Philippines: Ensure Rights Commission’s Independence
Click to expand Image Activists protest against presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally outside the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, the Philippines, on May 25, 2022. ©...
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 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...
View ArticleCambodia: 51 Opposition Politicians Convicted in Mass Trial
Click to expand Image Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy speaks to the media in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 12, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File (Bangkok) – A Cambodian...
View ArticlePhilippines: Ensure Rights Commission’s Independence
Click to expand Image Activists protest against presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally outside the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, the Philippines, on May 25, 2022. ©...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Taliban Crack Down on Vloggers
Click to expand Image Ajmal Haqiqi (center) and two colleagues after their arrest, Kabul, June 7, 2021. Source: General Directorate of Intelligence, Twitter, June 7, 2022...
View ArticleUN Rights Chief – Again – Promises Xinjiang Report
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a virtual meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during her visit to Guangzhou, China, May 25, 2022. © 2022 OHCHR...
View ArticleNew Philippine Security Adviser Urges End to ‘Red-Tagging’
Click to expand Image Philippine incoming national security adviser Clarita Carlos (L) and President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. © BBM Media Bureau The incoming national security adviser to...
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