Switzerland’s Crucial Vote on Corporate Accountability
Click to expand Image A gold trading shop in Santa Milagrose, Jose Panganiban, Philippines © 2014 Mark Z. Saludes for Human Rights Watch On November 29, Swiss citizens will decide whether Swiss...
View ArticleTanzania: Burundian Refugees ‘Disappeared,’ Tortured
(Nairobi) – Tanzanian authorities have gravely abused at least 18 Burundian refugees and asylum seekers since late 2019. The whereabouts of several who were forcibly disappeared remain unknown, and...
View ArticleIMF: Demand Transparency for Egypt Military’s Firms
Click to expand Image An Egyptian vendor walks past a poster showing a US dollar outside an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, November 2016. © AP Photo/Amr Nabil (Washington) – The International...
View ArticleSouth Korea Sentence for Online Sexual Violence a Start
Click to expand Image Women protest to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and footage taken by hidden cameras in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2018. © 2018 Ryu...
View ArticleLiberia: Milestone Swiss Trial for Wartime Atrocities
Click to expand Image Switzerland's national flag flies over the entrance of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) in Bellinzona, Switzerland March 5, 2020. © REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann...
View ArticleGruesome Boko Haram Killings in Northeast Nigeria
Click to expand Image People attend a funeral for people killed by suspected Boko Haram in Zaabarmar, Borno, Nigeria, November 29, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Jossy Ola Suspected Boko Haram insurgents...
View ArticleUnited States: Embargo Arms to the United Arab Emirates
Click to expand Image UAE flag with Dubai skyline © 2019 Getty Images (Washington) – The United States should halt proposed weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticleNetherlands Apologizes for Transgender Sterilizations
Click to expand Image The Dutch flag flies at the parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, March 16, 2017. © 2017 Daniel Reinhardt/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images The Dutch government has apologized to...
View ArticleIraq: Camp Expulsions Leave Families Homeless, Vulnerable
Click to expand Image Government buses waiting to move families from one camp in Anbar governate to another during a previous wave of camp closures in December 2018. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights...
View ArticleEnsuring High-Quality International Criminal Court Judges
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File In early November, during the lead-up to a...
View ArticleFrance: Macron to Receive Al-Sisi on Heels of Repression
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron meets with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo on January 28, 2019. © 2019 Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty...
View ArticleCôte d’Ivoire: Post-Election Violence, Repression
Click to expand Image Ivorian soldiers patrol the town of M’Batto after intercommunal clashes on November 9 and 10 following Côte d’Ivoire's October 31 presidential election, November 12, 2020. ©...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Armenian Prisoners of War Badly Mistreated
Click to expand Image Liana Harutyunyan shows Human Rights Watch an image of her nephew Eric Khachaturyan, a prisoner of war (POW) in Azerbaijan, taken from a video in which he and other POWs are...
View ArticleHuman Rights Lawyer Ordered to Leave Russia
Click to expand Image Vanessa Kogan. © 2020 Private Today, Russian authorities informed Vanessa Kogan, executive director of Stichting Justice Initiative (SJI), a prominent human rights group, that...
View ArticleBrutal Attack in Indonesia Targets Christian Farmers
Click to expand Image Villagers and police officers clean up debris at the site of suspected militant attack in Lembantongoa village in Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 30, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Joshua...
View ArticleBangladesh: Halt Rohingya Relocations to Remote Island
Click to expand Image Refugees held on Bhasan Char island protesting to return to Cox’s Bazar during a 3-day “go and see visit” to the island for 40 refugees from the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,...
View ArticleParaguay: Flawed Investigation of Argentine Girls’ Killings
Click to expand Image Lilian Mariana Villalba in November 2019. Photo courtesy of her family. (Washington, DC) – Authorities in Paraguay destroyed crucial evidence in the killing of two 11-year-old...
View ArticleGaza: Israeli Restrictions Harm People with Disabilities
(Gaza) – Israel’s 13-year closure of the Gaza Strip along with neglect by Hamas authorities, significantly encumber the day-to-day life of tens of thousands of Palestinians with disabilities, Human...
View ArticlePhilippines Takes Step to Protect Children
Click to expand Image Members of Congress convene at the House of Representatives in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines, in this May 31, 2017 file photo. © 2020 AP Photo/Aaron Favila The...
View ArticleUS: Ensure Equitable Voting Access in Georgia Runoffs
Click to expand Image A voter drops their ballot off during early voting, October 19, 2020, in Athens, Georgia. © AP Photo/John Bazemore (Washington, DC) – State and local election officials in...
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