Tag: Human Rights Watch

Stop the Killer Robots: an Interview With Professor Noel Sharkey

Earlier this month, members of the Campaign To Stop Killer Robots briefed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Issues on the emergent threat of autonomous weapons systems and killer robots. On 7 March, Ban Ki-moon spoke to the advisory board personally and encouraged a quick resolution on the concerns expressed internationally regarding the… Read More Stop the Killer Robots: an Interview With Professor Noel Sharkey

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Boko Haram: Engaging Non-State Armed Groups to Comply with the Laws of War

On the 25th of February 2014 at least 29 students were killed during an attack on a college in Buni Yadi, at the northeastern of Nigeria. Prior to this terrible event, on 16 February, approximately 90 people were killed on an attack in the village of Izge, located near the border of Cameroon. The Nigerian… Read More Boko Haram: Engaging Non-State Armed Groups to Comply with the Laws of War

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Drones crime: a form of collective punishment; no accountability, no legality.

The United Nations report over 400 civilians have been killed in the past decade for US drone strikes. The most recent attack in Pakistan on early Thursday killed 3 people; the first attack since Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked U.S. President Barack Obama to end the campaign of drone strikes. The Pakistani government “strongly condemns” the… Read More Drones crime: a form of collective punishment; no accountability, no legality.

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On-going hunger strike in The Hague to support imprisoned asylum seekers in The Netherlands

The Hague – Activists on their second day of hunger strike have been supporting imprisoned asylum seekers in the Netherlands who officially started the strike on 1 May 2013, protesting against a dysfunctional asylum Dutch policy. Around 20 activists were gathered today at Plein in The Hague city centre to hold a hunger strike that… Read More On-going hunger strike in The Hague to support imprisoned asylum seekers in The Netherlands

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Burmese government accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’

22 April 2013 – According to the latest report of Human Rights Watch the government of Burma has encouraged and aided in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against minority Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western state of Rakhine. Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch’s deputy Asia director, openly accused Burmese government of crime against humanity and ethnic… Read More Burmese government accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’

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