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Thailand: halt deportation of Karen refugees

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Thai authorities Aug. 17 to halt the deportation of ethnic Karen villagers from Thailand's Phetchaburi province to Burma, citing grave risks to their safety if returned, and urging their immediate release from immigration detention.

UN decries Israel's new West Bank outpost plans

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on July 27 condemned Israel's announcement of plans to accelerate the authorization of settlement outposts under Israeli domestic law in the occupied West Bank, warning that the move constitutes a "flagrant violation" of international law.

Demand justice in massacre of Honduran peasants

UN Special Rapporteur Morris Tidball-Binz on July 17 condemned the killing of 20 Honduran peasants earlier this year, and called for those responsible to be brought to justice. He also called for authorities to ensure that the victims' families are provided with reparations, and take measures to ensure that there will be no further outbreaks of violence.

Pakistan: life sentence for Baloch activist

UN experts on July 8 condemned the sentencing of Pakistani human rights defender Mahrang Baloch to two terms of life imprisonment by a court in Quetta, describing it as a "travesty" of justice.

Turkish environmental activist faces prison

Amnesty International on July 6 condemned the conviction in Türkiye of environmental activist Esra Işık. Amnesty's deputy regional director for Europe, Esther Major, spoke on the broader impacts of the conviction on the fight to defend the environment:

Afro-Mexican human rights activist assassinated

A UN expert panel on July 1 condemned the latest murder of a Mexican human rights activist, and called for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation by state authorities.

Naga armed groups drawn into Manipur violence

Amnesty International on June 4 called for the immediate and unconditional release of civilians being held by armed groups in India's Manipur state as negotiations over the fate of remaining captives appear to have stalled amid continuing ethnic tensions.

Greco-Albanians protest Trump-linked development scheme

Protesters clashed with security forces May 30 at the site of a planned luxury resort on Albania's Adriatic coast linked to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the daughter and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. The site, at Zvërnec, is one of the last nearly pristine coastal zones in the entire Mediterranean, and is located within Albania's southern Greek-speaking region. The project has raised serious concerns among local ethnic Greek residents over the loss of their traditional lands.

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