UK Lags Behind Tackling Forced Labor in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image People work amidst massive piles of cotton in China's Xinjiang province. The United Kingdom and Canada made coordinated announcements this week to help prevent British and...
View Article18th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The 18th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, in its second year of partnership with Hot Docs, will present five powerful and compelling films that will be completely digital for the first...
View ArticleIsrael: Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians
Click to expand Image Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Ramat Gan, Israel on January 9, 2021. © 2021 AP (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Covid-19 Forced Cremation of Muslims Discriminatory
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan municipal cemetery workers carry the coffin of a Covid-19 virus victim for cremation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 21, 2020. © 2020 Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via...
View ArticleProposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Undermine Human Rights
Click to expand Image U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. © AP Photo/Jeenah Moon Update: The meeting over the cybercrime treaty has been delayed until May. United Nations member states are...
View ArticleRussian Authorities Jail Poisoned Putin Critic
A judge in Moscow ruled today that Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition politician, be detained for 30 days pending a court hearing regarding his alleged breach of parole. If found...
View ArticleAnother Political Activist Jailed in Russia
Click to expand Image Mathematics and mechanics graduate student at Moscow State University Azat Miftakhov before the court session in Golovinsky district court. September 05, 2019. ©Ivan...
View ArticleLebanon: Dire Conditions for Syrian Refugees in Border Town
(Beirut) – Syrian refugees in Arsal, a Lebanese town on the border with Syria, do not have adequate shelters to withstand the harsh winter months, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a video...
View ArticleKazakh Authorities Target Rights Groups in Coordinated Attack
Click to expand Image From left to right: the head of Erkindik Kanaty, Elena Shvetsova, with lawyers Olga Enns and Roman Reimer, in the office of the deputy head of the tax department, Erlik Mukanov,...
View ArticleOlder People Not Spared in Tajikistan’s Crackdown
Click to expand Image Doniyor Nabiev (file photo). © RFE/RL (Courtesy Photo) Doniyor Nabiev was just trying to help people in need. The 80-year-old man from the Rudaki region of Tajikistan had been...
View ArticleOn Day One, US President Biden Reverses Odious Travel Ban
Click to expand Image President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, January 20, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Evan Vucci Today, US President Joseph...
View ArticleAustralia: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review
Click to expand Image Australia’s placard at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva © 2015 Human Rights Watch (Geneva) – The Australian government should seriously address the criticisms of...
View ArticleUganda: Elections Marred by Violence
Click to expand Image Ugandan soldiers patrol near the house of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine in Magere, Uganda. ©Sally Hayden / SOPA Images /...
View ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina: Migrants Left in the Cold
Click to expand Image Migrants warm their hands above a fire at the Lipa camp, outside Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monday, January 11, 2021. The camp was closed on December 23, 2020 and destroyed...
View ArticleMali/France: Investigate French Airstrike Killing 19
Click to expand Image On January 3, 2021, two French Mirage 2000 jet fighters like this one dropped three bombs near Bounti, Central Mali. © 2013 Reuters/Benoit Tessier The Malian and French...
View ArticleEU Parliament Vote Critical to Hold Companies to Account
(Brussels) – The European Parliament should seize the chance to strengthen the accountability of companies operating in Europe by requiring them to respect human rights and the environment throughout...
View ArticleYouth Activists Acquitted in Congo
Click to expand Image Members of the citizens’ movement Lucha after they were acquitted by a military court in Beni territory, Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 20, 2021. © 2021 Private On...
View ArticleNorway Arrests Highlight Impact of Pandemic on Sex Workers
Click to expand Image People demonstrate in support of sex workers, April 14, 2018. © 2018 Alain Apaydin/Sipa via AP Images Norwegian police have arrested sex workers over accusations that they...
View ArticleMalaysia: Urgently Revise Emergency Ordinance
Click to expand Image Perdana Menteri Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin berbicara dalam sebuah konferensi pers setelah pertemuan kabinet pertama di kantor perdana menteri di Putrajaya, Malaysia, 11 Maret...
View ArticleUN: Eastern Caribbean States Called Out Over Anti-LGBT Bias
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...
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