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Refugees · BangkokThai authorities are assisting neighbouring governments to take unlawful actions against refugees and dissidents from abroad, making the country increasingly unsafe for those fleeing persecution, Human Rights Watch says in a report released this week.See the Story
Rights group decries ‘swap mart’ for dissidents
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Human Rights Watch · BangkokBANGKOK (AP) — Human Rights Watch urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to their home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death. The international rights group analyzed 25 cases that took place in Thailand between 2014 and 2023. It said in the report Thursday that Thai authorities violated international law by expelling the dissidents, many of whom were regist…See the Story
Rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return to countries they fled for safety - The Morning Sun
African Union · SudanA new report by Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations and African Union to place an arms embargo on Sudan amid ongoing ethnic cleansing in Darfur. Henry Wilkins speaks to the author of the report, who says the response by the international community has been disappointing.
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Darfur ethnic cleansing report author decries lack of response from African Union, UN
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Human Rights Watch · Chiang RaiHuman Rights Watch has urged Thailand’s government on Thursday to cease forcing political dissidents who came to Thailand for protection to return to authoritarian home nations, where they risk torture, persecution, or death. According to a new report by Human Rights Watch, Thai authorities regularly violated international law by dismissing dissidents, many of whom were […] The post Thailand Urged to End Forced Repatriations of Political Disside…See the Story
Thailand Urged To End Forced Repatriations Of Political Dissidents
Refugees · ArlingtonA leading international human rights organization has urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to authoritarian home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death.See the Story
Human Rights Watch pushes Thai authorities to stop expelling dissident refugees
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Refugees · PittsburghHuman Rights Watch (HRW) warned Thailand against unlawful targeting of dissidents and migrants from neighbouring countries in a new report on Thursday. The report condemns Thai authorities for assisting neighbouring countries in detaining dissidents and refugees and engaging in “Transnational Repression”. According to the report, the country engaged in unlawful acts against refugees, dissidents and asylum seekers such as surveillance, violence, …See the Story
Thailand warned against targeting foreign refugees and dissidents
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Looting · SudanHuman Rights Watch has documented ethnic cleansing in the West Darfur region of Sudan by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias against the Masalit people and other non-Arab communities. “These allied militia and the RSF then, from April until June, conducted a rampage of killings, of lootings, of torture, of rape,” says Belkis Wille, associate director with the Crisis, Conflict, and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. She saySee the Story
“Rampage of Killings”: Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan’s Darfur Region
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