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Corporal punishment was banned decades ago in Lebanon’s schools, but children still have to choose between suffering abuse or missing out on an education.
Adults are beating children in Lebanon’s schools, and that urgently needs to change. When interviewed by Human Rights Watch, some children reported severe abuse, including beatings with sticks, rubber hoses, and electrical cables, and cases in which so-called “discipline” spiraled into serious assault and harm.
The government has taken some steps, but with common-sense reforms, Lebanon could finally end corporal punishment in schools.
When FIFA announced the 2022 World Cup would be held in Qatar, there was an outcry over that country’s human rights record. Now, soccer’s governing body is considering expanding the World Cup to a country with an even more alarming record: Saudi Arabia.
Years’ worth of research and reliable data show that abortion restrictions don’t reduce abortions, but instead just drive them underground and often make them unsafe, fueling maternal death and injury.
"This week, Israel hosts the international song contest Eurovision in Tel Aviv. Many across Europe have come hundreds of miles to Israel for the festivities but, even though I live less than an hour’s drive away in the Gaza Strip, I’m not allowed to make the trip."
Responses by European political groups to a questionnaire sent by Human Rights Watch reveals key differences ahead of European Parliament elections on May 23-26.
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