Schlagwort: human rights

Police in the Dominican Republic routinely rape, beat, humiliate and verbally abuse women sex workers to exert social control over them and to punish them for transgressing social norms of acceptable femininity and sexuality, said Amnesty International in a new report released today.

Two sisters from Saudi Arabia who fled beatings from their male relatives, and were left stranded in Hong Kong, have now started a new life in another country.

„Attacks on civilians, and indiscriminate attacks, are never justified and a serious violation of international humanitarian law.“