World, Human Rights Watch, THE WEEK IN RIGHTS - October 16,2014

THE WEEK IN RIGHTS
October 16, 2014

US Sends Central American Migrants Back to Danger

Photo © 2014 Stephen Ferry for Human Rights Watch  In recent years, US officials have apprehended growing numbers of Central Americans crossing the US-Mexico border without authorization. Migrants are fleeing for many reasons, among them rising rates of violence fueled by gangs and drug violence in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. The US government’s fast-track screening of migrants is ignoring the very real fears of the people arriving at the border. In its frenzy to stem the tide of migrants from Central America, the US is sending asylum seekers back to the threat of murder, rape, and other violence.  Read more >> share on:   See the Latest News in Middle East/N. Africa The Islamic State’s litany of horrific crimes against the Yezidis in Iraq only keeps growing. We heard shocking stories of forced religious conversions, forced marriage, and even sexual assault and slavery – and some of the victims were children.  See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa >> share on:   In South Sudan, an Abusive Security Bill President Salva Kiir should veto a bill giving South Sudan’s National Security Service sweeping powers. The bill would allow the security service virtually unfettered authority to arrest and detain suspects, monitor communications, conduct searches, and seize property.  See the Latest News in Africa >> share on:   Bangladesh Shouldn’t Lower Marriage Age Recent media reports in Bangladesh indicate the prime minister’s cabinet is considering a revision to the law to make 16 the minimum age of marriage for girls. The minimum age for men would be 18. The proposed revisions would reverse stated government aims to reduce child marriage among girls.  See the Latest News in Asia >> share on:   France’s Counterterrorism Bill Threatens Rights A counterterrorism bill before the French parliament would provide overly broad and vague powers that would breach rights to free movement and expression. The bill, proposed by the French government in July under an accelerated procedure, is now before the senate.  See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >> share on:   VIDEO Watch the trailer for E-TEAM, a film about the work of four Human Rights Watch emergency researchers. The movie is set to be released by Netflix on October 24. View Now >> GRAPHIC Central Americans subject to speedy deportation by US border control.  View Now >> TWEET of the WEEK #SaudiArabia’s path to stability in Eastern Province lies in ending discrimination of Shia, not in death sentences http://www.hrw.org/node/129940 Follow Adam Coogle >> Thank you for supporting Human Rights Watch. Follow us on: