title: World Report 2015: Events of 2014 (Human Rights Watch World Report)
author: Human Rights Watch
description: &ldquo;A wonderful report. An attempt to bring rationality where emotion tends to dominate.&rdquo;&mdash;Simon Jenkins, former editor of the <i>Times</i> (London)<br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;The reports of the New York&ndash;based Human Rights Watch (HRW) have become extremely important. . . . Cogent and eminently practical, these reports have gone far beyond an account of human rights abuses in the country.&rdquo;&mdash;Ahmed Rashid, <i>New York Review of Books</i>
zlib_text:   * **_The world this week_**
    *  ** _Leaders_**
    *  ** _Letters_**
    *  ** _Briefing_**
    *  ** _Asia_**
    *  ** _China_**
    *  ** _United States_**
    *  ** _Middle East & Africa_**
    *  ** _The Americas_**
    *  ** _Europe_**
    *  ** _Britain_**
    *  ** _International_**
    *  ** _Special report_**
    *  ** _Business_**
    *  ** _Finance & economics_**
    *  ** _Science & technology_**
    *  ** _Books & arts_**
    *  ** _Economic & financial indicators_**
    *  ** _Graphic detail_**
    *  ** _Obituary_**
  
  ## **The world this week**
  
    * **_Politics this week_**
    *  ** _Business this week_**
    *  ** _KAL’s cartoon_**
  
  **Politics this week**
  
  > Apr 8th 2021 |
  
  ![](Images/image00240.jpeg)
  
  Around 20 people were arrested in
  [**Jordan**](https://www.economist.com/node/21800208) on charges of plotting
  against the crown. Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king and former heir
  apparent, was confined to a palace outside Amman. No evidence of an actual
  plot was shared by the authorities. Prince Ha