LONDON: “Governments are shamelessly turning the clock back on decades of hard-won protections,” says the annual report for human rights in 2017 published by Amnesty International on Thursday. The report paints a dark portrait on the state of human rights in 159 countries across the world, detailing how governments are increasingly clamping down on human rights. The State of the World’s Human Rights, released each year, offers a thorough overview of human rights-related issues. This has led to atrocious violations of the human rights of refugees in regions such as the Mediterranean sea. Despite the appaling violations of human rights, Amnesty International’s Salil Shetty said that activists and journalists have also responded to these violations.

Source: Pakistan Today February 22, 2018 09:22 UTC