Human Rights Watch
Videos 'Prove' Croatia Forcibly Expelling Migrants, Watchdog Says
Border Violence Monitoring, BVM, a watchdog organization in Croatia, on Sunday published video material of police expelling migrants and refugees across the Croatia-Bosnia border.
It said it received an anonymous message on 20 November, containing the video footage from the area.
Report Accuses Croatian Police of Abusing Migrants
A Human Rights Watch report published on Tuesday alleged that Croatian border police have been threatening, beating, insulting and extorting money and valuables from migrants and refugees, and pushing them back into Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Croatia has denied the allegations against the police, according to the report.
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Argentina Tightens Security in Buenos Aires Ahead of G20 Summit
Much of Argentina's capital will shut down on Thursday as leaders from the world's biggest economies descend on Buenos Aires for the two-day G20 summit, which kicks off today, November 30, reported CNN.
Argentine judge seeks help from Turkey on Prince Salman's involvement in Khashoggi murder
An Argentine judge reviewing a Human Rights Watch complaint against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked the foreign ministry on Nov. 29 to seek information from Turkey, Yemen and the International Criminal Court.
Saudi Crown Prince Arrives in Buenos Aires for G20
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to join a Group of 20 summit, media reported, as he aims to shrug off the lingering stigma of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, reports AFP.
The prince was received at the airport by Argentina's foreign minister Jorge Faurie, according to Argentine press.
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Containment policy turning Lesvos into 'open-air prison,' HRW warns
The already grim conditions in the overcrowded Moria camp for migrants and refugees on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos may deteriorate into a full-blown humanitarian disaster as winter approaches unless urgent action is taken, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Wednesday.
Croatia Still Confining Disabled in Institutions, Activists Say
Several disabled people's and human rights organisations, Inclusion Europe, the European Network on Independent Living, the Centre for Peace Studies Croatia, Human Rights House Zagreb, and Human Rights Watch, on Wednesday said in a letter to Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic that Croatia should stop confining children and adults in institutions.
Romanians Vote in a Two-Day 'Family' Referendum
Romanians will vote this weekend in a referendum on whether to redefine marriage in the country's constitution as the "union between a man and a woman" rather than a union "between spouses".
Romania decriminalized homosexuality in 2001, later than most neighbouring states, but same-sex marriage is still banned by law.
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Serbian Weapons Used in Yemen Conflict Zone
After Human Rights Watch on Sunday appealed for a stop to weapons exports to Saudi Arabia following last month's airstrike in Yemen that killed at least 26 children and wounded at least 19, new pictures show Serbian-made weapons being used in the conflict in Yemen.
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Serbia makes new aircraft after 30 years
The airplane was manufactured in Utva Aviation Industry in Pancevo, Serbia.
41M program, better- known as Sova, is a project financed by Yugoimport-SDPR J.P., Serbian defence company.
Utva, largely owned by Yugoimport, arranged designing, modification, building prototypes, testing and plane certification, said the official release from the factory.
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