Belkis Wille | Human Rights Watch
- Oct 9, 2017
ISIS’s Other Victims
A woman fleeing the fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces in Intisar neighbourhood in eastern Mosul on November 7,...
Human Rights Watch
- Oct 5, 2017
“They Said We Are Their Slaves”
Josephine, 28, said she fled her home in Bangui with her husband and five young children due to fighting in the city in October 2014....
Human Rights Watch
- Oct 4, 2017
Sexual Violence as Weapon of War
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war across the country during nearly five...
Rothna Begum | Human Rights Watch
- Aug 24, 2017
Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws
In recent weeks, the Tunisian, Jordanian, and Lebanese parliaments have repealed provisions in their penal codes that allowed rapists to...
Somini Sengupta | The New York Times
- Aug 17, 2017
For a Yazidi Woman, Justice for ISIS Crimes Is Still Elusive
Iraqi Yazidis who escaped the Islamic State from Sinjar enteing Dohuk Province, in Iraqi Kurdistan, from Syria in 2014. Kurdish fighters...
Somini Sengupta | The New York Times
- Aug 2, 2017
Jordan Moves to Repeal Marry-Your-Rapist Law
Women calling for the repeal of a law in Jordan allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims stood outside...