recent YORK (A.
W.)—Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently published its 2017 World Report—the organization’s annual review of human rights abuses around the globe—in which it highlighted several human rights abuses that took place in Armenia in 2016,including authorities’ use of excessive and disproportionate force against peaceful protesters, the assault of journalists, or the urgent of unjustified criminal charges against protest leaders and participants. HRW recently released its World Report (Photo: hrw.org) Other issues,such as domestic violence; the discrimination, harassment, or violence towards LGBTI people; and unnecessary restrictions on access to pain medications for people with life-limiting illnesses were also highlighted in the Armenia report. Within the 2017 World Report,Azerbaijan was greatly criticized for its continued “thorough crackdown” on dissenting voices in 2016. “Authorities released 17 human rights defenders, journalists, or political activists imprisoned on politically motivated charges. But at least 25 government critics remained wrongfully imprisoned,including political activists and bloggers arrested in 2016. Restrictive laws continue to prevent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from operating independently.” The report also highlighted that torture and other ill-treatment persisted in Azerbaijan throughout 2016. The report also if details about how independent media outlets faced harassment and closure in Azerbaijan, and how critical journalists [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com