DR Congo: Take Concrete Steps to End Impunity
Click to expand Image A cross marks graves near the Biaro refugee camp, an estimated 42 kilometers south of Kisangani, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, May 18, 1997. The discovery of a number...
View ArticleWho Is ‘Happy’ in Xinjiang?
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to honor some of those involved in China's fight against Covid-19 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, September 8,...
View ArticleNew US Bill Would Help People Working in Dangerous Heat
Click to expand Image Farmworkers, considered essential workers under the Covid-19 pandemic, harvest beans in Homestead, Florida, May 12, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Many United States...
View ArticleVictory for Acid Attack Campaigners in Nepal
Click to expand Image A woman holds a placard during a demonstration on International Women's Day to protest against inequality and sexual violence, March 8, 2020. © 2020 Sunil Pradhan/Sipa via AP...
View ArticleHarsh Sentences for Alleged Hizb-ut-Tahrir Followers in Russia
Click to expand Image Supreme court appeal hearing held via videoconference, September 2020. © RFE/RL Last week, Russia’s Supreme Court upheld the terrorism-related convictions of 19 men who are all...
View ArticleGeorgia Passes Sweeping Labor Reforms
Click to expand Image A plenary session of Georgia's Parliament, September 16, 2020. © Parliament of Georgia In an important move to protect workers, this week Georgia’s parliament adopted sweeping...
View ArticleRussia Expands Facial Recognition Despite Privacy Concerns
Click to expand Image Police officers walk past a surveillance camera in central Moscow, Russia January 26, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (Moscow) – Russian authorities are planning to expand...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses
(Beirut) – The Saudi government has spent billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as a deliberate strategy to deflect from the country’s image as a pervasive...
View ArticleTurkey: Politicians and Activists Detained
Click to expand Image In the corridors of Ankara courthouse, lawyers and MPs wave to Peoples’ Democratic Party politicians and officials waiting to testify before a court. Ankara, October 1, 2020. ©...
View ArticleUS: Lawsuit Challenges ICC Sanctions
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – A legal challenge to a United...
View ArticleRussian Journalist Commits Suicide After Years of Harassment
Click to expand Image Irina Slavina poses in Nizhniy Novgorod, March 2019, in a photo posted to social media. Journalist and publisher Irina Slavina (Murakhtayeva) died after setting herself on fire...
View ArticleMyanmar: Election Fundamentally Flawed
Click to expand Image A resident checks voting lists at an administrative office in Yangon ahead of Myanmar’s upcoming general election, July 25, 2020. © 2020 Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Names First Chief Programs Officer
(New York, October 5, 2020) – The accomplished human rights researcher, lawyer, and activist Tirana Hassan has joined Human Rights Watch as its first Chief Programs Officer. In this role Hassan will...
View ArticleEgypt: Police Beat Man to Death, Family Says
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should conduct a credible investigation into the death of 26-year-old Islam al-Australi in police custody and make the results public, Human Rights Watch said today. The...
View ArticleGreece: Investigate Pushbacks, Violence at Borders
Click to expand Image The Greek Coast Guard has been accused of using rescue equipment - namely inflatable, motorless life rafts - to leave asylum seekers and migrants adrift in open water close to...
View ArticleKurdistan Region of Iraq: Media Offices Shut Down
Click to expand Image The NRT headquarters in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Kurdistan Regional Government shut down NRT’s other offices in Erbil and Dohuk on August 19, 2020...
View ArticlePeople with Mental Health Conditions Living in Chains
(London) – Hundreds of thousands of people with mental health conditions are shackled around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Men, women, and children, some as young as...
View ArticleIMF: Adopt Policies to Reduce Inequality
Click to expand Image People in downtown Quito, Ecuador protest against budget cuts for education and labor law adjustments, May 25, 2020. © 2020 Rafael Rodriguez/NurPhoto via AP (Washington, DC) –...
View ArticleDon’t Let Orphan’s Canadian Homecoming Be an Exception
Click to expand Image A girl stands in the annex of al-Hol, a camp in northeast Syria detaining thousands of foreign women and children from countries including Canada as family members of Islamic...
View ArticleProtesting Sexual Assault in India Isn’t a ‘Conspiracy’
Click to expand Image Chandrashekhar Azad, leader of the Bhim Army, a party advocating for the rights of Dalits, speaks during a protest against the gang rape and killing of a Dalit woman in Uttar...
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