Human Rights by the Numbers |
Friday, 13 January 2017 has released its that shows how many journalists were arrested, NGOs shut down, and families displaced. The numbers are sobering: - 76 per cent of hospitals in Venezuela have a severe shortage of basic medicines; - 467,800 people, mainly Muslim, have sought refuge in the Central African Republic from fighting in neighboring countries; - 75 journalists have fled into exile from Ethiopia; - 150 NGOs have been designated as 鈥渇oreign agents鈥 by Russia鈥檚 Ministry of Justice (more on Russia鈥檚 crackdown on NGOs can be found . The report has been summarized in a short that is worth watching (it鈥檚 only a minute and a half). Photo: courtesy of Human Rights Watch
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