South Korea Partially Recognizes Reproductive Rights
Click to expand Image Protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding the abolition of the country's ban on abortions outside of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 11,...
View ArticleVenezuela: Abusive Treatment of Returnees
(Washington, DC) – Venezuelan authorities’ treatment of approximately 130,000 citizens returning from other countries in many cases is abusive and is likely to amplify transmission of Covid-19, Human...
View ArticleJudgement In, Damage Done in Hungary
Click to expand Image People in Budapest protest a draft law targeting Central European University, Hungary, April 4, 2017. © Lydia Gall/Human Rights Watch The Court of Justice of the European Union...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Not the Answer to Bangladesh’s Rape Problem
Click to expand Image Students protest against an alleged gang-rape and brutal torture of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 8, 2020. © 2020 Zabed Hasnain...
View ArticleProtests Still Scare Egypt’s Government
Click to expand Image Protesters chant slogans against the government in Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty Egyptians have many reasons to protest and little space to...
View ArticleThailand: Over 20 Democracy Activists Arrested
Click to expand Image A pro-democracy protester flashes a three-finger salute during a protest against the government near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, October 13, 2020. © 2020...
View ArticleChina Grudgingly Gets UN Rights Body Seat
Click to expand Image Chinese Vice-Foreign Affairs Minister Le Yucheng speaks during the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of China, at the European headquarters of the United Nations...
View ArticleMoscow Government Collects Employees Data Without Consent
Click to expand Image An electronic billboard is displayed on a office building after sunset in Moscow, Russia, April, 11, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr My phone number is now...
View ArticleEU Counterinsurgency Aid to Mozambique Should Help Protect Rights
Click to expand Image Residents of Naunde, in Macomia, Cabo Delgado, flee their village following an attack on June 5, 2018. ©2018 Human Rights Watch The European Union has agreed to a request by the...
View ArticleIndia: Women at Risk of Sexual Abuse at Work
(New York) – The Indian government’s failure to properly enforce its sexual harassment law leaves millions of women in the workplace exposed to abuse without remedy, Human Rights Watch said in a report...
View ArticleBeginning of the End for ‘Virginity Exams’ in Pakistan?
Click to expand Image The Lahore High Court, in Lahore, Pakistan. © WikiMedia Last week, Pakistan’s Ministry of Law and Justice recommended that the so-called “two-finger test” – invasive and...
View ArticleRussia: Far East Peaceful Protester Facing Prosecution
Click to expand Image Participants in a rally in Khabarovsk, in Russia's Far East, Saturday, to support the former region's governor Sergei Furgal on Oct. 10, 2020. Police detained several dozen...
View ArticleCambodia: Free Activist Held in Forestry Case
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities should immediately and unconditionally drop the charges and release an opposition activist arrested in Pursat province, Human Rights Watch said today. Click to expand...
View ArticleEnglish Tests for Visas Will Keep Australian Families Apart
Click to expand Image A man leaves the Department of Immigration and Border Protection offices in Sydney, Thursday, April 20, 2017. © 2020 AP Photo/Rick Rycroft Australians could be barred from...
View ArticleAlgeria: Mass Convictions for Homosexuality
Click to expand Image An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Toufik Doudou...
View ArticleLebanon’s Brazen Attempt to Silence a Torture Victim
Click to expand Image Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing...
View ArticleSyria/Russia: Strategy Targeted Civilian Infrastructure
The Syrian and Russian armed forces’ repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure in Idlib in northwest Syria were apparent war crimes and may amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticleUS: 10 Steps for Safe, Credible Elections
Click to expand Image A voter wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus lines up at Riverside High School for the Wisconsin primary election on April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. © 2020 AP Photo/Morry...
View ArticleCalifornia: Proposition 22 Threatens Gig Workers’ Rights
(Los Angeles) – Californians should vote No on Proposition 22, a ballot measure that would eviscerate minimum wage and other labor rights protections for the state’s grocery app workers, Human Rights...
View ArticleIndonesia: New Law Hurts Workers, Indigenous Groups
Click to expand Image (Jakarta) – Indonesia’s government should revise a new jobs law to meet international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The omnibus bill on job creation,...
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