Human Rights Watch

The number of civilian casualties in the 20-day offensive of the Syrian army in the rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta exceeded 1,000, said the Syrian Center for Human Rights Watch quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.

Satellite imagery shows Myanmar authorities have bulldozed at least 55 Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine in recent months, Human Rights Watch said on Feb. 23, condemning the government for erasing evidence at sites where troops are accused of atrocities.

More than 400 peaceful civilians, including nearly a hundred children, have been killed in the Eastern Ghouta riot near Damascus in recent days, and Russia has delayed the adoption of a United Nations humanitarian resolution that could be voted on today.

In its annual review for 2018, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the failure of Greek authorities to properly identify vulnerable asylum seekers for transfer to the mainland has "impeded their access to proper care and services."

In its annual review for 2018, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the failure of Greek authorities to properly identify vulnerable asylum seekers for transfer to the mainland has "impeded their access to proper care and services."

Attacks on journalists, discrimination against minorities, poor protection of refugees and lack of political will to prosecute war crimes remain problems in most Balkan countries in 2017, Human Rights Watch's World Report 2018 said.

At least 28 civilians have been killed in bombing and shelling against the besieged Syrian East Ghouta region near the capital Damascus. 19 people were killed on Wednesday in a Russian air strike in the city of Mizraba and the rest were killed the same day in regime strikes and shelling in other areas, the Syrian Observatory on Human Rights Watch said.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Greek government to speed up transfers from refugee and migrant camps on the Aegean islands to the mainland, warning that overcrowded facilities on Lesvos, Chios, Leros, Samos and Kos were ill-equipped to deal with the coming of winter.

The United Nations plans to move up to 10,000 illegal migrants from Libya next year, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday, in a bid to relieve the plight of thousands stranded in deteriorating conditions in detention centers there, reported Reuters.

Greek authorities are failing to provide adequate protection for women and girls living in state-run, EU-sponsored facilities for asylum seekers on Lesvos, Human Rights Watch has warned.