How Canadian Men’s Soccer Team Can Stand Up for Rights
Click to expand Image Canadian Men’s National Soccer team celebrates after scoring a goal against Suriname during the second half of a World Cup 2022 Group B qualifying soccer match on June 8, 2021 in...
View ArticleTougher Steps Needed Against Afghanistan’s Taliban
Click to expand Image Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting deputy prime minister of the Afghan Taliban's caretaker government, center, and other Taliban officials attend a ceremony marking the 9th...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
Click to expand Image Protesters celebrate after listening to a judgment during a rally demanding the abolition of abortion law outside of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, April 11,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Biden Visit Risks Fostering Repression
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, February 24, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Alex Brandon (Beirut) – US President Joe Biden’s expected...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Strikes Killed Scores of Civilians in Chernihiv
Click to expand Image Damage from a Russian attack on School 21 on March 3, 2022, in Chernihiv city, April 19, 2022 © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch Russian forces killed and wounded numerous...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Torture Civilians in Panjshir
Click to expand Image Taliban soldiers gather with weapons and machinery in Panjshir province, northern Afghanistan, September 8, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan (New York) – Taliban security...
View ArticleDutch and Belgian Sportswriters Say: “No More Qatar”
Click to expand Image © Marcel Stephan The Netherlands may have qualified for the 2022 football World Cup, but many Dutch citizens, football fans, and journalists won’t cheer the human rights abuse of...
View ArticleTunisia: Arbitrary Dismissals a Blow to Judicial Independence
Click to expand Image Kais Saied during the sworn ceremony in Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia on October 23, 2019. © 2019 Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images (Tunis) – Tunisian...
View ArticleEgypt’s Response to Torture: Punish the Victims
Click to expand Image Police officers stationed outside Tora prison on the southern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on February 11, 2020 © 2020 KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images Egypt’s...
View ArticleBiden’s Praise of Bolsonaro is Affront to Brazil's Forest Defenders
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during the Summit of the Americas, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles © 2022 AP Photo/Evan Vucci When US...
View ArticleWe Need to Find Missing Journalist, Rights Defender in Brazil’s Amazon
Click to expand Image Employees of the National Indigenous Foundation, FUNAI, display a large poster with images of British journalist Dom Phillips, left, and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira,...
View ArticleHistoric Vote Urges Canadian Province to Stop Jailing Immigration Detainees
A major Canadian city has made a historic move to help protect the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.Vancouver’s City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to urge the province of British Columbia...
View ArticleRussia: Enforced Disappearance of Ukrainian Teacher
Click to expand Image Viktoria Andrusha. © Private Russian authorities have forcibly disappeared a teacher they detained in Ukraine in late March 2022, Human Rights Watch said today.Russian forces in...
View ArticleRwanda: Jailed Critic Denounces Torture in Prison
Click to expand Image Aimable Karasira (left) and Dieudonné Niyonsenga (right). © Private (Nairobi) – A prominent Rwandan YouTube commentator has accused prison authorities of beating him and other...
View ArticleOn World Day Against Child Labor, US Should Protect Young Farmworkers
Click to expand Image “Sofia,” a 17-year-old tobacco worker, on a dirt road near her home in North Carolina. © 2015 Benedict Evans for Human Rights Watch As the world marks another World Day Against...
View ArticleLegal Yet Limited: Abortion Rights in Nepal
Click to expand Image Nepalese police outside the Supreme Court in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 23, 2021. © 2021 Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via AP Following the deaths of countless women who had...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Opposition Politician Could Face 10-Year Sentence
Click to expand Image Zhanbolat Mamay © Inga Imanbay (Berlin, June 13, 2022) – A prominent opposition figure in Kazakhstan faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of organizing mass riots and...
View ArticleUS Government Watchdog Finds Flawed Weapons Monitoring in Yemen
Click to expand Image A delegation from Saudi Arabia examines models of military equipment at the Dubai Airshow 2021, in the UAE on November 14, 2021. © 2021 Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images A new internal...
View ArticleGaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15
(Gaza) – Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their lives, Human Rights Watch said today on the fifteenth anniversary of...
View ArticleCouncil of Europe Presses Pause on Draft Mental Health Protocol
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. © 2018 Human Rights Watch After a long fight by human rights advocates, the Council of Europe has temporarily suspended...
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