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IRBIL, Iraq, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Yazidi and Shabak minorities under attack in Iraq's Nineveh province are not receiving government protection, human rights advocates say.
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An Iranian convicted of a fatal 2005 fight when he was 17, was executed by hanging with the victim's mother pulling the stool from under him, his lawyer says.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch called on the Yemeni government to open humanitarian aid corridors in order to reach the thousands of families displaced by conflict.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Yemeni government should conduct an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding an airstrike on civilians, Human Rights Watch said.
SANA'A, Yemen, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Yemeni military airstrikes against Houthi rebels Thursday killed at least 85 civilians at a refugee camp in the country's Adi area, witnesses said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Egypt should halt its practice of alleged unlawful killings of migrants and asylum seekers near the Egyptian border with Israel, said Human Rights Watch.
TEHRAN, July 16 (UPI) -- Changes to Iranian law on the legal profession would give the government control over who can practice law, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
GAZA, April 20 (UPI) -- At least 32 Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel were killed and others tortured by Hamas militants in recent months, Human Rights Watch says.
MANAMA, Bahrain, March 23 (UPI) -- Using televised, coerced testimony and other flaws in the trial of a Bahraini opposition leader shows contempt for the right to a fair trial, advocates say.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Iran violated the rights of four bloggers by coercing them into confessing, and then trying and convicting them, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.