Human Rights Watch - THE WEEK IN RIGHTS 15 October 2015 Pushed to the Brink in Turkana‏

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. THE WEEK IN RIGHTS Follow us on:   The Price Rwanda Pays to Keep Kigali’s Image Pristine Photo © 2015 Human Rights Watch Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, stands out as a safe and tidy city. Keeping Kigali clean, however, comes at a high price for those who can least afford to pay it – the city’s homeless, its street hawkers, and others living on society’s edge. Rounded up on a regular basis, these ”undesirables” are locked away in Rwanda’s Gikondo Transit Center, where several hundred people may share a room in cramped conditions, supplies of food and water are insufficient, and certain detainees called “counselors” beat other detainees with wooden sticks. A Human Rights Watch researcher speaks about the new report, ‘Why Not Call This Place a Prison?’, and the realities in Gikondo. Read more » share on: In Macedonia, Unchecked Police Abuse of Migrants The Macedonian police have verbally and physically abused migrants and asylum seekers at the border and in detention. Macedonia is a key transit country into the European Union, with thousands of asylum seekers and migrants – many of them from Syria, Afghanistan, or Somalia – entering the country every day. See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >>   share on: Iraq: Militia Abuses Mar Fight Against ISIS Iraqi government-backed militias deliberately destroyed several hundred civilian buildings in Tikrit with no apparent military reason after the withdrawal of the extremist armed group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, from the area. See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa »   share on: Dispatches: Pope Francis’ Message for the US CongressHeadline By Antonio Ginatta This morning Pope Francis delivered a pressing message on dignity before an audience that needed to hear it: the United States Congress. See the Latest News in the United States >> share on: Dispatches: Awaiting Sri Lanka’s ‘Courage and Leadership’ “Trust us,” Sri Lanka’s foreign minister, Mangala Samaraweera, told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva just before the release of a landmark report into atrocities committed during the country’s long civil war, which ended in 2009. See the Latest News in Asia »   share on: VIDEO     In Egypt, thousands evicted in Sinai demolitions. Watch Now » PHOTOS     Forgotten: Afghan Asylum seekers in Europe View Now » TWEET of the WEEK #EUCO summit ends with EU leaders giving impression they have no idea the #refugeecrisis is in Europe, right now. @hrw Follow Judith Sunderland » Thank you for supporting Human Rights Watch Follow us on: