 | THE WEEK IN RIGHTS May 28, 2015 |
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Human Rights Watch spoke with Rohingya, who described how they fled persecution in Burma only to fall into the hands of traffickers and extortionists, in many cases witnessing deaths and suffering abuse and hunger.
In recent weeks scores of boats carrying thousands of Rohingya asylum seekers and migrants from Burma and Bangladesh have arrived in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The three governments responded by pushing the boats back out to sea.
Rohingya also told Human Rights Watch that in some cases, smugglers lured and duped people to make the sea journey without disclosing what was involved, and sometimes handed them over to traffickers.
One 13-year-old Rohingya girl told Human Rights Watch how men grabbed her in front of her family: “They dragged me to the boat, they had sticks, and threatened to beat me. I screamed, I cried loudly. My parents were weeping, but they couldn’t do anything.”
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| In Gambia, Dozens Held Incommunicado, ‘Disappeared’ Gambian authorities are ignoring basic human rights standards by detaining people incommunicado, raising grave concerns of enforced disappearance. Because their whereabouts are unknown and necessary safeguards are not in place, they are at high risk of torture and other abuses. See the Latest News in Africa » |
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| Mexico Should Investigate Michoacán Killings Mexico should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the killings on May 22, in Michoacán state. During a three-hour shootout between federal police officers and civilians in the municipality of Tanhuato, 42 civilians and one police officer died. See the Latest News in the Americas >> |
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| Dispatches: Pride in the Name of Love By Aisling Reidy Pride, joy, love, and intense relief flowed around an Irish bar in New York City today as the official result came in on Ireland’s referendum on whether to guarantee in the constitution that everyone has the right to marry: “Yes to Marriage Equality” won by a landslide. See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >> |
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| In Libya, Civilians Trapped in Benghazi Residents of Benghazi said that Libyan families and foreign civilians were trapped in downtown Benghazi affected by fighting. They said the militants controlling these areas were not allowing civilians to leave, and conditions were increasingly dire, due to food shortages and lack of medical care and because electricity to most areas had been cut. See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa » |
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| New FIFA President Should End Abuses The next president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) – world football’s governing body – should ensure that future host countries of the World Cup are required to comply with fundamental human rights norms. The FIFA presidential election will be held in Zurich on May 29. Read more >> |
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