities through ...

Press TV- A prominent US human rights group has criticized President Donald Trump for his campaign to discredit, harass, and intimidate" his critics, comparing the new American leader to demagogues in other countries. Its now clear that one of Donald Trumps top priorities as president is to discredit, harass, and intimidate his critics, or anyone ...

Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blamed the Saudi regime for thousands of civilian deaths since the onset of its aerial and ground campaign against Yemeni, which is strongly supported by Riyadhs allies, particularly the US and the UK. In its annual report, the New York-based rights group said at least 4,125 civilians were killed and 7,...