{"id":13594,"date":"2022-01-13T23:26:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T23:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/human-rights-watch-highlights-its-areas-of-concerns"},"modified":"2022-01-13T23:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T23:41:45","slug":"human-rights-watch-highlights-its-areas-of-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/human-rights-watch-highlights-its-areas-of-concerns","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch highlights its areas of concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Human Rights Watch has highlighted three places that top their long list of concerns for the coming year: Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region, Myanmar and Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Roth, executive director of the organisation offered criticism for Western governments, some of which promote investment deals with and conduct arms sales to countries seen to violate human rights.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;I think Sudan could go in that direction, it&#8217;s unclear yet. 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