#human-rights-watch

#human-rights-watch

Comedians looking to donate their fee from the Riyadh Comedy Festival, look elsewhere. A spokesperson for Human Rights Watch told it "cannot accept" money from comedians who have "generously offered to donate part of their performance fees." According to Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch's head of economic justice and rights division, taking money from people who took money from the government of Saudi Arabia could "create the perception that somehow we compromised our independence after the fact."

The situation in Cabo Delgado is grave, with al-Shabab abducting children for forced labor and combat, while the region faces severe humanitarian crises.